Kaitlin George

• Peri operative nurse
• Conducted intake assessments including vitals, IV placement, medication administration.
• Monitors patients under IV sedation during medical procedures.
• Handles CARM during medical procedures.
• Post procedure assessment, education, and discharge.
• Coordinates appointments for patient procedures and subsequent office visits.

• Worked as a RN in the main hospital PACU and Burn PACU.
• Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
• Reduced complications by promptly identifying and addressing post-operative issues in PACU patients.
• Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs.
• Prevented complications from anesthesia side effects such as nausea or vomiting using effective medication administration techniques.
• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures in the PACU setting, such as wound care, dressing changes, and insertion of invasive monitoring devices.
• Evaluated patients' pain levels, implementing correct dosage of medication to alleviate discomfort.
• Took vitals and assessed patients in recovery room following surgical procedures.

• Rapid Rapid Nurse/Code Blue response nurse
• Cross trained, and floated to hospital adult PACU.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.

Registered Nurse Pre-Op/PACU

• Provided population specific and age-specific care for patients from young adulthood to older veterans/groups in the senior years of life.
• Administered, monitored and recorded prescribed medications to patients.
• Manage patient care based upon individualized patient condition/needs.
• Served as unit shift-team leader (Charge Nurse) for a group of patients or an entire assigned unit.
• Collaborate with licensed independent providers to ensure patient care plan is met.
• Used Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and Bar Code Medication Administration (BCMA) documentation in compliance with designated facility programs.
• Provided supervision and precepted new or less experienced staff or nursing students.
• Ensured efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens in the pre-operative and post-operative patient.
• Assisted doctors with non-invasive procedures.
• Trained family members in how to care for patients and manage individual conditions.
• Prepared patients for surgery, educating patients and family members on surgical procedures.
• Quickly administered IVs and took patient records. Prepping patients for procedures by taking detailed H&P's.
• Monitoring patient for any post operative complications and providing quick effective interventions for any complication that may arise.

PACU Registered Nurse

36 hours per week/ 144 hours per month

• Relief charge nurse - over seeing 21- 25 pediatric/adult patients and the nurses caring for them. Managed the movement/placement of patients across the hospital.
• Complete full nursing patient assessments for acute care and/or critically ill patients with a wide variety of medical issues.
• Initiate, plan, implement, evaluate, and appropriately document patient care based on identified measurable outcomes in the applicable assigned patient care environment.
• Anticipated and responded appropriately to emergencies, coordinate interventions, and evaluate responses through critical analysis of patient systems/operational situations.
• Provided optimal critical nursing care during recovery from anesthesia in the out-patient and critical care setting in both the pediatric and adult population.
• Cared for patients post Craniotomy, Thoracotomy, Joint Replacements, Plastic/Reconstruction surgery, Vascular procedures, Oral/Maxillofacial surgeries, Gastric Bypass.
• Participation in facility compliance activities and programs.
• Worked cooperatively with other members of the team to maintain and reach facility goals.
• Preceptor to new nurses.
• Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
• Provided necessary health education training for patients.
• Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
• Advocated for patients by communicating their care preferences to practitioners, ensuring interventions met their goals for treatment and identifying insurance coverage.

• Served as Charge Nurse on a 32 Bed ICU/SICU, responsible for managing and providing leadership over subordinate staff.
• Assisted Physician with complex or potentially life-threatening procedures such as cardioversion, chest tube placement, and insertion of invasive lines.
• Observe, monitor, and assess patients' condition, recognizes, identifies and interprets serious situations.
• Code team - Responded to Code Blues and Rapid Responses across the hospital.
• Preceptor to new staff.
• Assisting physicians in emergency intubations, tracheotomies, and chest tube placement.
• Sound, ethical, and independent decision making skills.
• Skilled at working in quick moving - high pressure environments.
• Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
• Worked closely with doctors to triage and facilitate patient care.
• Diagnosed and treated patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia.