Katerina Charney
Pleasantville,NY
Summary
Deeply caring and compassionate nurse, able to maintain focus and composure through rapidly evolving, often unpredictable, high risk situations. Constantly strives to expand her knowledge base and strengthen her nursing acumen in order to be able to provide the best care possible to her patients and their families.
Functions as a respectful, attentive, empathetic, and reliable member of a multifaceted healthcare team.
Adheres to the highest standards of care and provides excellent customer service.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Per Diem Registered Nurse
Regency Extended Care Center
2013.01 - 2015.03
- Provided direct care to geriatric patients, chronically intubated patients, patients in palliative care.
Registered Nurse
Abbott House Group Home
2012.08 - 2015.03
- Organized and managed care of pediatric patients with mental health needs.
- Provided emotional support and initiated and participated in non pharmacologic interventions.
- Educated patients, families, and staff regarding medication administration and side effects, diagnoses, use of coping mechanisms and crisis prevention.
- Coordinated care with families, social workers, teachers, medical providers, and direct care staff.
- Administered medications and addressed non urgent health concerns, while monitoring for the need of higher level of medical and psychiatric interventions.
Registered Nurse, ICU
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2021.08 - Current
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Care for critically ill patients, such as patients with stroke, MI, patients in different types of shock, patients with ARDS, heart failure, renal failure, fatal arrhythmias, hemorrhage, etc.
- Assist with various medical procedures, such as bronchoscopy, bedside PEG placement, lumbar puncture, para- and thoracentesis, chest tube placement, endotracheal intubation, etc.
- Administer thrombolytic therapy, therapeutic hypothermia post cardiac arrest, variety of infusion drips, as well as close neurological monitoring, etc.
- Perform CVP monitoring and arterial pressure monitoring, place nasogastric tubes and urinary catheters, place IVs and perform phlebotomy, etc.
- Occasionally, float to the emergency department.
Registered Nurse in Emergency Department
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2019.08 - 2021.08
- Answered codes quickly and orchestrated efficient, skilled medical care for pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations.
- Triaged patients.
- Teamed on emergency interventions and stabilization of patients in cardiac and/or respiratory arrest, patients with serious head injuries, gunshot and stab wounds, aortic dissection, stroke, MI, fatal cardiac arrhythmias, orthopedic trauma, obstetric emergencies, anaphylaxis, sepsis, and patients in psychiatric crisis, etc.
- Placed IVs, performed phlebotomy, inserted urinary catheters and nasogastric tubes, performed gastric lavage, assisted with endotracheal intubation and chest tube placement, initiated hypothermia protocol, initiated and maintained patients on a variety of infusion drips, performed blood and blood product transfusions and complex wound care, etc.
- Performed ECG and interpreted ECG strips.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
Telemetry Registered Nurse
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2016.01 - 2019.08
- Took care of patients on continuous heart monitoring.
- Performed ECG and interpreted ECG strips.
- Placed IVs, collected blood, inserted urinary catheters, performed blood and blood product transfusions.
- Provided care to patients on ventilators, patients with chest tubes, patients with a variety of drains; performed complex wound care.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Collaborated across disciplines to coordinate care, disposition, referral and psychosocial support needs.
- Provided patients and their caretakers with information on such subjects as side effects from medications, benefits of proper nutrition to help promote better outcomes, wound care instructions, etc.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2015.03 - 2016.01
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks to restore safety and security of patients and staff.
- Oversaw care of suicidal patients and acted swiftly to reduce risk of harm to themselves or others.
- Explained useful coping methods to relieve depression and anxiety.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
- Administered medication and treatment to patients and observed and recorded their responses.
- Coordinated with medical and psychiatric professionals, social workers, and direct care staff to provide appropriate input and effectively formulate and implement treatment plans for patients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing
Manhattan, NY06.2011
Skills
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Critical care nursing
- Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation
- Sedation management
- Multiple infusion drips
- A-line and CVP monitoring
- Chest tubes
- Thrombolytic therapy
- Post -cardiac arrest hypothermia therapy
- Blood transfusions
- Urinary catheter, IV catheter, and nasogastric tube insertions
- Policy Adherence
- Interdisciplinary care
- Excellent customer service
Certification
ACLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse, ICU
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2021.08 - Current
Registered Nurse in Emergency Department
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2019.08 - 2021.08
Telemetry Registered Nurse
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2016.01 - 2019.08
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
St. Joseph's Medical Center
2015.03 - 2016.01
Per Diem Registered Nurse
Regency Extended Care Center
2013.01 - 2015.03
Registered Nurse
Abbott House Group Home
2012.08 - 2015.03
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing
ACLS
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