Katherine A. Riendeau
Tolland
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse with nine years of experience in providing excellent care on a Medical/Surgical/Stepdown and Cystic Fibrosis Hospital unit who transitioned to an Outpatient/Inpatient GI specialty since 2021. Professional, courteous and efficient team player among coworkers, interdisciplinary teams, patients and their families with a focus on providing wholesome and effective care.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Hartford Hospital
Hartford, CT
09 2011 - 01.2023
- Assess patients for visual, mental and physical acute changes and collaborate with Physicians/other team members to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Competent Resource/Charge Nurse responsible for assigning safe and appropriate patient assignments to up to six Nurses, organizing team huddles, and supporting staff in situations that arise while handling a 6-8 patient assignment.
- Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological and cognitive needs.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
Nurse Consultant
Kids Kingdom And Uconn
Willington And Storrs, CT
06 2013 - Current
- Assess children and environmental health and safety, as well as, cleanliness of rooms and diaper changing procedures and communicate with staff directly on inadequate findings to improve infection prevention and safety
- Review and assist in individualized care plans
- Visualize medications and accompanying Medication Authorization Forms for correct and thorough documentation, and collaborate with staff to assess need for education and communicate inadequate findings to appropriate personnel
- Review vaccination and physical exam schedule of children and communicate lapses to the Director
- Review incident reports and communicate concerns
- Communicate with interdisciplinary team members, educate staff and family members as needed
- Annual medication administration training for staff including proper use of Epi Pens and nebulizers/inhalers
Endoscopy Nurse
ECHN
Manchester, CT
04.2021 - Current
- Assist in the Pre, Intra, and Post procedures including receiving and inputting complete medical history of patients, identifying and communicating safety/medical concerns in proceeding with exams, IV catheter insertion, telemetry monitoring, collecting and labeling specimens, proper knowledge and use of tools used in procedures,monitoring patients post anesthesia for safe discharge and providing discharge instructions
- Assist with ERCPs, pill cam, pH, motility studies and other specialty procedures
- Charge Nurse-coordinate times/procedures with multiple team members for a healthy flow
- Obtain specialty clearances from primary offices as needed-i.e.-cardiac,pulmonary,neuro
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT2011
Skills
- Telemetry Monitoring
- Peritoneal Dialysis
- BLS certified
- EPIC and OASIS documentation
- PYXIS medication administration
- Intravenous insertion and management
- Wound care
- Blood product administration
- Central line management
- Acute Stroke management
- PCA pumps
- EKG
- Withdrawal management
- Managing complex Respiratory patients (tracheostomies, Cystic Fibrosis)
- End of life care
- Preceptor
- NG/PEG tubes
- Diabetic management
- Urethral Catheter insertion and management
- Continuous and intermittent IV drip management
Timeline
Endoscopy Nurse
ECHN
04.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Hartford Hospital
09 2011 - 01.2023
Nurse Consultant
Kids Kingdom And Uconn
06 2013 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Connecticut