Katie Carroll

• Facilitated communication between providers, patients, and families throughout the treatment process.
• Advised on insurance coverage issues related to accessing necessary medical services.
• Served as a liaison between patients, families, providers, payers, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team members to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex cases.
• Monitored patient progress throughout the continuum of care.
• Provided education and resources to patients and families regarding available services.
• Coordinated with physicians, nurses, and other staff to ensure quality patient care.
• Provided emotional support to patients facing difficult diagnoses or treatments.

• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
• Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Developed and adapted individualized treatment plans according to patient recovery goals.
• Pediatric Same Day Surgery unit within the hospital
• Ages birth to 25 years old
• Pre-op and PACU
• Medical Infusion component (Remicade, Rituximab, Albumin, etc). We see medical infusion patients from GI, Rheumatology, Neurology, Pulmonary, Hematology and Oncology.

• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
• Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Developed and adapted individualized treatment plans according to patient recovery goals.
• Staff RN in the Pediatric Emergency Room (ages birth to 20 years old)

Staff RN on the pediatric hematology/oncology unit

Per Diem Staff RN on the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit as well as the Pediatric Same Day Surgery Unit

Traveling nurse on the pediatric unit at Jersey Shore Medical Center.

Staff Nurse in the CATCR (Center for Ambulatory Treatment and Clinical Research).

Administered medications such as RRituximabRituximab, Packed Red Blood Cells, IVIG, and did various allergy testing and growth hormone studies.

• Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
• Provided skilled direct nursing care to pediatric patients in a unit with various diagnoses (cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, seizures).

• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
• Traveler Staff RN on the pediatric oncology unit
• Administered chemotherapy

• Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
• Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
• Traveling nurse on an adolescent/renal unit

• Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
• Administered oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients and monitored responses.
• Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Developed and adapted individualized treatment plans according to patient recovery goals.
• I started at RWJBH in September 1999 as a new graduate nurse on the pediatric hematology/oncology unit.
• I became chemotherapy certified in the year 2000 and have kept my chemotherapy certification up to date until today where I continue to administer chemotherapy in my current unit (Peds Same Day Surgery)