Katie Vanbawizi

• Enhanced patient satisfaction with compassionate bedside manner and clear communication of treatment plans.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams of physicians, nurses, and support staff to provide comprehensive care to emergency department patients.
• Managed challenging situations calmly under pressure while maintaining focus on patient safety and wellbeing.
• Reduced wait times for patients by efficiently triaging and prioritizing cases based on severity and need.
• Provided emotional support for patients'' families during emergencies or critical situations.
• Demonstrated adaptability by effectively managing assignments across multiple hospital locations and varied patient populations.

Gained expertise in multiple charting systems while delivering patient care in dynamic healthcare settings.

• Demonstrated strong clinical reasoning skills when assessing patients'' conditions, initiating appropriate interventions, and escalating concerns to physicians as needed.
• Improved patient outcomes by consistently providing high-quality emergency care and implementing evidence-based nursing practices.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Optimized patient flow within the Emergency Department by collaborating with charge nurses in coordinating bed assignments and discharges according to capacity constraints.

Functioned as a travel LPN within the medical-surgical unit.

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.

• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.