Kelly Austin

Provide care to patients undergoing eye surgery. Assess, identify and solve nursing care and pre operative issues. Start and monitor IVs, administer preop eye drops and perform preop instruction.

Provided care to patients

Educated patients regarding their upcoming surgery. Obtained a full health history and medication reconciliation on each patient. Managed patient charts by ensuring all required paperwork is included such as orders, history and physical, consents, EKG, chest x-ray and lab results. Flagged abnormal testing results and notified Anesthesia.

Provided care to patients admitted for surgery. Assessed, identified and solved nursing care and preoperative problems. Started and monitored IVs, administered preoperative medications, preformed preoperative instruction and explanation of procedure and patient rights.