Kristin Harman

• Answered codes quickly and orchestrated efficient, skilled medical care.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.

Direct care of pediatric/adult patients in a Level 1 Trauma / National Burn Center utilizing team nursing with majority of shifts spent in resus / trauma pod.

Charge nurse of 21 bed ED observation unit that helps decompress main ED

US guided IV placement in ED

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.
• Ultrasound guided IV placement
• Preceptor for multiple new graduate and traveling RN's

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.
• Ultrasound guided IV placement
• Also worked here as a traveler 12/2017- 8/2018 and 1/2017-9/2017

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action while collaborating with other departments, ER physicians and NP/PA's.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Member of the VAD (Vascular Access Device) Team - placing PICC/midline's for pediatric, oncology, medical and outpatient patients.
• Preceptor for both new and experienced RN's.

• Administered IV medications (including chemotherapy/biotherapy, blood products, IVIG, iron, etc) and performed wound care for patients in an outpatient setting.
• Charge RN (also responsible for setting up patient appointments and collaborating with physicians via telephone in regards to their patient's care).