Laura Harwood

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
• Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians and unit clerks.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.

-Provided nursing/lab services to clinic patients

-Developed and implemented a successful grant driven Diabetes education program for clinic patients and Tribal members. Learned with fluency specific software used for collecting and reporting data related to diabetes.

-Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently