Laurie Crane
Linwood
Summary
Patient-focused Registered Nurse offering over 8 years experience with High-Acuity, Critical Care, Long Term Ventilated/Tracheostomized Patients, Subacute Rehab Patients, Long Term, and Dementia Care. Proficient in all aspects of providing patient-focused care with the utmost compassion and professionalism. Committed to delivering the highest quality of care as an integral member of a dedicated, high-energy healthcare team.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Select Speciality Hospital
05.2022 - 03.2024
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Reduced hospital readmissions through effective discharge planning, patient education, and follow-up care coordination.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Streamlined medication administration processes for increased safety and accuracy during busy shifts.
Registered Nurse
United Methodist Communities
03.2019 - 04.2022
- Registered Nurse on Sub-Acute Rehab Unit, caring for patients rehabilitating from sub-acute medical conditions and various surgeries
- Provided inpatient nursing care to Patients receiving treatment on a Covid 19 unit. Adaptation to ever-changing PPE availability and requirements with constant concern and care for residents, family, and staff.
- Participation in Covid 19 Vaccinations of residents and staff throughout facility.
- Performed weekly and bi-weekly Covid 19 testing of residents and staff throughout facility.
- Maintained self and staff moral throughout pandemic as well as maintaining communication with patient family members unable to visit during pandemic.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided patient status updates to nurses to ensure that every patients' needs were met.
- Created individualized care plans for patients and worked with medical professionals to come up with treatment and discharge options.
- Administration of medications as well as daily patient-focused care of recovering patients.
Registered Nurse, Pulmonary Unit
Complete Care Linwood
03.2016 - 03.2019
- Responsible for all aspects of compassionate, patient-focused care of long term acute ventilated patients.
- Adeptly met clinical needs of dependent patients including TPN management, g/j-tubes maintenance and replacement, as well as medication administration via g/j-tubes and nasogastric tubes.
- Proficient in In-line as well as Intermittent suctioning of tracheostomies.
- Awareness and application of patient positioning for optimal skin integrity, patient comfort and dignity.
- Extensive experience wound care as well as wound vac application and maintenance.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Advocacy for not only physical but emotional well being of patients as well as continued communication/support of family members and visitors strictly within HIPPA guidlines.
Education
Associate of Arts - Registered Nursing
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing, NJ2013
Skills
- All aspects of care of acute, long-term patients
- Intensive care of ventilated/trached patients
- Extensive wound care experience
- Proficient in application of wound vacs
- Skilled recognition of emergency clinical situations and application of appropriate clinical solutions
- Interpersonal and written communication
- Palliative care awareness
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Lab result interpretation
- Effective time management skills
- All aspects of indwelling catheter care
- Professional and Compassionate bedside manner
- High level of autonomy
- Strong clinical judgment
- CPR certification
- Confidential case documentation
- Solution-based interventions
- [Specimen] collecting
- Dosage calculation
- NG tube insertion and removal
- Clinical judgment
- IV drug therapy management
- Strict adherence to HIPPA policy
- Diagnostic tools
- Patient and family advocacy
- Patient-focused care
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration
- Clear solution-based communication skills with MDs and all members of healthcare
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Select Speciality Hospital
05.2022 - 03.2024
Registered Nurse
United Methodist Communities
03.2019 - 04.2022
Registered Nurse, Pulmonary Unit
Complete Care Linwood
03.2016 - 03.2019
Associate of Arts - Registered Nursing
Atlantic Cape Community College