Leonie McDonald

• Staff/ Charge Nurse 2023-present

Served as Charge Nurse, overseeing execution of medical orders—including diagnostics, procedures, consultations, and stat restraints—while developing and implementing treatment plans for patients with diverse mental health needs.

• ER Nurse Coordinator: 2022 -2023

Provided clinical leadership, overseeing staff education and onboarding, ensuring competency in equipment usage for new nurses and PCTs, maintaining up-to-date staff certifications, coordinating daily assignments, reporting to ER Nursing Supervisor and Administrator, and facilitating resolution of staff and patient-related concerns to support optimal care delivery and team cohesion.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Performed patient assessment, triage, discharge planning, and multi-route medication administration (IVP, IV, IVSS, IM, SQ, SL, PO), while maintaining communication with Head Nurse and Charge Nurse to ensure continuity of care.

• Collaborated with trauma and medical teams to manage critically ill patients—traumatic arrests, gunshot and stab wounds, crash injuries, burns, smoke inhalation, near-drown, cardiac arrest, stroke, and OB/GYN emergencies—administering life-saving drips, assisting with intubations, treating respiratory distress, and supporting physicians to ensure timely, optimal care.
• Led Emergency Room operations as Charge Nurse by delegating tasks to staff, reporting critical issues to the ADN, coordinating patient flow and bed assignments, documenting in Medimar, and ensuring culturally sensitive care during high-acuity, fast-paced situations.

• Delivered compassionate, holistic care to terminally ill patients by integrating individualized palliative plans, addressing family concerns, coordinating interdisciplinary referrals, and adhering to protocols for wound care, colostomy management, and pleurex drain maintenance.

• Administered advanced therapies including high-dose narcotics (e.g., morphine, Dilaudid, fentanyl drips, PCA, intrathecal pumps), PEG and nasogastric tube feedings, and both parenteral and oral chemotherapy, while closely monitoring patient responses and ensuring adherence to safety protocols.

• Delivered patient care across diverse clinical settings, completing travel assignments at Einstein Hospital, Montefiore Medical Center, New Rochelle Hospital, and multiple healthcare agencies throughout Virginia.
• Delivered comprehensive medical-surgical nursing care, including managing patient admissions and discharges, and administering peritoneal dialysis in accordance with clinical protocols.
• Provided compassionate, evidence-based care to patients with complex medical and psychosocial needs, including those with HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, alcoholism, and requiring blood transfusions or anticoagulant therapy.
• Delivered skilled nursing care to ventilator-dependent patients, monitoring respiratory status and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to optimize outcomes.

• Administered complex therapies—blood transfusions, peritoneal dialysis, and titrated coagulation infusions—while providing critical airway support, including endotracheal intubation assistance in both emergent and non-emergent settings, in alignment with safety and protocol standards.
• Interpreted lab results to guide clinical decisions, administered medications per protocol, coordinated admissions, transfers, and discharges, and educated patients on treatment plans and follow-up to support continuity of care and improved health outcomes.

• Supervised and made assignments for LPN and para-professionals.
• Administered medications to patients as required.
• Provided wound care.
• Delegated responsibilities to staff.
• Attended interdisciplinary meetings