Marcia Reed

Instructor for CNA's

• Applied various teaching aids to minimize learning gaps and instruct and motivate students.
• Emphasized safe working and classroom conditions and practices.
• Tested students on materials presented in workshops and classes to assess grasp of material.

Staff nurse

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.

Administrative Nursing Supervisor

• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
• 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.
• Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.

Manager for Perianesthesia Unit

• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
• ACLS and CPR instructor
• Regional coordinator for Physician's Trauma Course
• Assisted Staff Development Department as an Instructor