Marie Brown

Registered Nurse

Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

Thousand Oaks, CA

01.2010 - 08.2021

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.
Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
Managed care from admission to discharge.
Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.