Marika Gray, RN, BSN, CCRN

Returning to bedside nursing after:

• Assisted client/family member with activities of daily living, promoting independence and quality of life.
• Cared for family member: Assisted with dressing guidance, grooming, meal preparation, and medication reminders.

• Managed critical care patients with complex medical conditions, providing compassionate care and support to families.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring of vital signs, lab results, and diagnostic tests to promptly identify changes in patient conditions.
• effectively care for patient when floated to step down and ER holding
• Acted as mentor to new nurses, improving overall unit competency and patient care standards.
• Excellent in IV placements, labs and cultures obtainment

• Returning to bedside nursing after time as caregiver for ill family members

• Provide care for SICU and MICU cancer patient effectively in a 10 bed unit
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and helping patients regain/improve coping abilities.
• Promoted infection control practices in the ICU by adhering to strict hand hygiene guidelines and proper PPE usage.
• Recorded patients' medical status, and treatment details accurately document medical care.
• experience in flaps and whipple procedures
• worked effectively when floated to step down floors, and provided excellent care to step down patients

• Obtained CCRN certification
• Traveling

• Effective use of Cerner charting system
• Provide high quality care for critical patients in a 20 bed MICU/COVID department
• Effective communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to ensure desired patient outcome
• High quality patient monitoring, assessment and education
• Utilized ventilators, monitors and infusion pumps following manufactures' guidelines.
• Keep family and patient aware of current plan of care
• Responded to emergency situations to provide rapid and accurate care.
• Advocate patient’s needs and religious belief

• Nurse to patient ratio 1:6 patient/shift
• Keeping patient and family informed about plan of care/ patient advocate
• Exceptional detailed charting skills on discharge instructions, and follow-up care in Cerner Charting System
• Exceptional time management skills and multitasker
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.