Marisah McDonald
Rochester,MN
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with progressive career history in direct patient care and care coordination in a fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult and complex patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients, families, and interdisciplinary care team through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Committed to working in a diverse environment and helping care for all patients including international patients to deliver individualized patient care. Practices and advocates for the patient to always come first.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic St. Mary's Hospital Campus
02.2021 - Current
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary care team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Administers medications via oral, intravenous, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections and monitors patient responses
- Educates patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management including healthy lifestyle options
- Provides direct patient care to wide variety of high-acuity patient populations, stabilizes patients, and determines next course of action in fast-paced environment
- Practices within diverse environment and advocates for all patients to ensure patient comes first in every siltation
- Monitors patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry findings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Demonstrates compassionate care to patients, family members, and interdisciplinary care team to promote respectful, caring, healing, innovative, and safe environment
Certified Nursing Assistant
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center
08.2020 - 12.2020
- Contributed to goals of patient care by being accountable for delivery of compassionate, safe care and demonstrate commitment to continuous growth and professional development
- Identified and escalate patient risk to prevent crises
- Performed and document patient cares including personal hygiene, mobility, activities of daily living, and vital signs, and ensure care environment promotes patient safety
- Provided care to patients including collecting body fluids for testing and cultures, glucose monitoring and providing patient care as defined within nursing plan of care and/or physician orders
Nurse Extern
ThedaCare At Home
06.2020 - 08.2020
- Monitored and observed patients through routine physical assessments and vital signs and reported changes in patient status
- Served as primary coordinator of multidisciplinary team regarding collaboration in patient care planning
- Utilized hands-on-training to complete basic nursing skills under supervision of a registered nurse
- Reinforced patient education to improve care outcomes and ensure safe patient practices while in home
- Respectfully addressed situations or decisions to ensure patient concerns and needs are met
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bethany Riverside
06.2017 - 04.2020
- Collaborated with hall team to develop care plans for all residents and effectively used written and verbal communication skills to convey plan to head nurse
- Initiated safe and proper care while being flexible and adaptive to all residents' immediate and differing needs
- Demonstrated altruism to maintain every residents' dignity and autonomy
- Promoted good oral and personal hygiene by aiding patients with shaving, bathing, and teeth brushing
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI12.2020
Skills
- Capable of adapting to difficult situations and applying critical thinking skills to achieve optimal outcomes
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and therapeutic communication to establish and maintain effective working relationships and satisfactory bedside manner
- Successfully cares for wide variety of patient populations including cardiac issues, end stage renal disease with multiple complex comorbidities, chemical withdrawals, overdoses, vascular problems, and surgical patients all requiring adequate care of G-tubes, J-tubes, chest tubes, tracheostomies, NG tubes, PEG tubes, PICC lines, central lines, ART lines, ostomies, fistulas, JP drains, and wound vacs
- Actively thrives in high-acuity environment by managing and observing cardiac monitoring of patients and re-assessing patient trends when appropriately administering IV medications and drips
- Well-versed educator to patients and family members to improve patient results by better understanding complex medical care, medications, treatment regimens, and when to identify abnormal symptoms
- Thrives in diverse environments by utilizing communication aids and therapeutic communication to ensure patients always comes first to feel heard and understood
- Proficient use in Epic documentation system
- Maintains patient confidentiality that reflects HIPAA standards
- Possesses excellent teamwork, communication, and observes with very close attention to details
- Adequately adheres to policies and guidelines
- Evaluates and observes trends in patient assessments and vital sign data to optimize patient health outcomes
- Practices safe care and utilizes sterile technique
Clinical Experience
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center Cardiac unit - 240 hours
Appleton, WI ∙ 09/2020 - 12/2020
- Demonstrated leadership within a multidisciplinary team to coordinate complex physical and psychosocial care of diverse populations
- Integrated knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to deliver holistic, patient and family-centered, safe, quality and cost-effective care
- Provided professional and direct care for patients in accordance with American Nurses Association and the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice
Aurora Medical Center Cardiac unit - 126 hours
Oshkosh, WI ∙ 09/2019 - 12/2019
- Applied knowledge and principles of nursing care concepts to provide holistic care and improve health of clients with acute and chronic health care needs
- Functioned as a direct provider of care by actively participating as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team and effectively exhibiting communication, respect, professionalism, accountability, and caring in all relationships
Mercy Medical Center Medical/surgical unit - 84 hours
Oshkosh, WI ∙ 02/2019 – 05/2019
- Performed skills accurately and safely and used a theoretical base in the health restoration of adult client systems
- Demonstrated the role of the beginning professional nurse student within the health care team by using evidence-based practice, always having a positive attitude, and treating others with dignity, kindness, respect, and compassion
- Integrated concepts of the nursing process to promote a therapeutic and caring environment
St. Francis Home Skilled Nursing Facility - 84 hours
Fond du Lac, WI ∙ 09/2018 – 12/2018
- Followed treatment plans to optimize patient outcomes by minimizing pain, discomfort, infections, and complications
- Assessed, monitored and documented patient progress, symptoms, and vital signs
- Developed therapeutic relationships with patients to ensure safety and comfort while caring for them and their chronic/terminal conditions
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic St. Mary's Hospital Campus
02.2021 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
ThedaCare Regional Medical Center
08.2020 - 12.2020
Nurse Extern
ThedaCare At Home
06.2020 - 08.2020
Certified Nursing Assistant
Bethany Riverside
06.2017 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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