Mary-Ashley Amos

• Collaborated with physicians and fellow nursing staff to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering pa catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tubes.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments, as well as, managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed, developing and maintaining courteous and effective working relationships.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic, while being adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.

Travel Contracts include:

Brookwood Baptist Medical Center - PCCU/Cardiac Stepdown (Nov 2021 - Feb 2022)

Emory Medical - Decatur - PCCU/Telemetry

(Mar 2022 - Jun 2022)

UAB Hospital - Cardiac PCCU S5South

(Jun 2022-Sep 2023)

• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies, and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive hemodynamic monitoring, and high-acuity rehabilitation in SICU and Surgical PCCU settings.
• Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures involving specialties in Vascular surgery, Transplant Surgery, and GI Surgery
• Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
• Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
• Experienced in wound care management beyond basic nursing such as, advanced wound-vac therapy, bedside debridement, leech and larvae therapies.
• Implemented leadership quality on home unit through charge nurse opportunity, delegating patient assignments based on staffing numbers and patient acuity, ensuring safe and proper fluidity on the unit.

• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
• Provided exceptional care to intermediate-acute patients needing complex care such as bi-pap management, titratable hemodynamic IV medications.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.