Mary Peckham, RN

• Provide comprehensive pediatric emergency care under rapidly changing conditions while communicating openly and collaboratively with physicians, technicians, social workers, and family members.
• Perform accurate acuity assessments; establish IV access; calculate and administer weight-based IV fluids and medications; and stabilize critically ill and injured patients in trauma rooms.
• Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols to increase their confidence and proficiency in pediatric emergency nursing.

Supported children's social and emotional development by encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts.
Supervised and interacted with children one-on-one and in small groups to enhance and support learning activities.
Assisted teacher by developing lesson plans to meet educational goals for each child while collaborating with parents to discuss child's progress and classroom behavior.

• Worked collaboratively with physicians, paramedics, and EMTs in transporting critically ill and traumatically injured pediatric patients to Children's National Medical Center from community hospitals.
• This position required rapid, thorough patient assessment and treatment following established protocols; concise and timely communication with medical control physician at receiving facility; and diligent monitoring and rapid response to any changes in patient status while in transport.

See experience and responsibilities listed above (March 2017 - present)

• Collaborated with physicians and technicians to stabilize medical and trauma patients, including patient assessment, delegation and participation in patient care, and preparing patient for admission or discharge.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.

• Oriented patients to Emergency Department; established IV access; collected and sent lab samples; obtained EKGs; placed Foley catheters; stocked and maintained trauma rooms; and assisted nurses and physicians as needed.

• Aided ER medical director in establishing Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, which included development of patient and safety policies and procedures.
• Educated patients about procedures; answered questions and provided comfort to reduce anxiety and enhance procedure results; began, monitored, and completed treatments; empowered and educated patients and families to perform wound care independently.

• Used consultative sales approach to understand client needs.
• Recommended relevant textbooks and reference material to medical professionals and students, providing them with up-to-date information.