MARY YVONNE RYAN BSN, RN

• Administered medications and treatments in accordance with care plans and protocols.
• Monitored patient vital signs, assessing changes to inform care decisions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized patient care strategies.
• Educated patients and families on treatment options, enhancing understanding of care processes.
• Led initiatives to improve patient safety and quality of care within the facility.
• Streamlined documentation processes, ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations and standards.
• Advocated for patient needs within care team discussions, driving holistic treatment approaches.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.

• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Promoted a safe environment for patients by adhering to infection control protocols, fall prevention strategies, and other safety measures.
• Managed caseload of 6 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy, and wound care.
• Assessed patient conditions accurately by conducting comprehensive physical assessments, interpreting diagnostic tests, and utilizing critical thinking skills.

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• Worked as the school nurse. Assisted students with first aid and critical care. Helped with routine checkups and medications administrations.
• Providing scheduled medications to students as medical doctors have ordered.
• Assessing annual vision & hearing screenings for entire school per FL requirements.
• Formulating Nursing Care Plans & emergency action plans for students with chronic or acute diseases. Helped with assessments and first aid was performed for scrapes, cuts, lacerations, rashes, lice checks, and head and orthopedic injuries.
• Helping students performing G-tube feedings, tracheotomy suctioning, seizure care protocol when student having seizure activity & medication administration for seizures.
• Providing In & out urethra catheter for spina bifida for male students.
• Assisting with Diabetic care performed throughout the day for students with Type 1 diabetes, blood sugar checks throughout day.

• Streamlined patient admission and discharge processes to optimize NICU bed utilization and patient flow.
• Conducted detailed assessments of neonatal patients to identify care needs and monitor progress.
• Performing NG/NJ tube feedings as ordered by medical doctors and progressed as neonate tolerated.
• Helping babies born going with drug withdrawals from parents of drug addictions.
• Assisting with assessments of neonate, diaper changing, and feeding If neonate is in the advance stages of growing and able to suck and swallow appropriately.
• Administered medications and treatments as ordered by physician.

• Scheduling and administration of medication to students.
• Conducting annual vision & hearing screenings for students.
• Creating nursing care plans & emergency action plans per student with chronic or acute diseases.
• Assessing with first aid for scrapes, cuts, lacerations, rashes, lice checks, head, and orthopedic injuries.
• Performing G-tube feedings, tracheotomy suctioning, seizure care protocol helping with the urethra catheter for spina bifida student(male).
• Helping with Diabetic care for students with Type 1 diabetes and blood sugar checks as needed. Counted nutrients and carbohydrates, and insulin pump/pod programming to administer the insulin.

• Provided care for pediatric patient's during pre-op and post-op per MD orders.
• Educated patients and families on disease processes, unit procedures, and medications.
• Assessed patient's heath frequently and notified physicians of significant clinical changes.
• Performed IV starts, wound care, wound dressing changes and blood work.
• Demonstrated excellent time management skills by prioritizing tasks and efficiently delegating responsibilities, ensuring all patients received timely care.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

• Worked in the Maternal/Infant cluster. Helped with pediatrics, pediatrics ICU, Neonatal ICU, Mother- Baby unit (Postpartum & Antepartum), Newborn Nursery.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to quickly respond to emergency situations, stabilizing patients until further medical assistance arrived.
• Performed IV starts, blood work draws, staple removal post cesarean section, and sutures.
• Monitored patients and each patient's status and if any acute changes, notified doctors in emergency situations.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families, fostering trust and confidence in the nursing team''s abilities.
• Enhanced infection control measures, significantly decreasing incidence of hospital-acquired infections in pediatric unit.