
Patient-oriented Nurse with 13 years of diverse experience in direct patient care. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments.
Assessed patient to obtain accurate,
complete medical history and medical reconciliation.
Organized documentation consent forms and office forms.
Responsible for set up endoscopic procedures.
Responsible for doing intake assessment and IV insertions prior to procedure.
Assisting physician with EGD procedures such as performing biopsies, esophageal dilations with ballon dilators.
Assisting physician with biopsies and polypectomies during colonoscopy.
Responsible for monitoring patients in the recovery area post procedure.
Observed strict safety measures including checking medications dosages before administrations to patients.
Utilized computer documentation system to monitor, record and communicate patient condition.
Educate patient and care giver details of procedures and discharge instructions.
School volunteer and substitute teacher.
Maintained both Missouri and Illinois nursing licensure requiring a minimum of 20 hours of approved continuing education every 2 year renewal cycle.
Provide care to critically ill patients in ICU such as pre and post open heart patients, medical and surgical patients that requires close monitoring.
Followed physician orders and report changes in condition.
Assisted with cardiac monitoring system and ventilations and artificial airway equipment.
Administered medications, intravenous fluids , and blood products.
Reduced patient complications through diligent monitoring and swift interventions during critical situations.
Responded to calls, emergent and life saving situations( member of ICU code team).
Help with basic patient care.
Provided support and counseling to patients and family as required.
Worked as part of interdisciplinary team caring for critically ill patients.
Participated in ongoing hospital education.
Hemodynamic monitoring for trauma patients.
Head to toe assessment, and informing doctors changes in patients and critical lab values.
Monitored and cared patients with ventilators.
Administered all medications, including but not
limited to hemodynamic drip.
Care patients with broad range of diagnosis from sepsis, stroke, renal failure, and diabetic
ketoacidosis.
Maintained a safe environment for the patients and staff.
Communicate and collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare for patient treatments and planning of care.
Responsibilities include care to post interventional, patients pre/post such as cardiac catheterization, pre/post open heart, post operative surgical patients.
Managed and cared patients with ventilator support and ECG monitor.
Cared and monitored patients with wide range of diagnosis such as congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, pneumonia and acute respiratory distress.
Coordinated patient care and daily conversing with nursing staff to update progress.
Trauma/Medical/ Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Provide accurate head to toe assessment and hemodynamic monitoring of post operative,medical and critical injured trauma patients, including motor vehicle collisions.
Managed life support equipment and arterial and central lines including ICP/CVP lines.
Managed IV lines, sedation medication, managed hemodynamic drips and titrations.
Administered IV antibiotics and also managed wound dressings.
Communicated and collaborated with other critical health care team for patient treatments.
Enhanced patient care by accurately interpreting cardiac monitor readings and promptly reporting critical findings to healthcare team.
Decreased patient complications through diligent monitoring of vital signs, lab results, and other telemetry data.
Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
ACLS Certified
BLS Certified