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• Assist in development and implementation of service plans related to nursing and patient health care needs. Foster strong relationships with clients and families to support comprehensive social, mental and physical care. Administered prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with physician orders. Demonstrate clinical competence in administering care to support physician orders, nursing care plan and policies. Support personal care needs. Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options. Report general, physical and mental condition of patients to support care initiatives. Prepare visit notes, updated and summarized client records and conferred with health care disciplines in providing coordinated client care.

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions. . Quickly respond to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Facilitate therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients post anesthesia and delivered appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.

• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
• Closely monitored patients’ cardiac status and hemodynamic stability post cardiac and lung surgeries. Monitored strict intake and output via multiple drainage tubes.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.

• Provided nursing care to acutely ill patients on medical surgical and neurological units. Monitored neurological status of patients post CVA and TPA. Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients. Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care. Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options. Nurse Preceptor to over 50 nursing students and newly hired staff nurses. Performed charge duties routinely.

• Completed comprehensive intakes and assessments for a case load of 140 clients with HIV/AIDS and their collaterals. • Addressed medical, psychosocial, and nutritional needs of clients and collaterals during office visits and through monthly home visits. Facilitated referrals as appropriate. • Participated in interdisciplinary team conferences to develop, implement, and evaluate appropriate individualized care plan goals. Assessed clients’ home stability through home visits. • Monitored clients with TB at home to ensure compliance with RIPE regimen. • Conducted routine chart reviews in accordance with Joint Commission standards to ensure accurate documentation of COBRA service provision

.• Supervised 12 adults with developmental disabilities in residential setting. • Assessed and documented residents progress towards individualized service plan goals. • Maintained safety of residents while assisting in reaching specified goals.

• Managed a caseload of up to 70 MICA clients and families with HIV/AIDS. Implemented entitlement benefits. Conferred with medical team to develop and implement care plans. Advocated with community agencies to establish client services. Conducted home visits to assess living environment, medication compliance, and teaching Documented client progress in confidential files.