MICHELLE GROOMER

Clinical Nurse Coordinator on Renal Transplant Unit. Very fast paced environment. In charge of staffing, daily MDR meetings, all aspects of patient care.

Worked on the Admitting Assessment Unit.

• Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Maintain communication between governing boards, medical staff, and department heads by attending board meetings and coordinating interdepartmental functioning.
• Direct or conduct recruitment, hiring and training of personnel.
• Establish work schedules and assignments for staff, according to workload, space and equipment availability.
• Develop instructional materials and conduct in-service and community-based educational programs.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
• Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
• Instruct individuals, families, or other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, or childbirth and develop health improvement programs.
• Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
• Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
• Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
• Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage.