Mitzi Byers

Provided care to patients at an ambulatory care center that performed cataract surgeries, corneal transplants, glaucoma procedures and numerous other eye surgeries in preop and post op setting. Also circulated cases and cross trained as a scrub tech in the OR.

• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Managed patient care in float pool, which included ICU, ICU stepdown, M/S floors, Ortho stepdown floor, ER overflow, pediatric unit and IV infusion unit.

• Responsible for caring for patients of all ages
• Knowledgeable in wide range of disease processes
• Competent IV skills
• Critical care thinking skills
• Competent and knowledgeable of EKG rhythms
• Competent in caring for cardiac arrest/respiratory arrest patients, trauma victims, patients suffering Myocardial infarction and CVA and use of stroke alert team
• Lead ER team as charge nurse and also filled in as nursing supervisor for hospital, managed flow of ER admissions and admissions to floors, assigned nurse assignments
• Precepted nursing students as needed, also oriented new hires to unit
• Obtained my Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training from Riverside of California and was part of our team in the ER that trained with OSU-East SANE/SART team.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.