Molly Santoro

· Educates overall prevention in community health with communicable disease topics, such as tuberculosis, hepatitis, syphilis and other STD testing, treatment and counseling services.

· Assists Nurse Practitioner with school physicals, provides childhood/adult vaccines and other community health testing services, such as blood lead testing, TB skin testing and other blood work.

· Provided compassionate care to women in critical medical situations, during birth and labor, including medication administration, assessment, vital signs & fetal monitoring and delivery process.

• Provided care for patients with life-threatening medical conditions.

• Managed medication dosing, anesthesia and ventilatory support.

• Monitored patients for changes in status, that would require emergency intervention.

• Communicated with physicians and family members, requiring discussion of difficult topics, such as care status and end-of-life decisions.

• Worked in an ICU setting, with critically ill patients

• Floated to units, based on hospital need, from Medical-Surgical, Telemetry, ER and Surgical

• Provided direct patient care activities, including: assessment, diagnosis, medication administration, planning implementation, and evaluation within the guidelines of the standards of nursing care.

• Educated patients about a variety of medical conditions.

• Presented emotional support and advice to patients and families.

• 3.72 GPA
• Professional Development: Psychology Minor
• Extracurricular Activities: Student Nurses Association
• Sigma Alpha Iota Member