NANCY Harrington

• Administered medications and treatments, ensuring adherence to prescribed protocols for optimal patient recovery.
• Monitored patient vital signs, promptly reporting changes to medical team to facilitate timely interventions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive patient care plans, enhancing overall patient outcomes.

Monitored patients in post-anesthesia care unit, facilitating smooth recovery process

Assisted in pre-operative procedures, ensuring patient readiness for surgery

Coordinated surgical procedures, maintaining sterile environment and supporting surgical team

• Intervened and stabilized patients during emergencies with immediate first aid, CPR or advanced life support care.
• Worked closely with physicians, surgeons and nursing staff as part of unit team.
• Documented patient condition changes and laboratory test results to ensure timely clinical interventions.
• Updated patient charts in computer system accurately to maintain comprehensive patient records.
• Provided education on preventive care and lifestyle choices, empowering patients to improve their overall health.
• Traveled to four different hospitals and multiple units within the Prime Healthcare region.

• Optimized patient outcomes by continuously evaluating conditions and responses, quickly intervening to prevent or control complications.
• Coordinated follow-up anesthesia care, integrating clinical expertise with insights from physicians and nursing staff for optimal patient recovery.
• Assessed and triaged 20+ patients daily from operating rooms to ensure timely and effective post-operative care.
• Administered medications with precision, ensuring safety and efficacy through careful dosage calculation and verification.
• Treated post-operative symptoms of anesthesia and monitored patients for side effects.

• Advocated for patients' rights, treatment needs and cultural requirements with interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Adjusted specialized equipment to manage different pressures, cardiac rhythms and respiration.
• Prepared and administered oral, subcutaneous and IV medications based on patients' needs.
• Monitored catheters, leads and tubing for proper placement and functioning.
• Created positive patient care experiences using advanced clinical judgment, knowledge of nursing process and high emotional intelligence.
• Managed adverse symptomatology by promptly initiating corrective actions.

• Helped families make appropriate decisions regarding care and end-of-life planning.
• Comforted patients and loved-ones at end of life due to cancer, dementia and other disorders.
• Administered medications to patients and monitored patients for reactions or side effects.