Nancy Milam

• Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes and treatment implementations.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Built rapport with patients and family members to deliver exceptional care.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment.
• Performed patient assessments and adjusted care plans accordingly.

Provide direct patient care to Progressive Cardiac patients, General Surgical, and infectious disease patients. Maintained rhythm controlling drips and analysis of cardiac rhythms. Provided patient care and unit support during COVID 19 pandemic when theunit was designated an Infectious disease unit temporarily.

• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence
• Maintained proper isolation and gowning technique to decrease infection risk and cross contamination to patients and staff. Complied with all state and federal requirements as they evolved

Provided direct patient care to Cardiothoracic Surgical, Vascular Surgical, and Progressive cardiac care patients. Focus on Thoracotomy and Esophajectomy patients. Also, focus on avariety of vascular surgical cases including arterial bypasses and aortic dissection repairs. Progressive Cardiac care includes the maintenance of rhythm controlling drips and post-cardiac catheterization cases.

• Minimized hospital stays with recovery centered approaches, reducing the length of stay for post esophajectomy cases, and coordination with other departments to decrease readmission rates
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches
• Evaluated vitals and presenting symptoms to understand and properly treat conditions
• Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
• Assisted with staff development by observing less experienced staff in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety

Weekend Charge Rn for inpatient acute rehab unit

• Taught and demonstrated safe transfer techniques for mobility challenged patients
• Encourage and participated in increasing pt independence with activities of daily living as well as transfers and overall strength training exercises
• Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans
• Monitored for acute and chronic conditions requiring advanced medical intervention

• Provide patient care in all patient care specialties including intensive care, cardiac care, and oncology. adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for 6-7 patients per shift
• Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests
• Relief Charge nurse. Oversaw average of number patients per shift on medical-surgical and oncological units
• Effectively supervised number LVNs, NAs and non-clinical staff
• Examined patients and dispensed medications as needed
• Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases
• Self-directed with astute judgment skills. High level of personal accountability
• Effective counseling in health maintenance and disease management
• Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans
• Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care
• Closely monitored acute conditions
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation
• Ensured HIPAA compliance
• Developed and implemented nursing care plans

Acute patient care across multiple faceted women's health spectrum including gynecological oncology, genito-urinary, postpartum, and occasional high-risk antepartum care. Many patients required cardiac monitoring

• Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests
• Primary care, assessment and evaluation of female patients receiving oncologic to surgical reconstructive care. Also provided post partem and occasional antepartem care
• Strong leader for nursing personnel assigned to unit/shift. Acted as Charge RN for majority of my shifts including staff development and training, chart audits and patient care assignment planning
• Assisted doctors with surgeries and non-invasive procedures