Registered Nurse, Neuroscience Unit
Hartford Healthcare
, CT
07.2023 - Current
- Assess and monitor patients' conditions, including vital signs, cardiac rhythms, and oxygen saturation levels, and lab results.
- Administer medications and treatments specific to cardiac conditions, such as anticoagulants, antiarrhythmics, and vasodilators.
- Educate patients and their families about their health conditions, medications, lifestyle modifications, and self-care techniques.
- Respond promptly to changes in patients' conditions, initiate emergency interventions if necessary, and communicate effectively with physicians and other members of the healthcare team.
- Provide direct patient care to neurology and neurosurgery patients in the medical-surgical unit.
- Monitor and assess patients' conditions, administer medications, and implement appropriate nursing interventions.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare team members to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes.
- Engaged in quality improvement initiatives.
- Maintained compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in nursing practices by attending continuing education classes or seminars.
