Nicole Leeb
Nesconset
Summary
Professional healthcare provider of 8 years with extensive experience in bedside nursing. Skilled in patient care, medication administration, and clinical assessment. Strong focus on teamwork and dependable in adapting to changing needs. Known for clear communication, critical thinking, and compassionate patient interaction.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
02.2023 - 05.2026
- Provided inpatient care to diverse population of adult medical and surgical patients.
- Managed caseload of five patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy, and wound care.
- Administered medications and monitored patient vitals to ensure optimal care and safety.
- Effectively managed time and prioritized tasks to ensure timely administration of medications, treatments, and procedures.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop effective patient care plans tailored to individual needs.
- Supervised junior nursing staff, providing guidance on best practices and clinical procedures.
- Promoted a safe environment for patients by adhering to infection control protocols, fall prevention strategies, and other safety measures.
- Evaluated patient progress, adjusting care plans as necessary to align with treatment goals.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Educated patients on self-care techniques such as wound management, medication administration, and lifestyle modifications to promote long-term wellness.
Registered Nurse
St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
Smithtown, NY
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Has been charge nurse and triage nurse of an entire emergency department.
- Provided care within a Level 1 Stroke Center.
- Assisted in the care of cardiac arrests, respiratory distress’, and stroke codes.
- Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- Provided care to people across the lifespan with different conditions from infants, children, pregnant women, and the elderly.
- Ability to conduct a full head to toe physical assessment, including but not limited too, listening to heart, lung, and bowel sounds, checking incisions, and observing other factors, depending on individual patient.
- Monitoring ER patients, including alerting physicians to changes in patient status.
- Performed ER procedures, such as EKGs, venipuncture, IV insertion, cardiac monitoring, blood sugar monitoring, vital signs, urinalysis, HCG testing, foley catheter insertion, continuous bladder irrigation, tube feedings, NG tube insertion and wound care.
- Ability to perform excellent medication administration demonstrating the “five rights”.
- Giving well detailed report to next shift or receiving unit in order to ensure best possible care of patients, reporting any changes/observations.
- Provided emergency medical care to 12+ patients at a time.
- Always maintaining the confidentiality of all patient care information in accordance with HIPPA.
Registered Nurse
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
Smithtown, NY
03.2020 - 06.2021
- Providing care to 22 sub-acute patients at a time.
- Ability to focus on the immediate needs of patients, as well as being responsible for overseeing each residents overall health and medical histories.
- Always ensuring that narcotic records are accurate for shift.
- Able to receive telephone orders from medical doctors and transcribe into residents medication administration record.
- Chart nurses’ progress notes in an informative and descriptive manner that reflects the care provided to the resident, as well as the resident’s response to care.
- Ensuring that all nursing personnel assigned to the unit comply with the written policies and procedures established by the facility as well as directing the unit as a cohesive team.
- Consistently making hourly rounds of unit/shift to ensure that nursing service personnel are performing their work assignments and residents are safe.
- Participating in the implementation and maintenance of infection control for monitoring communicable and/or infectious diseases among the residents and personnel.
- Through the use of care plans, was able to develop criteria for measurement of patient outcomes and then established the priorities needed to achieve the expected outcomes.
Education
RN Refresher Program -
Molloy College
Rockville Centre, NY01.2020
BSN - undefined
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL01.2017
Skills
- Medication administration and IV administration
- Wound care
- Basic life support
- Vital signs monitoring
- Physical assessment
- Emergency response
- Critical thinking
- Telemetry monitoring
- Strong clinical judgment
- Compassionate and caring
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Pain management
Licenses & Certifications
Nursing License #749070 - Renewed in November 2023
BLS Certification #25541931907 - Renewed in April 2025
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Stony Brook University Hospital
02.2023 - 05.2026
Registered Nurse
St. Catherine of Siena Hospital
06.2021 - 12.2022
Registered Nurse
Smithtown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
03.2020 - 06.2021
BSN - undefined
University of South Alabama
RN Refresher Program -
Molloy College