Nicole Taub

• Utilized supportive therapy, brief therapy and interpersonal therapy to lead clients into healing and self-actualization.
• Furnished client-centered treatments by referring to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and listening to clients' symptoms and concerns.
• Provide Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation, Psychosocial Assessment, Medication management.
• Monitored clients monthly for follow-up with symptoms, medication management, psychosocial assessment, and interpersonal therapy.
• Collaborate with social workers at the center.

• Collaborated with Psychiatrists, psychologists, and medical Doctors on the unit. Provided Psychiatric and medical assessments to the patients and delivered appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in acute clients in an Emergency.
• Charged RN on a 26-patient unit, managed staff, collaboratively worked with Psychiatrists and Medical Doctors, ran groups, and collaborated with family members.
• Charge supervisor in the administrative office.
• Administered medications via oral and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.

RN oriented with a preceptor on a Cardiac Thoracic Surgery Unit. The patient population consisted of patients with Coronary Artery Disease, open Heart and lung surgery.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Participated in a One year duration in Nurse Residency Program, worked as an RN on a surgical/telemetry step down intensive care recovery unit. The patient population consisted of general surgery, trauma, vascular, surgery, plastic surgery, surgical oncology, and Neurology.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.

• Provided Patient care working with RNs in Medicine, Oncology, Emergency Room, Orthopedics, and Neurology.
• Monitored vital signs, performed EKG's, blood draining, Performed Activity of Daily Living (ADL's).
• Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
• Assisted with patient transfers and ambulation.
• Documented residents' mental status, sleep, and eating patterns in medical record books.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to health care staff and registered nurses and physicians to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.

• The externship program provided students with working alongside a surgical RN who functions as a preceptor/educator in observing and learning the role of an RN.
• The externship program entailed in a month duration , which coincided with the preceptor three 12 hour schedule per week.
• Assigned to a surgical/Oncology unit in the program.
• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Utilized full assessment skills, worked on care plans, and documentation on nursing notes.
• Obtained hands-on experience; helped patients with wound changes, wound assessments, monitored and documented Fluid intake and output drainage; Hemovac, Jackson and Pratt drainage, Pleural Vacs.
• Provided patient care and ADL's.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Monitored patient health status to detect changes and unusual patterns and report to medical staff.
• Reviewed charts, doctor notes and test results to gather information on patients.