Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in different healthcare settings such as hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization and organizational skills.
Administer medications by mouth, other routes or hypodermic injection; perform follow-up treatments as requested, and interpret or explain treatments as necessary; interview patients to ascertain symptoms and signs of illness; take temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiration readings, height, weight and other vital signs and make appropriate entries on medical charts; ascertain the clinical nature of patient condition and determine appropriate processing or referral; prepare patients for examination by a physician or registered nurse and assist in the examination when appropriate; apply and change dressings; give irrigations and catheterizations; may do crutch measuring, fitting and training; may suction tracheostomies, and do electrocardiogram, and similar treatments; and give patient allergenic extract and check for reaction.