Rebecca Smola
Garden City,MI
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse with over a decade of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise in critical care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Corewell Health
03.2015 - Current
- Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Reduced hospital readmissions through effective discharge planning, patient education, and follow-up care coordination.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Streamlined medication administration processes for increased safety and accuracy during busy shifts.
- Improved patient outcomes by developing and implementing individualized care plans for critically ill patients.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
- Managed ventilator settings according to physician orders, significantly reducing instances of respiratory distress among critically ill patients.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
- Handled ventilator support, feeding tubes and central lines.
- Carried out charge nurse duties which included making bed assignments, assisting with patient care, completing audits and serving as a resource to staff.
- Served as a preceptor to new hires.
- Managed critical titratable intravenous medications including vasopressors, sedation, anti arrhythmics, anti hypertensives and analgesics.
- Monitored and managed arterial lines and central venous pressure lines.
Registered Nurse
Medilodge Of Milford
10.2013 - 03.2015
- Improved patient mobility through targeted physical therapy exercises and treatments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive care for patients in rehabilitation settings.
- Administered medications safely, adhering to strict protocols and ensuring proper dosages for each individual patient.
- Developed strong rapport with patients, building trust that facilitated open communication about personal health concerns and goals for rehabilitation.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Owens Community College
Perrysburg, OH05.2013
Skills
- Healthcare Team Collaboration
- Advanced Life Support
- Intravenous therapy
- Airway Management
- Chest Tube Management
- Central Line Management
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Blood Transfusion Administration
- Endotracheal Intubations
- Cardiac monitors
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Certification
BLS - Basic Life Support
ACLS - Advance Cardiac Life Support
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Corewell Health
03.2015 - Current
Registered Nurse
Medilodge Of Milford
10.2013 - 03.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Owens Community College
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