Regan Brockman

• 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.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.

• Provide inpatient nursing care to intensive care patients receiving treatment on a COVID-19 unit. Adaptation to new protocols paired with split-second decision-making skills ensured continuity in care
• Consistently deliver outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
• Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare personnel to meet patients' personal, physical, psychological and cognitive needs.
• Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
• Precepted new graduate nurses, providing guidance on unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures and nursing best practices.

Handled all aspects of patient care following surgery, monitoring heart rate, breathing, and respiration, blood pressure, managing the pain and nausea of the patient; monitoring potential bleeding or pathological indications, assessing the patient’s overall conditions; providing care and intervention as needed; instructing patients in self-care techniques and assisting the patient following the procedure. Admitting and discharging surgical patients and providing necessary education and teaching to family.

• Worked all adult Med-Surge units in hospital including the Joseph M Still Burn Center, one of the nations largest and leading burn hospitals in the US
• Monitored patients before, during and after surgical operations to evaluate patient care and maintained aseptic techniques throughout.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharging support to provide comprehensive care to over patients daily.