Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
I work in the Same Day Surgery at University of Cincinnati Medical Center and in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. I get patients prepared for surgery and take care of them postoperatively.
I am ACLS Certified and BLS Certified Completed the Critical Care Internship at UC I originally worked in the Neuro Unit for several years and worked one year in the ED before coming to Same Day Surgery I was a LPN for 25 years prior to obtaining my RN and worked in Long Term Care and Rehabilitation Facilty
My Manager has me Precept the new RN's on our Unit along with two other Nurses. I learned that I really enjoy teaching and the Nurses that I trained told my Manger that I helped them so much because it can be be challenging to change to other units even within the same hospital. I was really happy to get this award.