Robin (McBay) Collins

• From February 2018 - December 2021 I worked at Huntsville Hospital Inpatient Hospice Facility, Hospice Family Care. In December 2021, I transferred to Oncology at Huntsville Hospital Main Campus.
• 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.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Performed blood / blood product infusions, as well as treat electrolytes when needed.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.

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• Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• From October 2017 - February 2018 I was handling personal medical illness. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, and began monthly treatments.

While working on PCU, I cared for acutely cardiac patients, prepared patients for procedures, and assisted in recovering post heart catheterized patients. After a year on PCU, I transferred to the Cardiac Cath Lab, where myself, and a team of nurses and x-ray scrub techs assisted physicians in performing procedures. These are just some of the actions, in conjunction with;

• 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.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.

• RN - Cardiac Short Stay
• Recovered patients who had heart catheterizations, heart stents, Pacemakers, and EP studies.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.