Safae Elkoun, RN
17 Marion Court, North Haven,CT
Summary
Registered Nurse with extensive Intensive Care Unit experience. Demonstrates strong clinical skills, critical thinking, and quick decision-making abilities. Experienced with critical patient care, including advanced life support and emergency interventions. Utilizes evidence-based practices to enhance patient recovery and safety. Knowledge of complex medical equipment and protocols, ensuring efficient and accurate patient care. Focused on effective team collaboration, adaptable to changing needs, and committed to patient outcomes. Known for reliability, compassion, and patient advocacy.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, MICU
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
10.2022 - Current
- Administers critical care interventions, ensuring patient safety and comfort in high-acuity environment.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Monitors vital signs and assesses changes in patient conditions, responding swiftly to emergencies.
- Educates patients and families on treatment plans, medications, and post-discharge care procedures.
- Mentors and precepts new graduate nurses and nursing students, fostering professional development and clinical competence.
- Implements evidence-based practices to improve care delivery standards within the MICU setting.
Case Coordinator
E & S Home Care Solutions
South Plainfield, NJ
01.2015 - 08.2020
- Assisted in data entree for employee records, client records, and scheduling records.
- Communicated with case managers, clients, home health aides, and director of nursing.
- Scheduled and coordinated home care services between clients and home health aides.
- Completed various administrative tasks such as making phone calls, answering emails and inputting data into systems.
- Assisted with billing and client authorizations for services.
Special Needs Assistant
Francis T. Maloney High School
Meriden, CT
09.2009 - 06.2010
- Documented student behavior, interventions and outcomes to enable lead teacher to address pertinent issues.
- Delivered personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes.
- Fostered positive learning environment by creating many visual displays and providing the proper physical set-up.
- Assisted in planning and supervising class field trips.
- Assisted in creating safe learning strategies while caring for the students’ abilities to participate.
- Monitored student classroom and outdoor activities to promote student safety.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT05-2024
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gateway Community College
New Haven, CT05.2022
High School Diploma -
Francis T. Maloney High School
Meriden, CT06.2006
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Telemetry monitoring
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
- End-of-life care
- Compassionate care
- Ethical practice
- Advanced life support
- Healthcare team collaboration
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
Affiliations
AACN member
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Student Nurses Association voting member
Certification
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- ACLS- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
French
Limited Working
Timeline
Registered Nurse, MICU
Yale New Haven Hospital
10.2022 - Current
Case Coordinator
E & S Home Care Solutions
01.2015 - 08.2020
Special Needs Assistant
Francis T. Maloney High School
09.2009 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Gateway Community College
High School Diploma -
Francis T. Maloney High School
TRAINING
NURSING STUDENT CLINICAL ROTATIONS
YNHH SRC V5W: Jan 2022-May 2022
YNHH SRC SLA3: Aug-Dec 2021
YNHH SRC V3S: Jan-May 2021
Gaylord Hospital Hooker 2: Aug-Dec 2020
- Demonstrated critical thinking
- Participated in shift report
- Performed head-to-toe assessments
- Medication Administration
- Wound care
- Urinary catheter insertion and care using sterile technique
- Monitor blood sugars and vital signs
- Therapeutic communication with patients
- Patient education and discharge information
- Patient advocacy and support
Scholarships
Frank Adam Jurczyk Scholarship