Sara Rohan

• Monitored infection control procedures to verify facility-wide health and safety.
• Performed triage to maximum team productivity and effectiveness.
• Precepted new staff nurses to provide education on hospital policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures and techniques and patient assessments and interventions.
• Provided pre- and post-operative nursing care.
• Adhered to infection control standards while handling specimens or performing any clinical duties.
• Ensured compliance with all safety regulations and policies within the facility.
• Prepared patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explained procedures.
• Worked with social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care and actualize nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
• Monitored patients with incontinence issues, both after procedures and in recovery from trauma, installing catheters and monitoring bedpans to keep patients safe and comfortable.
• Administered medications according to physician orders and monitored patient response.
• Provided behavioral and emotional support and closely supervised patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's.

• Worked night shift 7pm-7am on the PAM unit. Was the only nurse on the unit doing patient care on all patients coming into the facility. Patient would stay in that unit for 14 days to make sure they did not become positive for COVID.

• Lead Nurse
• Phone interviews, work interviews, hiring and training all new nursing staff with documentation of training
• All new admits-all past/present drug use/medical/psychiatric history, fall assessment/precautions,

seizure precaution, suicidal/homicidal assessment, nutritional assessment, pain scales, anxiety scales,

craving scales, standard and infection control precautions.

• Track patients co-pays, call family members if they reported they will pay coordinate with the pharmacy.
• Responsible for all the scheduling, cover if any call in, needs time off-No overtime
• Prior authorizations for specialty medications
• Schedule coordinate all patients to see psychiatrist update psychiatrist appointment calendar
• Monitor all nursing documentation has been completed correctly
• Assist director of nursing and weekly updated nursing emails
• Compliance training documented for JHACO purposes
• Track all medical records request and verify uploaded and chart
• Manage spreadsheet with each admit patient that will contain the following fields labs completed,

uploaded, serial labs- y/n, psychiatric appointment scheduled date, copay information collected

• Direct patient care including the reporting of observed changes in mental status or physical

condition response to emergency safety risk

• Documents Nursing incidence and medication errors
• Manages the medication administration, record document administration efficiency and first

response

• Administrating medications via oral, sublingual, inhalation, topical and performing scheduled and

PRN vitals

• Observation, documentation, audit functions, education, and record keeping of all observed/

inventoried/destroyed/prescribe medication

• Cedar Park Neurology and Sleep Medicine – Cedar Park, TX
  • Assess, monitor, and document patient medical history, progress, symptoms, and vital signs.• Assist with a variety of treatments including Botox and nerve blocks.• Obtain pre-authorization for treatment and validate patient insurance carriers to ensure legitimate authorization of claims• Educated and familiar in treatment plans for patients with epilepsy, neuropathy, sleep, narcolepsy, strokes, multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders. Worked well in a team setting

• Assessed, monitored, and documented patient medical history, symptoms, and vital signs.• Drew up medications and gave injections.• Collected specimens via blood draws, throat cultures and urinary catheters.