Sarah Ludewig
Monroe Township,NJ
Summary
Charge Nurse with extensive experience at DCI, excelling in nurse training and patient care. Proven ability to enhance employee performance and advocate for patient rights. Skilled in clinical management and collaborative care, fostering a supportive environment that improves patient satisfaction and staff retention. Committed to delivering high-quality patient outcomes.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse
DCI
05.2022 - Current
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, communicating and assisting with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with management and other clinical staff.
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to provide quality patient care.
- Responsible for medication inventory and ordering.
- Preforming all responsibilities as listed on previous job as Dialysis Registered Nurse
Dialysis Registered Nurse
DCI
12.2002 - 05.2022
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Member of the staff preceptor team and acted as a preceptor of new Registered Nurses
- Assumed the duties of charge nurse in the absence of regular charge nurse
- Assisted in Infection prevention monitoring of unit
- Member of the patient education team
RN Floor Nurse
JFK Medical Center
03.2006 - 10.2006
- Work with neurological patients in a neurological/medical-surgical environment.
- Daily tasks include patient assessment, medication administration, charting, dressing changes, patient education, admitting and discharging patients, placing IV’s and caring for central lines
- collaboration with other members of the health care team, which includes delegation of tasks to nursing assistants and LPN’s.
- Caring for patients newly diagnosed with strokes, including cardiac monitoring
RN Floor Nurse
St. Peter's University Hospital
08.2001 - 12.2002
- Worked on a dialysis / medical surgical floor.
- Daily responsibilities included administrating patient medication, IV’s, administrating peritoneal dialysis, charting, drawing blood from central IV lines, blood glucose monitoring, admissions, discharges, patient teaching, coordinating patient testing, dressing changes, collecting lab specimens, post mortem care.
- Collaborated with healthcare team members to assess, implement and evaluate nursing care plans.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA09-2006
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
Charles E. Gregory School of Nursing
Old Bridge, NJ06-2001
Skills
- Nurse training
- Patient care planning
- Employee performance
- Patient care
Certification
- Registered Nurse License 26NO12434300 [2001-present]
- Certified Nephrology Nurse - ID 4288313 [2008-present]
- Basic Life Support -Active
Timeline
Charge Nurse
DCI
05.2022 - Current
RN Floor Nurse
JFK Medical Center
03.2006 - 10.2006
Dialysis Registered Nurse
DCI
12.2002 - 05.2022
RN Floor Nurse
St. Peter's University Hospital
08.2001 - 12.2002
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
Immaculata University
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
Charles E. Gregory School of Nursing
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