Savannah Lowe

• MDS Experience
• Skilled Nursing experience
• Skilled IDT weekly meeting experience
• Working directly with case management to meet discharge needs with equipment and home health .
• Strengthened unit care standards and policies with focus on patient safety and dignity.
• Supervised patient admissions and discharges from hospital to home care, rehabilitative facility, or self-care.
• Documented information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying information to clinicians and care providers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Improved patient outcomes by consistently providing high-quality care and timely interventions.
• Enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration through effective communication and teamwork with physicians, therapists, and support staff.
• Reduced hospital readmissions by implementing evidence-based discharge planning and patient education strategies.
• Increased patient satisfaction scores by delivering compassionate care and advocating for individual needs.
• Mentored newly hired nurses to ensure seamless integration into the team and facilitate their professional development.
• Provided comprehensive assessments of patients'' physical, emotional, and social needs, informing personalized care plans.
• Contributed to a positive work environment by actively participating in unit meetings, sharing ideas to improve efficiency or address ongoing challenges faced by colleagues.
• Managed medication administration safely and accurately while maintaining meticulous documentation in electronic health records systems.
• Skillfully performed various clinical procedures such as IV insertion, wound dressing changes, catheterizations; ensuring optimal comfort levels for patients during these processes.
• Led shift handover meetings effectively communicating critical information about each patient''s status ensuring continuity of care.
• Developed strong relationships with patients'' families by providing regular updates on treatment progress supporting decision-making processes surrounding end-of-life care options when needed.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams during rounds, providing input and advocating for patient needs.

• Charge Nurse
• Transitioned from Skilled LPN to RN
• Enhanced patient care by performing comprehensive

assessments and developing individualized care plans.

• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Delivered culturally competent care that respected diverse patient populations'' unique values, beliefs, and traditions.
• Managed time-sensitive tasks effectively under pressure while maintaining composure during critical situations or emergencies.
• Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
• Assisted physicians with diagnostic testing and procedural support for optimal treatment decisions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.

• Critical care experience
• Post Cardiac Catheterization care
• Cardiac Drip experience
• EKG/Telemetry experience
• Enhanced patient care by performing comprehensive assessments and developing individualized care plans.
• Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
• Assisted physicians with diagnostic testing and procedural support for optimal treatment decisions.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.