Shannon Urda, BSN, RN

- Regularly assesses the nursing needs of patients/clients and evaluates care outcomes.
- Develops, initiates, and updates the plan of care as needed to ensure quality and continuity.

-Plans the patient's/client's discharge from services.
- Provides specialized nursing care requiring substantial expertise. Offers guidance to the patient/client and their family in addressing nursing and related needs, using infection control protocols (OSHA) to protect both staff and patients.

- Coordinates care services, informing physicians and other personnel of changes in the patient's/client's condition and needs.
- Oversees assigned cases to ensure compliance with third-party payer requirements.
- Prepares clinical and progress notes, and ensures timely completion of documentation.
- Demonstrates professional development by participating in in-service programs and maintaining or enhancing skills.
- Supervises, teaches, and provides clinical direction to nursing staff. Assigns home health aides to specific patients and supervises LPNs/LVNs and paraprofessionals.
- Promotes the agency's philosophy and follows its administrative policies.
- Performs on-call duties and provides on-call services to patients/clients and their families as needed.
- Communicates effectively with patients/clients, their families, team members, and other healthcare professionals.

-Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient conditions to achieve optimal outcomes.

-Treated patients with a broad range of acute, life-threatening diagnoses.

-Developed a plan of care based on patient needs, while taking into consideration spiritual, physical, psychological, social, educational, and developmental factors.
-Implemented appropriate patient care interventions and evaluated outcomes.

-Supervised and coordinated non-licensed personnel in the provision of care to assigned patients.
-Recorded patient responses to nursing care and medical treatments and updated any changes in physician orders for assigned patients.

-Performed medical treatments such as administering medications, intravenous fluids, and blood transfusions.

-Monitored vital signs including heart rate, respiratory rate, temperature, and blood pressure.

-Assisted physicians with diagnostic tests, therapeutic procedures, and other medical interventions.