Shantae Hall

Observation Unit: Charge Nurse for over 20 bed unit. Duties include

• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

Progressive Care Unit: Staff Nurse

Cared for adult patients with diagnoses such as MI, post-stent placement and CHF. Select, order drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary. Respond to emergency situations by providing airway management, administering emergency fluids or drugs, or using basic or advanced cardiac life support techniques. Daily team conferences where a plan is formulated then implemented according to patients' needs.

Manage patients'' airway or pulmonary status.

• Administered patient care, monitoring vital signs and responding to medical emergencies.
• Conducted quality assessments, identifying areas for process improvement in nursing operations.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.

Mental Health/Eating Disorder Unit

• Administered psychiatric medications and monitored patient responses to treatment plans.
• Conducted comprehensive mental health assessments to develop individualized care strategies.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and treatment effectiveness.
• Built trust with patients from various cultural backgrounds through culturally competent care practices tailored to individual needs.
• Ensured patient safety by closely monitoring behaviors, administering medications as prescribed, and intervening during incidents of aggression or selfharm.

Functioned as scrub and circulating nurse in operating room, ensuring sterile environment and facilitating surgical procedures.

• Assisted in surgical procedures by preparing instruments and ensuring sterile environments.