Stephanie Simon

• Assessed patients across units and prioritized care for changing acuity levels.
• Administered medications and treatments while maintaining accurate electronic documentation.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate seamless patient care transitions.
• Adapted quickly to float assignments, maintaining continuity of care across specialties.
• Consistently exceeded performance metrics in areas such as patient satisfaction scores and quality of care indicators by remaining focused on delivering exceptional nursing services at all times.
• Promoted patient safety through strict adherence to infection control protocols and proper utilization of personal protective equipment.
• Served as a resource for medical professionals across various departments, fostering effective communication and collaboration among healthcare providers.
• Monitored patient status and responded promptly to urgent clinical changes.
• Supported bedside nursing workflows by assisting with admissions, transfers, and discharges.
• Maintained competency in diverse clinical settings by regularly floating between units, adapting quickly to unique patient populations and environments.
• Prevented complications through early identification of potential issues and prompt intervention when necessary.

• 1. Receive admissions and/or transfers to the unit
• 2. Initial and ongoing systematic patient assessment
• 3. Timely and accurate documentation using appropriate systems
• 4. Interpret assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry
• 5. Ensure medical orders are transcribed and processed accurately
• 6. Competence in Rapid Response and code events
• 7. Instruct and counsel patients/families
• 8. Performs other duties as assigned

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans in consultation with healthcare professionals.
• Evaluating medical information, as well as providing direct and individualized bedside nursing care to pre-and post-surgery patients.
• Preparing, administering and recording prescribed medications.
• Changing dressings, inserting catheters, and starting IVs.
• Adjusting specialized medical equipment as needed, as well as interpreting and recording measurements.
• Monitoring patients' vitals and reporting adverse reactions to medications in a timely manner.
• Collaborating on discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Answering questions and educating patients and their families on surgical procedures and post-surgery care.
• Maintaining and updating patient files, medical charts, and health records.
• Adhering to best nursing practices, standards, and protocols.

• Administering blood transfusions and infusions
• Monitoring patients’ vital signs
• Diagnosing the causes of sudden changes in patient condition and giving urgent treatments when required
• Carrying out treatment plans by administering medication
• Assessing diagnostic tests such as electrocardiograms (EKGs) and radiographs (X-rays) and performing them in some circumstances
• Delivering emergency medical care, such as cardiac life support, when patients are in crisis
• Updating patients health information to ensure accurate record keeping
• Working with Physicians and other members of the care team to revise treatment plans when needed

• Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life threatening instability
• Performs emergency medical procedures such as BLS and ACLS, and documents data related to patient care
• Administers blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions and manages patients pain relief and sedation; monitoring patient responses and changing care plans accordingly
• Assesses urgent and emergent health conditions and interprets the results of diagnostic tests and procedures, based on assessment results
• Interprets information obtained from EKGs; sets-up, operates and/or monitors invasive equipment and devices

• Provided needed care to those patients who require skilled care after any type of acute or chronic illness; requiring hospitalization.
• Duties performed (not limited to):
• Completion of all pre-admittance requirements for those patients arriving during night shift.
• Provided education and training to staff, ie... (medical devices, new medication, new supplies, new treatments).
• Closely monitored acute conditions.
• Prepared and finalized dayshift nursing assignments.
• Performed midnight rounds on each unit; (verified completion of mandatory night-work duties).
• Instructed both patients and family members on proper discharge care.
• Reviewed with family and patient those meds patient will be maintained on while at home.

• Responsible for the care of 1 to 3 critically ill patients. Patient sent me requirements for admittance to a STEP DOWN/ICU, would be post-op patients recently underwent a six hour or longer surgical procedure, patients withdrawing from alcohol and or drugs, medically frail/declining patients, patients whose neurological capacity can no longer sustain life without medical means, septic shock patients, those patients in respiratory failure, and multi-stroke patients.
• Duties performed (not limited to):
• Closely monitoring patients hemodynamic variances, as well as any slight deviation‘s in electrolyte balances.
• Maintaining absolute accuracy of those titrate drips classified as CRITICAL. This will include q2 documentation of drip rate as well as patient status.
• Routine monitoring, as well as once a shift, skin and oral care, to those patients on ventilators or that have tracheostomy sites.
• Routine monitoring of those patients who have Central lines and/or Arterial lines (to include following proper line flush protocol).
• Routine assessment and once a shift skin care to those patients with G-tubes, NG tubes, or are utilizing syringe pumps.
• When applicable, monitoring and documenting (per protocol) on those patients with EKG monitors.

• Responsible for care of Maternity patients during Antepartum, Labor and Postpartum.
• Duties performed (not limited to):
• Continuous collaboration with L&D staff to ensure anticipated needs for a high-risk patients on unit.
• Rendered care to all post-op GYN Patients while recovering in the PACU.
• Maintained Fetal-Strip AWHONN Certification during employment.
• Trained to handle bedside deliveries of both term and preterm newborns, As well as stillborn deliveries.
• Provided shock assistance to physician during induction of labor agents.
• Provided assistance with transition into ‘Coupling Care.
• Maintain shift assessments of both mom and baby as well as performing routine reassessments.
• Provided for newborn care during mom and baby’s coupling care.
• Obtained lactation certification, to be competent enough to properly and accurately answer any lactation questions concerning mom/ as well as provide assistance.

• Responsible for monitoring and caring for those patients who are pregnant and experiencing complications with the pregnancy, but are not ready to deliver.
• Duties performed (not limited to):
• Received specialized training in all sub/departments of maternal Child health. Skilled in providing Coupling care to both mom and newborn after delivery.
• Received and maintained AWHONN fetal strip certification.
• Cross trained in PACU in order to provide care to Post-Op GYN patients.
• Cross trained in NICU, to further enhance care provided the newborn after delivery.
• Assisted physicians with Initiating of induction agent
• Advanced training obtained In order to perform cervical dilation exams

Graduate with Honors in top 2% of my class