Summer Oliva

Dialysis Nurse Responsibilities:

• Checking and recording patients’ vitals before, during, and after dialysis treatment.
• Ensuring that hemodialysis treatments are administered to patients correctly.
• Monitor patients during dialysis treatment to identify any adverse reactions.
• Preparing and updating nursing care plans.
• Promptly notifying the appropriate medical practitioner of any problems that occur during dialysis treatments.
• Working with the dialysis technicians to ensure that dialysis machines and equipment are set up correctly.
• Teaching patients and their family members how to operate home dialysis machines should they decide on home dialysis therapy.
• Educating patients on dialysis treatment options, kidney disease management, as well as suitable nutrition and exercise regimens.

• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease, post PCI and coronary artery disease.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
• Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Implemented care plans for patient treatment after assessing physician medical regimens.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.

Cases Handled:

• Emergency/Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
• Rotational Atherectomy/Diamondback Coronary Orbital Atherectomy
• Intravascular Lithotripsy (Shockwave)
• Angiojet Ultra Thrombectomy
• Pre & Post Electriphysiologic Studies (EPS) and Ablation Pacemaker Insertion, Micra Pacemaker Insertion
• Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) Closure, Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Closure & Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Closure MitraClip Right Heart Catheterization
• Pulmonary Balloon Angioplasty
• Arterio-Venous Fistulogram/Fistuloplasty

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administer patient medications.
• Assist in diagnostic procedures.
• Assist in interventional procedures.
• Be prepared for emergency situations.
• Circulate and scrub during cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology procedures and structural procedures. Discharge teaching with patients and families including procedural, medications, activities, and dietary.
• Educate patients and their families before discharge regarding medication, lifestyle, and care of the surgical site.
• Ensure consent paperwork is accurately completed. Examination of the patient pre and post‑catheterization. Manage administrative aspects of cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology patients and structural cases.
• Monitor and document patient vital signs.
• Monitor for signs and symptoms of infections or side effects of the procedure.
• Monitor patient sedation levels during and after the procedure. Prepare patients for procedures.
• Update patient charting and document on the procedure.

EQUIPMENTS/ INSTRUMENTS HANDLED:

• Mechanical Ventilator
• Bipap machine
• IABP Machine
• ABG Machine
• Flotrac
• Oxylog
• 3000 Phillips Cardiac Monitors
• Portable cardiac monitors
• Temporary Pacemaker
• Bair Hugger
• Hoist Machine
• Tube Feeding Machine
• Blood warmer
• Glucometer (POCT)
• Omnicell
• Vernacare Macerator (Urinals and bed pan)
• Nimbus Mattress
• Infusion pumps and syringe infusion pumps (Baxter, Terumo & Infusomat)
• Zoll Defibrillators and Emergency Cart
• CRRT machine

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide pre and post care for an 24‑bed CCU patient undergoing Cardiac Catheterization and electrophysiological studies, pacemaker and AICD implantation, MI screenings and anticoagulant therapy.
• Preparation of patient for CABG. Closely monitor patients to identify signs of arrhythmias and other life‑threatening complications.
• Administer medications and hang drips. Prepare and titrate inotropes accordingly.
• Work collaboratively with Interventionist and Cardiologist to discuss patientʼs conditions and medical needs.
• Facilitate the recovery process through patient and family education.
• Collaborate with medical professionals to establish a plan of care for all patients at point of discharge.
• Perform Intravenous Cannulation, venepuncture, IV administration of medicine, urinary catheterization and NGT insertion to the patient.
• Assist in Intubation in elective and emergency situations. Perform CPR when the needs arise.
• Assist in extubation. Perform endotracheal suctioning and tracheostomy suctioning.
• Assist in IA line, CVP, PA, Temporary pacemaker, IABP insertion and pleural tapping.
• Care of patient on BIPAP mask, mechanical ventilator.
• Care of patient on IA line, IABP, PA, Temporary Pacemaker and Permanent Pacemaker/AICD. Perform 12 lead ECG to patient. Uphold strict healthcare, and hospital standards.
• Maintain sterile procedures to prevent cross contamination and spread of disease and infection during scrubbing and circulating.

• Registered Nurse provides general nursing care to patients in hospital or similar healthcare facility by performing the following duties, in compliance with hospital standards of maintaining confidentiality, integrity, quality care and professionalism.

• Responsible for planning and providing quality care to patientʼs within an assigned unit following appropriate protocols and maintaining high nursing standards.