Taydra Newton

• Performing thorough physical and emotional assessments
• Administering medications and managing symptoms
• Providing compassionate comfort and end-of-life care
• Creating and implementing individualized care plans
• Educating patients and families about care needs and expectations
• Offering emotional and spiritual support
• Collaborating with physicians, social workers, and chaplains
• Ensuring accurate documentation and communication
• Advocating for patient dignity, comfort, and wishes
• Supporting family members through grief and transition
• Documented patient progress and care interventions accurately.
• Educated patients and family members on disease process, medication administration, nutrition and symptom management.

Dialysis Nurse - Acute Care (Contracted through Moses Cone Hospital)

Responsibilities include:

• Providing dialysis treatments for patients with acute renal failure and end-stage renal disease
• Completing thorough assessments and monitoring vital signs throughout treatment
• Administering medications and performing blood transfusions
• Cannulation AV fistulas and grafts; managing dialysis catheters
• Responding to complications and ensuring patient safety
• Collaborating with nephrologists and healthcare team members
• Educating patients and families on dialysis care and expectations
• Maintaining accurate documentation and infection control standards

LPN/Dialysis

• Monitored patient status during treatment and reported variances and adverse reactions to care teams.
• Attached dialyzer and tubing to dialysis machines for use in hemodialysis treatment
• Collected and analyzed patient data before, during and after treatments and documented information in patient medical records.
• Administered medications and therapies in accordance with physicians orders.

LPN/Med Surge

• Provided pre- and post-operative nursing care.
• Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
• Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
• Inserted, cared for and removed patients' catheters and monitored fluid output.
• Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids to address patient symptoms and underlying etiologies.

• Facilitated activities of daily living, personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
• Conducted routine checks on patient vitals, blood pressure, blood sugar and heart rate.
• Documented and recorded information in EMR system.
• Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to nursing staff for immediate assessment.

• Turned or re-positioned bedridden patients to promote blood flow and prevent bedsores.

• Monitored vital signs and reported changes to nursing staff.