Tiffany Chase
Temple Hills,MD
Summary
Resourceful, Compassionate Registered Nurse with over 10 years of experience in offering comprehensive patient care in emergent environments. Works well with diverse patient population and fostering trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinates with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. Operates effectively in fast-paced emergency settings to address concerns with acute and chronic conditions. Good communication, decision-making and prioritization skills useful for assessing and triaging patients to optimize department resource utilization. .
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
01.2022 - Current
- Performed initial assessment of patients in the Emergency Department, including vital signs and medical history.
- Provided patient care according to established standards and protocols.
- Educated patients and families about health maintenance and disease prevention.
- Administered medications, intravenous fluids, treatments, and other therapies as prescribed by physicians.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure quality patient care outcomes were achieved.
- Supported physicians during trauma resuscitations in the Emergency Department.
- Responded quickly to life-threatening situations utilizing advanced emergency skills.
- Provided emotional support for patients and their families during times of stress.
- Triaged and treated high-volume caseload in busy emergency room setting.
- Responded quickly to codes and coordinated efficient and skilled care.
- Treated patients by administering various types of medications and therapies.
- Administered critical IV medications to stabilize patients for assessment and treatment.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Cared for patients experiencing acute traumas, including cardiac arrests, strokes and gunshot wounds.
- Trained other nurses on patient care and daily tasks, supporting growth and professional development.
- Monitored patient vital signs and symptoms, responding rapidly to changes in condition and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Coordinated discharge planning to ensure continuity of care post-hospitalization.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Lincoln Hospital Center
New York, NY
10.2020 - 12.2021
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Participated in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
St. Barnabas Hospital
New York, NY
08.2020 - 12.2021
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Performed initial assessment of patients in the Emergency Department, including vital signs and medical history.
- Monitored patient vital signs and symptoms, responding rapidly to changes in condition and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bronx Care Hospital
New York, NY
06.2019 - 07.2020
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
- Delivered proper care to victims of domestic violence at urgent care clinic.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bellevue Hospital
New York, NY
05.2017 - 04.2020
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
- Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Jacobi Medical Center
New York, NY
03.2016 - 04.2019
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY
03.2016 - 02.2019
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives .
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Managed care from admission to discharge, including patient assessments, care planning, health educations and discharging support to provide comprehensive care to several patients daily.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Provided exceptional care to several high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Cared for patients in multi-bed unit, supporting fellow nurses in delivering outstanding treatment to patients.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Coney Island Hospital
Brooklyn, NY
09.2015 - 08.2016
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Peconic Bay Medical Center
Riverhead, NY
12.2015 - 03.2016
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Westchester Medical Center
Valhalla, NY
08.2015 - 11.2015
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Participated in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
West Houston Medical Center
Houston, TX
05.2015 - 08.2015
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Kingwood Medical Center
Houston, TX
01.2015 - 05.2015
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
- Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms, medications and prior treatment.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York
New York, NY4 2011
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN12-2024
Skills
- Staff Supervision
- Triaging
- Chronic Disease Management
- Preventative Health
- Precepting
- Acute Care Expertise
- Intravenous Therapy
- Trauma recovery
- Delegation and Motivation
- Emergency Care
Certification
- BLS- Basic Life Support
- ACLS- Advanced Care Life Support
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
- TNCC- Trauma Nursing Core Course
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Harlem Hospital Center
01.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Lincoln Hospital Center
10.2020 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
St. Barnabas Hospital
08.2020 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bronx Care Hospital
06.2019 - 07.2020
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Bellevue Hospital
05.2017 - 04.2020
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Jacobi Medical Center
03.2016 - 04.2019
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Montefiore Medical Center
03.2016 - 02.2019
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Peconic Bay Medical Center
12.2015 - 03.2016
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Coney Island Hospital
09.2015 - 08.2016
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Westchester Medical Center
08.2015 - 11.2015
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
West Houston Medical Center
05.2015 - 08.2015
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Kingwood Medical Center
01.2015 - 05.2015
Associate of Science - Nursing
Borough of Manhattan Community College of The City University of New York
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
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