Tina Cote
NORTH SMITHFIELD,RI
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Medical ICU
Lifespan: Rhode Island Hospital
Providence, RI
06.2005 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments as directed and as appropriate for patient's medical care in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team.
- Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with invasive and non-invasive procedures.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values and beliefs.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
- Provided patient and family health education focusing on self-management, prevention and wellness.
- Assessed and prepared patients for procedures, performing initial and ongoing patient assessments.
- Exhibited professionalism and leadership to peers by participating in professional activities and continuing education.
- Maintained personal and team compliance with medication administration standards and patient care best practices.
- Created, implemented and evaluated patient care plans with medical team.
- Promoted safe and calm environment for complex patients by keeping services, supplies and necessary equipment on hand.
- Confirmed proper functioning of life support equipment such as ventilators and feeding tubes.
- Provided comprehensive nursing care for critically ill patients in the Medical ICU.
- Monitored vital signs and administered medications as prescribed by physician.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to develop individualized care plans for each patient.
- Conducted daily rounds with physicians and other healthcare providers to discuss patient progress.
- Performed wound care management including dressing changes and debridement of necrotic tissue.
- Maintained accurate medical records documenting assessments, interventions, treatments and evaluations of patients' conditions.
- Assisted physicians during procedures such as intubations, chest tube insertions and central line placements.
- Administered blood products safely per hospital policy standards.
- Adhered to infection control protocols to reduce risk of transmission of infectious diseases.
- Identified potential complications associated with critical illness and initiated appropriate interventions.
- Provided emotional support for families adjusting to life-altering diagnoses.
- Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol, and procedures.
- Assessed ICU patients each shift to ascertain vitals and key information.
- Functioned as charge nurse and assumed patient care in absence of nurses ending or arriving for shifts.
- Administered medications, monitored dosages, and observed patient reactions in a high-stakes environment.
- Coordinated discharge planning, ensuring patients transitioned safely from ICU to next level of care.
- Participated in clinical rounds with physicians, offering insights from nursing perspective to inform patient care decisions.
- Operated and maintained life support systems and other medical equipment with precision and care.
- Supervised cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms and oxygen delivery devices.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick, RI06.2004
Skills
- Patient Assessment and Care
- Workflow and Patient Management
- Medical Chart Management
- Direct Patient Care
- Medication Administration
- Wound Management- currently on wound care comity
- Nursing Staff Leadership- charge nurse, preceptor, ACLS certified, was a recipient of Nurse of the Quarter
- Ventilator Care
- Medication and IV Administration
- Gastrostomy Tube Care
- Tracheostomy Care
- Staff Development and Precepting
- Telemetry monitoring
- Ventilator management
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Clinical judgment
- Time management abilities
- Sedation management
- Pain management
- Life-sustaining machines
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Issue assessment and monitoring
- Pulmonary assessments
- Critical thinking
- Advanced cardiovascular life support (ACLS)
- Heartsaver first aid
- Blood transfusion administration
- Shock symptom identification
- Acute care expertise
- Emergency procedures
Accomplishments
- ACLS certified
- recipient of Nurse of the Quarter
- Completed Board Certification for Med Surg
- Currently on wound care comity
- Unit council founding board member -
- Trained in ECMO, CRRT and Mass Transfusion Protocol
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Medical ICU
Lifespan: Rhode Island Hospital
06.2005 - Current
Associate of Science - Nursing
Community College of Rhode Island
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