Tracy Cole

• Staff nurse on Medical-Surgical unit
• Monitored vital signs and assessed patients regularly, swiftly identifying any changes in condition and addressing concerns promptly.
• Prioritized critical thinking skills in assessing patient conditions, leading to timely interventions that prevented complications or deterioration of health status.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and attentive care to a diverse population of patients.
• Contributed to a positive work environment through effective communication and collaboration with colleagues and supervisors.

clinical nurse

• Administered medications accurately and in a timely manner, ensuring proper treatment for various conditions.

• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.

• Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with superior healthcare provider
• Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids as ordered
• Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition, reporting promptly to providers for patients to receive necessary care for medical concerns
• Assisted physicians with examinations and patient scans during diagnosis processes
• Examined and treated patient lacerations, contusions and other abnormalities then referred patients to other medical professionals as needed
• Took vital signs, registered patients in computer system, triage patients, assessed patients and followed nursing protocols for optimal patient care
• Processed new patients into computer system at arrival onto unit for the intake process
• Floated to multiple other units as requested for staff shortage demands

• Documented patient intake and dietary requirements and aided with feeding and monitoring
• Assisted with patients’ nutritional needs by setting up self-feeding setting and directly feeding individuals with severely limited mobility
• Administered prescribed medications and prescribed insulin
• Inserted, cared for, and removed patients’ catheters and monitored fluid output
• Cared for patients’ acute and chronic wounds by changing dressings and using medicated compounds if ordered