Trisha Kenney

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• 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.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Secured controlled narcotics and distributed medication on schedule to meet patient needs and minimize misuse opportunities.
• Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Motility lab specialist. Managing patients receiving esophageal and rectal manometries. 24 hour pH studies. Video capsule enteroscopy. Assist physicians with Bravo instruction and uploading the data to form a report.
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• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.

Responsibilities for this position include managing phone triage, physical assessments, delivering IV and BCG therapy, assisting physicians with prostate procedures such as TUNA and Thermatrix.

Performed pelvic floor rehabilitation and urodynamic studies.

Assist surgeons with patient management ensuring best possible patient care.

Actively participated in an experimental research project involving IV therapy outcomes.

One of only a few nurses in the state of Ohio to earn a Certificate in Urology.

• 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.

• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
• Contributed substantially to successful department JCAHO accreditation by consistently operating to highest standards of care.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.