Tristan Hirsch
Pasadena,MD
Summary
Dedicated and Compassionate Registered Nurse with 8 years of experience working in School Health, Mental Heath , Addiction, Children and Adults Case Management in infectious disease and Primary Care. Proven ability to provide direct patient care in a fast pace environment. Calm and level headed with the ability to handle difficult patient's and high stress situations. Use strong verbal communication skills and humor to develop strong relationships with patients and their families.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
School Nurse
Baltimore Medical System, Inc.
Baltimore, MD
06.2023 - Current
- Health records: Keep detailed records of students' health, including vaccinations, height, weight, and other important information. Also keeping records of students with complex medical histories or dangerous allergies.
- Health screenings: perform health screenings, including vision, hearing, and orthopedic screenings.
- Immunizations: monitor immunizations and ensure students are appropriately excluded from or re-entered into school.
- Disease prevention: promote health-related habits, such as proper hand-washing, and ensure compliance with health policies.
- Health assessments: perform health assessments to help decide if a student can stay at school and if other interventions are needed.
- Preventive healthcare: provide preventive services to children and assist with early identification of health problems.
- Emergency aid: provide emergency aid to students and staff.
- Health education: assist teachers with health and nutrition education.
- Communicable diseases: report communicable diseases as required by law.
RN Staff Nurse
Gaudenzia, Inc.
Crownsville, MD
08.2022 - 02.2024
- Managing patient care in a 24-hour walk in crisis center with detoxification, mental health and homeless population.
- Overseeing 15+ Patients
- Admission/ Discharge
- Triaging & seeing/ treating sick calls from overdoses, Mental Health crisis, Wound Care to basic nursing assessments.
- Arrange appropriate appointments with Health Care Providers to secure complete physical examinations, as well as required additional health screenings and supplement testing.
- Administer and maintain narcotic count for the facility, as well as supervise CMT's and LPN's.
- Develop and Implement health seminars on HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, medication education, infectious diseases, Mental Health and detoxification.
Community Health Nurse
Anne Arundel County Health Department
Annapolis, MD
07.2019 - 07.2022
- Provide nurse case management to active cases, tuberculosis prophylaxis, direct observation therapy, follow up, and education to tuberculosis patients, suspects, inmates and refugees children in the Anne Arundel County Department of Health centers, TB clinic and patient homes.
- In the Health Centers I would see all foreign-born children to be tested before entering school and worked closely with immunizations to connect the patient with the correct resources for entering school in the United States.
- Assistant with surveillance activities at schools prevent the spread of communicable diseases. In this position I also functioned as a pharmacy for TB medications to be dispensed.
- Data entry into NESS. Handle B waivers and and all state mandatory paperwork. Performed IGRA's Bloodwork on 3 to 5 year Olds for foreign born children entering school.
Registered Nurse
Psychiatric Adult Medical Day Center
Baltimore, MD
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Provide program services to each participant.
- Supervise other Nursing Care Staff
- Coordinate the development of ongoing review of the participants plan of care.
- Write, at least monthly nursing notes in participants chart.
- Assist as necessary in the delivery of other required program services.
- Provide overall supervision of the Adult Day Care Center in the absence of the Program Director.
- Assess all new admissions on day of admission and provide 5 process notes for the participants first 5 days of attendance.
- Document monthly vital signs and weights obtained by nursing assistants and follow up on any significant changes.
- Administers medications as ordered.
- Completes ADCAP assessment monthly.
- Completes incident reports and provides adequate documentation and follow ip in medical record.
- Communicates with care provider on any changes in participates care.
- Initiates POC on all problems identified for each participant and provides adequate evaluations every 90 days.
- Obtain and implement orders received from physician and notify care provider of changes.
- Coordinates with Health Director need for supplies and arranges to have needed supplies and equipment on hand.
- Maintains infection-control policies and procedures.
- Displays a professional attitude and maintains confidentiality.
- Cooperates and maintains good working relationship with co- workers.
- Provision or supervision or both of required nursing services to each participant.
- Coordination of the development and oncoming review of the participant's plan of care and assisting, as necessary, in the delivery other required services.
- Clinical Experience
Registered Nurse- Community
Anne Arundel County Adult Addictions
Glen Burnie, MD
07.2015 - 11.2017
- Community Health Nurse/ Anchor Nurse
- To coordinate and ensure accurate day to day administration. Provide accurate transcription of medication orders using AMS dispensing system.
- Document all medication administered and medical information in patient record by end of shift.
- Follow FDA, DEA, ADAA, Drug Control, DHMH, and DACHA regulation.
- Hand dispense methadone and required dosing documentation of AMS software issues or electrical outages.
- Maintain daily and monthly inventory of methadone.
- Provide daily tracking sheet with patient information updates to all clinic staff.
- Obtain urine specimens and dip as necessary.
- Obtain required PPD and bloodwork specimens.
- Utilize Gmail calendar to schedule patient appointments
- Answer program calls and maintain wait list as needed.
- Triage prioritize patient care.
- Referral patient Community help and outreach programs
- Assessments, intakes for drug Addiction/psych evaluations.
- Able to work in high- stress environment
Licensed Practical Nurse
Maryland Primary Care
03.2007 - 05.2015
- Serve as a key member of interdisciplinary healthcare team for a busy family medical practice. Assist seven MDs as well as PA and RN team in ensuring optimal patient care and smooth daily functioning of office.
Education
Bachelors of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
Sojourner Douglass College
Baltimore, MD02.2015
High School Diploma - undefined
Chesapeake High School
Pasadena, MD06.2006
Skills
- Acute care
- Primary Care Experience
- Medical Records
- Analysis skills
- Care plans
- Medication administration
- Triage
- Patient care
- Laboratory Experience
- Vital Signs
- Mental Health Counseling
- EMR Systems
- Management
- Supervising Experience
- Medical Office Experience
- Nursing
- Crisis Intervention
- Epic
- Phlebotomy
- Experience Administering Injections
- Case Management
- Records Management
- Health screening
- Immunization record review
- Individualized healthcare plans
- Acute illness recognition
- Health education promotion
- Injury treatment
- Student health assessment
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Allergy management
- Family education
- Healthcare coordination
- Decision-making
- Infection control measures
- Electronic records management
- Record keeping accuracy
- Immunization administration
- Regulatory compliance
- Chronic disease management
- Hearing and vision screening
- Infection control
- Rapport building
- Analytical thinking
- Mental health support
- Medical screening
- Student health evaluation
- Pediatric nursing expertise
- First aid and CPR
- Communication
- Documentation
- Monitoring vital signs
- Delegation and motivation
- Critical thinking
- Compassionate and caring
- Attention to detail
- Case management
- Wound care
- Accurate documentation
Certification
- Driver's License
- AED Certification
- CPR Certification
- RN License
- October 2015 to October 2024
Timeline
School Nurse
Baltimore Medical System, Inc.
06.2023 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
Gaudenzia, Inc.
08.2022 - 02.2024
Community Health Nurse
Anne Arundel County Health Department
07.2019 - 07.2022
Registered Nurse
Psychiatric Adult Medical Day Center
03.2018 - 06.2019
Registered Nurse- Community
Anne Arundel County Adult Addictions
07.2015 - 11.2017
Licensed Practical Nurse
Maryland Primary Care
03.2007 - 05.2015
Bachelors of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
Sojourner Douglass College
High School Diploma - undefined
Chesapeake High School