Protecting, promoting, and optimizing health through preventing illness and injury. Treating the human response and partnering with the patient, their family, and significant others to alleviate suffering. Documenting interventions, an individualized care plan, and collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Nursing Student
Hennepin County Medical Center
09.2015 - Current
Nursing Assistant
Using principles of Patient & Family Centered Care develops and maintains a positive working relationship with patient and family, team members, department, and medical center personnel
Assists patients with activities of daily living, including hygiene, grooming, and bathing
Respond to patients' call lights in a timely manner, identify patient needs, and provide patients with appropriate responses or communicate needs to appropriate team member
Performs intentional rounding in collaboration with the RN
Takes and records patient’s vital signs as prescribed by nursing protocol or physician order
Measures, and records patient intake and output according to established protocol and order
Conducts point-of-care tests as assigned and/or delegated
Communicates any changes or pertinent information related to the patient’s physical appearance and attitude, I & O, vital signs, and point of care testing to the nurse. Records in which the nurse was notified of all abnormal results
Mental Health Worker
Provides patient care to inpatients or patients in the psychiatric emergency department of HCMC under the supervision of nursing staff; therapeutic 1:1, evaluates, intervenes, and reports to and works with nursing staff to follow individualized patient care plans
Participates in planning and implementing treatment team recommendations concerning individual and group patient programming
Follows the problem-oriented method for patient charting or reporting on behaviors observed
Promotes and maintains a healthy and safe treatment setting
Provides patient care with ADL’s
Records actions in the EHR
Provides milieu support to patients and nursing staff. May provide patient care activities and clerical activities
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Saint Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN
12.2024
Master of Science - Biochemistry
Madras Christian College
India
04.2001
Skills
Patient Assessment, CPR and BLS, Medication Management, Patient Safety, Infection Control
Problem-solving, Prioritization, Leadership, Critical Thinking, Teamwork Communication
Medication administration and monitoring complications