Vanessa Engel
Marysville,OH
Summary
Analytical and strategic staff nurse with excellent problem-solving and time management skills. Organized, efficient and always willing to go extra mile to meet expectations. Skilled nursing professional with more than 9 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Neuro Psychiatric Department Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
Columbus, OH
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Developing staffing plans, time schedules and monitoring leave to ensure adequate staffing for patient care
- Assuring that staff provides safe and effective patient care
- Setting expectations for staff performance and outcomes; providing staff with feedback
- Assuring safe environment for staff and patients; educating and monitoring infection control and safe patient handling and emergency management
- Ensuring staff adheres to policies, procedures, and nursing standards of practice
- Developing, maintaining and improving, as needed, system for daily staffing huddles with nursing supervisors to ensure appropriate distribution of nursing personnel
- Changes in patient’s physiological, behavioral and medical status are recognized, reported and documented
- Attend treatment planning meetings and conferences to participate in patient’s treatment process and progress
- Provided direct quality care to patients by monitoring, recording and evaluating psychiatric conditions.
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks to restore safety and security of patients and staff.
Emergency Room Nurse
Dublin Methodist Hospital
Dublin, OH
09.2018 - 02.2020
- Maintained safe medical environment
- Assisted with examinations, procedures, and other patient care activities
- Maintained medical documentation in thorough manner
- Performed laboratory duties, including urinalysis, throat cultures, nasal swabs, etc.
- Quickly and accurately assess patient care needs
- Work collaboratively with doctors and staff to provide exceptional care
- Manage multiple cases simultaneously, prioritizing needs continually
- Comply with all legal and safety requirements at all times
- Maintain clean, sanitary, and organized work environment
- Work at maximum efficiency without compromising quality of care
- Act in composed and professional manner, especially under pressure
- Monitor coworkers and voice concerns to minimize errors
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Emergency/Trauma Nurse
Grant Medical Center Emergency Room
Columbus, OH
11.2015 - 09.2018
- Provided initial assessment and safe care to stabilize patients in fast-pace, 68-bed Level I trauma center
- Administered critical IV medications such as Cardizem, Dopamine, Insulin, Nitroglycerin, and Adenosine
- Assisted in care of multiple traumas, cardiac arrests, stroke codes, sexual assaults and conscious sedation's
- Assisted in completion of multiple physical and sexual assault examinations/kits
- Independently maintained safe and effective care to patients with different acuity levels in time-restricted and demanding environment
- Constantly communicated and collaborated with physicians and other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal care was given to patients in timely manner
- Evaluate episodic and acute responses to broad classifications of physical or psychosocial
- Continually look for opportunities for professional development and improvement.
- Collaborated with patient, family and healthcare team in open discussion to identify mutual goals based on nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
- Observed patient condition and notified physician of patient reaction to drugs, treatments and significant incidents.
Behavioral Health Nurse, Charge Nurse
Marion General Hospital
Marion, OH
06.2014 - 11.2015
- Assess and document patients’ physical, psychological and social needs; identifies, communicates and documents significant physiological and behavioral findings; maintains safe and therapeutic patient care environment; provides emotional support to patients and their families; prepares and administers prescribed psychotropic medication
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbreaks, earning respect of physicians and coworkers for calm, levelheaded and quick thinking to restore safety and security of patients and staff
- Ensured quality care and monitoring of adult psychiatric patients on 20 bed locked unit
- Unit Leadership Council & Patient Education Committee, Care Connect Super User
- Identified unit areas of inadequacy and adjusted procedures to close gaps and improve policies.
- Interacted smoothly with patients and loved ones, updated on care plans and advocated for needs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Springfield, IL03.2015
Associate Degree - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Columbus, OH06.2013
Skills
- Clear Patient Communication
- Therapeutic Interventions
- Accurate Documentation
- HIPAA Compliance
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Emergency Medical Administration
- Emotional Support
- Compassionate and Caring
- Infection Control Procedures
- Nursing Consultation
- Patient Stabilization
Additional Information
- LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION , Registered Nurse: State of Ohio License # 395888
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
When people talk, listen completely. Don’t be thinking what you’re going to say. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway
Timeline
Neuro Psychiatric Department Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse
Nationwide Childrens Hospital
03.2020 - 10.2021
Emergency Room Nurse
Dublin Methodist Hospital
09.2018 - 02.2020
Emergency/Trauma Nurse
Grant Medical Center Emergency Room
11.2015 - 09.2018
Behavioral Health Nurse, Charge Nurse
Marion General Hospital
06.2014 - 11.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
Associate Degree - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
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