Vanessa Lamb, BSN, RN

• Provide acute medical, behavioral, and emotional care to patients hospitalized with eating disorders.
• Performs ongoing risk assessments for suicidality, self-harm, and medical complications, prioritizing interventions based on acuity and responding promptly to behavioral and medical emergencies.
• Unit based council chair 2023-2025, driving collaborative efforts to improve care delivery within the unit.
• Cultivates strong working relationships with physicians and ancillary staff, enhancing collaboration in patient care delivery for eating disorders.

• Camden County Vaccines for Children Program Coordinator ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations.
• In a clinic setting, administered vaccinations, educating clients on vaccine dosages, indications, precautions, contraindications, and potential side effects to promote informed decisions.
• Super user for roll out of new EMR system, coordinating with state administrators and serving as a resource to clinic staff.
• Sexual Health clinic RN; conducted health histories, physical assessments, administered medications, discussed results, and provided education and community resources as needed.

• Managed conditions of the post-operative patient and implementation of nursing interventions including Q4 hour neurovascular assessments to joint replacement patients.
• Management of drains, NGTs, chest tubes, pain, PCA pumps, ketamine drips, continuous bladder irrigation, wound/ostomy/dressing care, blood product administration, quality hospice care, post mortem care, RRT/code procedures.
• Participated in the Nurse Residency program and collaborated with other nurses on an evidence-based research project.

GPA: 3.845, Magna Cum Laude

• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Eta Mu Chapter
• Honors College Member
• Dean's List 2017-2021
• NJ COVID SERVICE CORPS: Commitment of 300 service hours through Americorps administering vaccines in local communities to combat COVID-19.

• First year graduate student.
• Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse practitioner route.