Accomplished Registered Nurse with a proven track record at Holy Cross Germantown Hospital, adept in patient assessment and monitoring, and medication administration. Excelled in delivering compassionate, holistic nursing care, significantly enhancing patient satisfaction. Skilled in managing medical equipment and mentoring new healthcare staff, demonstrating both technical proficiency and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Working with other healthcare professionals to help treat patients with various injuries, illnesses or disabilities. Their duties include communicating with Doctors and other Registered Nurses about patient needs, administering IVs and medications to aid their patients’ health and using medical equipment to monitor patients’ vital signs.
• Observe and record patient behavior
• Perform physical examinations and diagnostic tests
• Collect patient health history.
• Counsel and educate patients and their families on treatment plans.
• Administer medication, change wound dressings and care for other treatment options
• Read and interpret patient information, making treatment decisions when appropriate
• Consult with supervisors and doctors to decide on the best treatment plan for patients
• Direct and supervise nurses, nurse assistants and nurse aides
• Research ways to improve healthcare processes and improve patient outcomes
• Read and interpret tele strips every shift, communicate with doctors with abnormal findings
Patient Assessment and Monitoring-Capability to observe and assess patients' condition, provide highly specialized nursing care to patients , including critically ill patients
Medication administration -Proficiency in administering prescribed oral, intravenous, intramuscular medication; Blood transfusion; Heparin drip; PCA pump; Tube feeding etc
Nursing care -Perform comprehensive nursing assessment; Design specific plan of care based on patients individual needs ; Carry out doctors orders precisely : communicate interdisciplinary between coworkers, doctors and supervisors and managers; Evaluate patients progress to achieve maximum outcome and revise goals and or plans according to patients status and requirements
Management of medical equipment : Competence in setting up ,operating and monitoring specialized medical equipment , such as : Cardiac monitors, defibrillator; Drainage tubes; Bladder scan; EKG; Telemonitor and interpretation NG tube insertion
Preceptor of new nurses and medics /LPNs/CNAs
• ACLs-Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support.
• BLS-Basic Life Support
• PALs-Pediatric Advanced Life Support.
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