Yolande Knight- Tucker

• Clinical preceptor for senior nursing students during the medical-surgical clinical rotation.
• Capstone coordinator for senior nursing students. Monitored students' progress throughout the semester in multiple specialty areas, such as orthopedics, emergency medicine, critical care, and the operating room.
• Clinical preceptor for junior nursing students in medical-surgical and community health clinical rotation.
• Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.

• Total patient care and continuous cardiac monitoring on critically ill patients
• Administer, titrate, and monitor patients on critical care infusions (drips)
• Provide skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients
• Night shift charge nurse- delegate roles and responsibilities, ensure smooth and efficient patient admission and bed placement, manage, and provide leadership to staff
• Train and mentor new RNs on best practices, hospital policies, and standards of care
• Collaborate with leadership as a unit representative on Nuvance Joint Nursing/ IT Governance and Nursing Shared Governance to devise initiatives for improving service, care, and patient outcomes

Hartford Hospital

• Performed assessments and evaluations of patients' health condition, while providing comprehensive nursing services.
• Provided direct and indirect patient care according to established standards and protocols.

Saint Francis Medical Center.

Float nurse - Medical Surgical, telemetry, and Emergency room (admitted holds).

• Managed and provided direct patient care pre-operatively and post-operatively to patients under general surgery, urology, gynecology, orthopedics, neurology, plastic surgery, and bariatric services
• Assessed and managed various surgical drains and tubes
• Collaborated with leadership on education initiatives to improve patient outcomes by decreasing post-operative pneumonia (I-COUGH)
• Precepted newly hired nurses on the unit
• Charge nurse delegating assignments and managing unit activities

• Total patient care to patients with various diagnoses from treatment initiation to discharge in General Surgery, General Medicine, Orthopedic-Neurology, and Oncology units
• Conducted rounds with a multidisciplinary team to ensure quality care and a safe discharge
• Promoted patient and family teaching to enhance patient understanding of needs to accelerate recovery

• Provided total patient care for patients in dementia care units and provided a safe and therapeutic environment
• Assisted patients admitted for short-term rehab to achieve and maintain maximum function through goal-oriented care plans
• Assessed and cared for over 60 patients with psychiatric conditions with medication, creating treatment plans with a psychiatrist and group therapy with social workers
• Charge nurse off shift, reporting directly to the Director of Nursing and Administrator, delegating staff, maintaining the facility's safety, reporting falls and abuse allegations, and managing the daily census

• Lectured the following courses for nursing students enrolled in a bachelor's degree program: Epidemiology in Nursing and Community Health Nursing
• Clinical Preceptor: Medical-Surgical Nursing, Gerontology, and Health Assessment
• Clinical External Examiner for the Regional Examination for Nurses Registration Exam (RENR) conducted clinical skills exams for nurses seeking licensure in Jamaica and the Caribbean
• Table Marker- Hand-marked RENR exam papers for students seeking licensure in Jamaica
• RENR Question Contributor- Developed and submitted questions to be included in the RENR exam
• Research day Coordinator- Planned and executed research day where presenters outlined evidence-based practice and research changes, encouraging students and nurses to remain current with practice
• Mentored undergraduate students in practical next steps for education and career preparedness

• Responsible for patient care and supervision of staff members in the following areas: Urgent care, Medical/Surgical unit, and Operating Room
• Assisted with surgical procedures as a scrub nurse and circulation nurse during general, gynecology, urology, and plastic surgeries
• Accompanied patients on the ambulance to facilitate transfers for a higher level of care
• Acted as charge nurse reporting to Matron regarding hospital census and daily activities