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Street Address PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE EMAIL AVAILABLEPROFESSIONAL SUMMARYHighly dedicated and caring NICU Nurse with an exceptional record of quality health care service. Adept at functioning well in an extremely high-stress fast-paced working environment. Especially skilled at coordinating with patient families and guardians in developing individual care plans.CORE QUALIFICATIONSStrong acute care facility nursing experienceExcellent familiarity with current professional nursing procedures, principles, and techniquesSuperior knowledge of clinical setting, patient care routines, and medical terminologyExceptional skills in preparing, maintaining, and updating complete and concise medical reports and recordsOutstanding abilities in evaluation of hospital admissions medical recordsHigh oral and written communication skillsCharge NurseEXPERIENCEVidant Medical CenterNICU Nurse August 2006-May 2022Obtain and evaluate medical histories to determine nursing patient care priorities.Observe and document symptoms, signs, and behaviors.Conduct admission, transfer, and discharge procedures and assist other nursing staff with same as needed.Properly administer all treatments and medications and implement physician orders for all patients.Collect and store laboratory testing specimens with accurate labeling.Maintained clean and adjacent areas.Provide assistance to physicians in treatment administration and in performing diagnostic tests, medical examinations, and surgical operationsProvide counseling and recommendation to patients and families regarding specific medical issues and proper care methods.Maintain and fully update records and reports on a regular basis.Conduct training and orientation for new staff medical students, nursing students, interns, and residents.Perform patient teaching to parents.Experience with high-risk medications.Perform all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatment.Evaluate and assess patients clinical status as well as care needs maintaining patient flow. Notifying the physician as necessary.Maintains equipment, monitors closely for infections or any status change; provides support and education to parents and family members.Develop and provide a caring and safe environment for each patient and their families.Establish goals for each patient and provide developmentally appropriate care to reach those goals.Collaborate with physicians and NNPs while implementing appropriate protocols, documentation, and care plans.Provide care for the highest acuity of babies including surgical patients.Preceptor to new NICU Nurses through entire 6 months of orientation.Performs the diagnosis, treatment, and intensive care of infants in the first few months of life.Work with Nursing Informatics Practice Council to handle queries and problems with charting.Charge Nurse - oversee other nurses, assessing other nurses' performance, guiding and motivating the other members of the staff, completing administrative tasks, and ensuring a high level of patient care, leadership, management skills and good communication abilities.East Carolina heart InstituteRN Manager May 2022March 2024Manages, supervises, coordinates, assists in the orientation of clinical staff including staff nurses, nurse specialists, medical office assistants, certified medical assistants, and other auxiliary staff. Approves their work schedules and oversees daily operations.Works closely with and serves as a resource for patient access management and employees for scheduling patients and ensuring efficient clinic flow.Participates in a variety of personnel management functions including employee selection, disciplinary action counseling, and performance evaluation. Maintains clinical staff by recruiting, selection, orienting, and training nurses and auxiliary staff.Completes patient care requirements by scheduling and assigning nursing and staff, following up on work results.Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to clinical and support staff, providers, and patients. Promotes patients independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching and counseling patients, their families, and reinforcing their understanding of disease processes self-care skills.Develops standards for patient care and delivery of service to ensure quality of nursing care.Supervises and evaluates the quality of services delivered by all healthcare providers and clinical staff.Institute methods of improving or maintaining established standards of medical and nursing care.Plans, institutes, and conducts in-service staff training programs as needed.Communicates orally, ability to teach and counsel individuals, families, and groups in areas of health maintenance, preventive medicine, and care of the sick; and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff and to gain the confidence of patients and families and work.Precept nursing and medical assistant students and complete evaluation forms and act in teaching capacity.Attend weekly clinical operations meetings to ensure collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare teams.Develops and ensures implementation of standardized operation plans and departmental protocols to ensure operation efficiency while promoting continuity of care for all patients.Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting departmental and nursing divisions philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.Sets forth guidelines for addressing scheduling and perioperative teaching of patients prior to surgical interventions and procedures.Maintains currency in vascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, and interventional cardiology knowledge by attending related conferences, seminars, and workshops.Collaborate and communicate with marketing departments, formulate marketing and communication campaigns for new clinical services.Maintain and analyze data to support patient safety initiatives and recognize needs for adjustments.Develops, implements, and maintains a rotation schedule of all Certified Medical Assistants to meet the daily clinical staffing needs.Access EastOncoloy Nurse Navigator March 2024-April 2024Review new patient referrals, insurance status, assure new patients are scheduled in timely mannerMedical oncology coordination for visitAssess barriers to careEducation related to disease process, treatment, medications and side effectsRefer to pharmacy for initial chemo teachingFollow up referrals that need to be scheduled prior to starting treatment such as infusaport placement, imaging, care closer to homeFollow up at time of next appointmentFollow up day chemotherapy startsMeet with patients intermittently as needed during systemic therapy and prior to any changes in treatmentRadiation oncology coordinationEnsure patient is scheduled for initial radiation consultFollow up to ensure patient starts treatment and no barriers to treatment are identifiedSurgery coordinationMeet with patient at the time of initial visit once surgical plan is identifiedFollow up at time of post-op appointment to assist with coordination of medical and radiation oncology careArranging care closer to home for medical and radiation oncology if neededFollow up 24-48 hours post-ED dischargeHospital discharge follow up via telephone 24-28 hours post-dischargeAt the ed of active treatment, when entering survivorshipFollow up at time of restaging scans post initial treatmentEvaluate for dischargeFollowed metastatic patients requiring ongoing treatment until patient transition to hospice careAttend Tumor Board weeklyAssist with coordination of care outside facility for second opinionsProvide assistance with symptom management if called directlyConnect with national and community resources for patient supportProvide supportive care referrals such as dietician, social worker, and pharmacyeducationBachelors degree Nursing (BSN), 2020, Chamberlain College of NursingAssociates degree Nursing (ADN), 2006, Beaufort Community College, Washington, NC |
