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6-10 years of experience
Observed upwards of 5 patients per shift, charted and reported changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment.
- Administered prescribed medications, started intravenous fluids, and documented patients' charts by recording food and fluid intake and output.
- Answered patients' calls and determined how to assist them, as well provided family support.
- Measured and recorded patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration.
- Provided basic patient care and treatments, such as dressed wounds, treated bedsores, gave enemas, douches, and performed catheterizations.
- Assisted patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, standing and walking.
- Integral member of a health care team charged with assessing patient needs, planning or modifying care and implementing interventions.
0-5 years of experience
- Provided patient care to four pediatric patients from OR, ER, and ICU; experienced in low to high acuity levels in patients.
- Performed assessments; provided intravenous therapy; complex wound care; monitored various drainage devices, etc.
- Collaborated daily with physicians and health care team to achieve optimum patient care.
- Established strong relations with physicians built on trust and knowledge of patient care.
- Served as mentor, coach and team builder of inexperienced licensed and unlicensed staff.
0-5 years of experience
Utilized the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
- Medication administration and documentation utilizing E-Mar.
- Documented the patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
- Assessed signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient's condition.
- Supervision of patient care assistants.
10+ years of experience
Providing Nursing care to surgical patients, completing pre-operative and post-operative procedures. Performed physical assessment, administered medications/ I.V.fluids and monitored recovery progress. Tracked laboratory values and test results. Inserted, maintained and troubleshot peripheral I.V. catheter. Effectively prioritized assignment.
- Consistently exceeded call of duty by working additional shifts.
- Initiated interpersonal good relationships to co workers and family members.
- Ensure and promoted a safe working environment.
0-5 years of experience
As a Medical Surgical Nurse, my responsibilities required me to work independently with both Respiratory Care patients and Telemetry Step Down patients. In this role my duties included direct patient care in an active and diverse nursing unit. To effectively administer to these patients I was required to make clinical assessments of situations and manage care based treatment autonomously. These attributes coupled with strong written and verbal communications skills provided me the ability to provide a high level of patient respect and confidentiality while assisting me with effectively communicating pertinent clinical information to physicians, nurses and other support staff.
- Provided complete patient care for both Respiratory Care Unit and Telemetry Step Down Unit on all levels. Additionally, I achieved Telemetry Certification and worked as one of the specialized Nurses in this capacity.
- Demonstrated ability in managing critical situations and making care based decisions.
- Through effective patient communication skills I was able to develop the special patient rapport required to care for these chronic and critically ill patients.
- Educated patients regarding their medications, procedure and treatments. Additionally, provided preoperative, inter-operative and post-operative care instruction.
- Maintained patient's physical and psychosocial health while ensuring their safety and effectiveness of their treatment/care.
0-5 years of experience
Primary nurse care for post-operative (GI, GU, orthopedic, vascular, cardio, etc ) patients, effectively communicated with the doctors and senior health care authorities
- Participated in routinely scheduled discharge planning meetings with utilization review board
- Communicated with the patient and patient's family regarding hospital policies and procedures
- Monitored the changing needs of patients in timely manner and respond accordingly
0-5 years of experience
Provided comprehensive patient care such as bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting, transferring and providing medications on a 36 bed medical/surgical floor.
- Performed Charge Nurse duties as needed.
- Managed clinical and support staff in patient care.
- Responsible for discharge planning and followed infection control procedures.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory samples.
10+ years of experience
Provides medical, dialysis and post-operative nursing care for 5-6 adult and geriatric patients with respiratory/gastrointestinal issues and conditions including emphysema, endoscopy preparation, bowel resections, and abdominal laparoscopy.
- Educate patients and their families on disease processes, medical-surgical procedures and other aspects of therapeutic regimens, including medication and pain management techniques.
- Provides alternative pain management using Healing Touchby hospital protocol
- Administers oral and intramuscular and subcutaneous medications.
- Recommends and implements changes to the Medical unit regarding assignment delegation and prioritization, resulting in a higher standard of patient care, and reassesses/revises plan of care.
- Maintains position of Charge Nurse for 44 patients, 8-9 nurses, and 4-5 ancillary staff. Maintaining a safe, productive, and comfortable environment for the patient care and staff retention.
0-5 years of experience
Assessed changes in patient's health status and perform various treatments.
- Administered patient's medication educated and carried out orders made by physicians.
- Provided routine treatment and post-surgical care.
- Providing nursing care to patients who were suffering from various brain and nervous system
0-5 years of experience
Incorporated clients' plans of care in accordance with established departmental standards, policies, and procedures.
- Directed care and assessment of medical-surgical adult clients.
- Initiated perioperative and medical teaching in accordance with clients' needs, including assessment and documentation.
- Charge nurse on rotation.
- Responsible for the initiation, administration, and monitoring of IV therapy.
- Implemented cross-training with merger of the pediatric unit.
0-5 years of experience
- Provided total patient care including assisting patients and families.
- Assisted the physician during diagnostic and therapeutic procedure to promote optimum patient outcomes.
- Provide direct nursing care to all age groups and served a broad range of general nursing care in areas of vital signs, catheters, feeding, drawing blood for lab specimens, dressing, and intravenous access.
- Managed, and handed information and records pertaining to patients.
- Administered and evaluated pharmacological therapeutic treatment.
- Monitored consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff.
- Educated patients and family about patient’s health and wellness situation.
0-5 years of experience
Floor nurse in a rural community hospital
- Provide nursing care to the adult population with various illnesses and recovering from different surgeries
- Applied skills of assessment, technical, organizational, and prioritization to the care of hospitalized patients
- Educate patients, families, and other healthcare members
- Collaborated with members of the healthcare team to deliver quality, safe patient care during the acute phase and initiated the post-hospital stage of their healthcare
- Master-trainer of the Team STEPPS program to educate entire hospital staff on strategies and tools for better communication and team work to decrease medical errors and improve work satisfaction
- Member of the Palliative Care Team to education patients, families, and staff on palliative care options and treatment for chronic diagnoses
0-5 years of experience
Extensive patient care experience in the Medical Surgical environment. Managed the complex needs of adults with acute illness complicated by co-morbidities.
- Preceptor to new staff, new nursing graduates, and nursing students.
- Charge nurse responsibilities such as review caseload and upcoming admittance to align appropriately
- Collaborate with the members of the interdisciplinary team.
0-5 years of experience
Administer prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, and monitor patients vital signs.
- Observe and maintain records on patient care, condition, reaction, and progress.
- Provided care in inpatient settings ranging from assessment to development and implementation of care plans.
- Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment and maintained patient flow.
- Sound, ethical and independent decision-making ability consistent with medical protocols.
- Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
- Treated patients with strokes, head traumas, intracranial hematomas and provided behavioral/emotional support and supervision for those with dementia and Alzheimer's.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight and height.
- Occasionally float to Progressive Care Unit, Cardiac Step Down Unit and Clinical Decision Unit.
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
6-10 years of experience
Provided direct patient care up to 10 adult patients diagnosed with cardiac, respiratory and GI problems. In addition provided pre and post operative PTS per shift to patients with a vast array of medical and surgical problems.
- Administered oral, intramuscular and subcutaneous medications.
- Educate patients and their families on disease processes, medical surgical procedures and medication.
- Worked effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team consisting of physicians, dieticians, social workers, case managers and physical therapists.
0-5 years of experience
Perform general nursing responsibilities for up to 6 acute stay patients at a time, including: admissions/discharges, assessments, plan of care development, patient/family education.
- Care for a variety of medical surgical patients including Dialysis patients, fresh kidney transplants, kidney donors, acute transplant rejection, post cardiac surgery/telemetry, general surgery, orthopedics, endocrinology patients.
- Maintain constant communication with Nursing Staff, Doctors, Patients and Family members to keep everyone informed of health status and changing conditions.
- Safely Administer Medications using electronic MAR and Scanning System
- Efficiently chart using an electronic medical record.
- Work effectively with fellow nurses as a team to accommodate frequently changing patient conditions.
- Precept Nursing students from various colleges.
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for the coordination of the research studies and management of competent for a 28 patient unit
- Utilizes the nursing process, assesses, plans, provides and evaluates professional nursing care based on evidence based practice
- Acts as a team leader and appropriately delegates tasks to other team members such as nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses
- Identifies and provide interventions to address patient and family nursing care and educational needs
- Accountable for daily team performance through supervision of assigned staff, multi- disciplinary collaboration, and facilitation of pathway outcomes
- Participates as a team member by performing additional assignments not directly related to the job description when workload requires
- Assumes charge nurse roles as necessary per staffing requirements
- Assumes preceptor role as necessary for student externs, new hired employees, and nursing students
10+ years of experience
- Performed duties of various RN positions on Medical/Surgical units.
- Performed duties of PRN Float Nurse in numerous departments (ED, Maternal/Child, ICU, etc.)
- Performed duties of Cardiac Rehab Nurse.
- Instructor for patient cardiac classes.
- Supervised 100 employees (on 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. shift) in absence of full-time supervisor.
- Performed duties of Clinical Coordinator (7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. shift) for maximum of 60 – 100 employees in her absence.
0-5 years of experience
Educate patients and families on diagnosis, disease process, plan, and follow-up care during admission and discharge
- Evaluate patient physical and mental conditions to develop a treatment plan
- Initiate and provide intravenous therapy, perform blood transfusions, and draw blood for lab processing
- Read and monitor telemetry for patient heart rate and rhythm changes and notify MD of any abnormal/change of condition
- Utilize universal infection control pre-cautions
0-5 years of experience
- Responsible for coordinating nursing care plans for individual patients
- Responsible for the care and monitoring of post-surgical patients
- Administered all medications and intravenous fluids
- Assisted physicians on rounds
0-5 years of experience
Initiate Nursing Assessments of patients needs, developing and implementing an interdisciplinary plan of care.
- Collaborate with physician and other disciplines in patient plan of care.
- Delegate and assist patient care technicians in coordinating patient care, comfort and cleanliness of patients.
- Administer medications and treat in safe knowledgeable manner.
- Prepare for and assist with diagnostic procedures and treatment.
- Documentation of patient plan of care electronically, daily patient assessments and progress
- Educate patient on disease process and encourage compliance of medication regimens.
0-5 years of experience
Charge nurse on 38 bed monitored surgical unit
- Provide care to post op orthopedic and bariatric surgery patients
- Preceptor of newly hired GN's and RN's
- Member of Unit Practice Council
- Super user of Meditech V6
- Chair of committee implementing the teach-back method into patient education
- Interpret dysrhythmias from monitor strips
0-5 years of experience
Perform nursing duties on a medical surgical floor in a level II trauma center
- Provide patient centered nursing care of up to 7 patients
- Assess patient status and notify physician of clinical changes
- Perform admission assessments and discharge planning
- Medication administration
- Education of patients and family members on current health care needs.
10+ years of experience
- Responsible for the nursing care of 5-6 pre- and post- operative general surgery patients including orthopedic, GI, GYN, oral surgery, and podiatric patients in addition to general medical patients.
- Educate patients and their families on disease processes, medical and surgical procedures, and other aspects of therapeutic regimens including medication and pain management techniques.
- Administer oral, IM, SC and IV medications including PCA setup and epidural pain management.
- Provide a broad range of general nursing care including vital signs, EKG, phlebotomy, catheters, feeding tubes and IV and central lines.
- Collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary team of medical and healthcare professions composed of physicians, nurse managers, dieticians, social workers, case managers, and physical therapists.
- Charge nurse for a weekend 7p-7a shift on a 31 bed unit with the responsibility of assignment delegation and prioritization and patient care.
0-5 years of experience
Worked Medical / Surgical floor.
- Trained in Intensive Care Unit.
- Worked with multiple ventilator patients at one time.
- Assisted with development of DKA protocol for ICU unit.
- Trained in Emergency Room.
- Trained as Charge nurse and Supervisor role
0-5 years of experience
Perform delivery of nursing care using the nursing process
- Assist patient, physician, and peers in determining long and short range goals for patients
- Carry out medical and nursing treatment; documents medications and nursing care in a timely manner
- Maintain knowledge of the patient's status during hospitalization and work with health care team to adjust and improve approach to recovery
0-5 years of experience
Staff nurse on 40 bed unit of acute care surgical patients, some Oncology
- Cared for up to 12 patients
- Overseeing four licensed nurses and three nursing assistants
- Responsible for calculating acuity of patient care and making the assignment
0-5 years of experience
Oversee the daily operations of 3 Medical Surgical units to ensure smooth and efficient patient care management. Assure appropriate patient assignments to beds and staff while considering acuity and nursing skills level. Daily leadership rounding of patients and staff to ensure quality care. Highly encouraging ADEIT on all units and throughout the hospital.
- Daily and monthly staffing for 68 total beds, 3 medical surgical units; communication with other departments to aid in staffing needs
- Unit and skill specific monthly meetings
- Promoting employee retention, coordinate preceptorships with all new employees (developed unit based preceptor program), resource to all employees and other interdisciplinary teams.
- Responsible for performance improvement activities for Medical / Surgical unit. Educates staff on the PI process. Participates in PI data collection, indicator development, and evaluation criteria. Involved in at least one PI activity for each department per year to meet DNV regulations. Maintains appropriate quality control programs for units.
- Maintain above unit expectations daily productivity rate for all three units. Fiscal responsibility for all units.
- Monitor daily labor to eliminate incremental over time, agency use and missed meal breaks.
- Responsible for staff continuing education and in-service's for new equipment/products; ensure employees are in compliance with competencies and all unit specific educational requirements.
- Daily relationship building with patients, families, physicians, interdisciplinary team, vendors and others to promote growth and volume for the department. Employee annual evaluations.
- Readily available to take patient assignment and provide patient care by assessing, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care
0-5 years of experience
Manage nursing care for patients with conditions ranging from a cardiac condition to medical surgical disease.
- Assesses patient's physical functions and psychosocial needs upon admission to specialty clinic area.
- Coordinates nursing care with other members of the health care team
- Sets priorities of patient's needs and provides care accordingly.
- Identifies patient problems, symptoms and behavioral changes.
- Develops a nursing care plan that integrates the medical plan of care, nursing diagnosis, realistic goals and established discharge criteria.
- Updates care plan as needed and as patient's condition changes.
- Documents the patient's condition accurately and concisely, using correct charting format: notifies the physician of condition changes.
- Teaches, supervises and counsels the patient and family members regarding the nursing care needs and other related problems.
- Assesses patient and family about disease processing in accordance with their degree of acceptance.
- Practices nursing within the legal limits of the Nurse Practice Act and understands and anticipates legal consequences of nursing action.
10+ years of experience
Medication Administration
- Post-op care
- Supervising PCA's and Na's
- Oversee direct patient care
- Acted as a liaison between patients and physicians
- Assessments and charting
- Assists Anesthesiologists and CRNA's with set up and placement of invasive lines
- Trauma and Open Heart call team member
- IV insertion
- Assists with airway management of patient
- Assists in all phases of patient care in the operating room
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