Full time hospice nurse at Compassus HOSPICE (2020-01 – Present)
- Provide hospice care and end of life education to patients and families
- Complete assessment of patients for eligibility and admit patients to hospice
- Provide education to patients and family
- Work weekends as a runner for urgent patient needs throughout Delaware and Chester counties
- Perform daily assessments of actively dying patients
- Provide medication recommendations to provide end of life comfort care in home and facility settings
Full-time home health nurse at Bayada Home Care Agency (2018-01 – 2020-12)
Full-time home health nurse for adult population.
- Provide thorough patient assessments, disease education, disease management, pain management, wound care, and home IV therapy
- Educated patients and caregivers to help keep patients out of hospital setting
RN charge nurse, Interventional ultrasound / CT at THOMAS Jefferson Hospital (2014-01 – 2018-12)
Charge nurse for six nurses.
- Managed scheduling, assignments, organization of the unit, and patient flow
- Collaborated effectively with six disciplines encompassing Radiology, oncology, hematology, Gastroenterology, Orthopedics and Pulmonary to schedule patients for procedures
RN staff nurse, Interventional Radiology at THOMAS Jefferson Hospital (1998-01 – 2014-12)
Provided nursing support on a 24-hour service, taking call during the week and weekends.
- Oriented new nurses on policies and procedures of the unit
- Served as charge nurse to eight nurses
- Prepared patients for interventional procedures, administered sedation and monitored vital signs
- Provided hands-on support to physicians and technicians
- Cared for patients post procedure
- Monitor patients response to sedation, assessed puncture sites and managed post procedure complications
RN staff nurse / Spinal cord coordinator at THOMAS Jefferson Hospital (1992-01 – 1998-12)
- Provided direct patient care for up to three critically injured patients per day
- Selected to serve as charge nurse for ten nurses
- Participated in multidisciplinary Grand rounds to ensure quality and continuity of care for patients
- Manage transfer of traumatic spinal cord injured patients from outside hospitals
- Instructed transferring hospitals on care of patients with spinal cord injuries
- Ensure that radiologic scans needed for diagnosis were obtained
- Coordinated air or ground transport with the emergency room Orthopedics, trauma, nursing, admissions and respiratory therapy
