Admission Nurse - Virta Health - Denver, CO
(2025-01)
Provide a clinical intake assessment within a telemedicine setting for patients with Type 2 diabetes, pre diabetes or obesity.
- Conduct comprehensive intake assessments, verify medical history and medications, identify potential risk or concerns
- Educate patients about treatment approach, including nutritional and behavioral components, and prepare them for their treatment journey
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, including providers, to ensure a smooth transition into the treatment program and on going support
- Knowledge with medication verification, understanding of medication administration and concepts such as sliding scale insulin
- Communicate effectively with patients and care team through various channels
- Contribute to positive patient outcomes and overall success of mission
Clinical RN - Tampa General Hospital - Crystal River, FL
(2024-01 - 2025-01)
Work directly with Interventional Cardiologists, a team of nurses and cardiovascular technicians to deliver high quality cardiac care to outpatients, ICU and emergency patients before, during and after procedures in the Cardiac Cath Lab and Cardiac Rehabilitation.
- Prepare patients for procedures including reviewing lab results, history and physical, site preparation, EKG, monitor various equipment and intravenous/arterial line management
- Monitor and chart patients vital signs, hemodynamics, electrical, angiographic data and sedation levels
- Administer medications orally and intravenously, initiates ACLS measures and/or emergency care according to hospital policy
- Assisting doctors with diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization and participating in life-saving measures
- Educate patients and their families about important medical procedures
- Coordinating with interdisciplinary team to plan patient's admission, transfer or discharge and ensure continuity of care
- Document vital signs, assessments and changes in patients status
- Remove TR band, radial and femoral sheaths per hospital protocol
- Responsible for the initial assessment, care plans and orientation of the patient and collaborates in the development of the plan of care for the patient
Charge Nurse - Moundsville Healthcare Center - Moundsville, WV
(2022-01 - 2024-01)
Manage a team of 6 nurses and 15 healthcare assistants in providing comprehensive care to patients.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatments while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Oversee delivery of care for patients, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team of RNs, LPNs and CNAs
- Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary
- Perform triage on patients and determine severity of injuries and illnesses
- Convey treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency
- Prevent the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices
- Administer medications via oral, IV, PEG tube and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
- Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting
Staff Nurse - Largo Medical Center - Largo, FL
(2020-01 - 2021-01)
New graduate Registered Nurse completes the "StaRN" (Specialty Training Apprenticeship for RNs). Assigned a clinical preceptor for 12 weeks to provide direct nursing care to patients with complex medical needs and disabilities.
- Assessed patients physical, emotional and social needs to develop care plans to address those needs
- Administered medications and treatments in accordance with physician orders and nursing protocols
- Documented patients data related to care including assessment, interventions, medications, and patient response or treatment changes
- Collaborated with patients families and interdisciplinary team to coordinate successful care
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy to understand terms
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions
