Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
Conducted patient assessments, recorded vitals, and analyzed records and charts to define care requirements.
Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
RN, Resource Team
Piedmont Medical Center
Rock Hill, SC
09.2022 - Current
Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
Participated in evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities.
Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
RN, Intermediate Care Unit
Piedmont Medical Center
Rock Hill, SC
12.2014 - Current
Supported timely diagnostic and ongoing testing by collecting samples.
Helped team manage patient flow by promoting timely placements for admissions, discharges and transfers.
Promoted patient independence by establishing care goals and teaching patients about conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
Assessed and coordinated patient discharge planning needs with multidisciplinary healthcare team.
RN Manager/Supervisor
Carolinas HealthCare System At Sardis Oaks Rehab
Charlotte, NC
10.2005 - 12.2014
Prioritized and distributed assignments and workload based on individual staff strengths and experience.
Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
Coordinated and implemented in-service educational programs focusing on safety and adherence to protocols.
Education
Associate of Science - RN
Mercy School of Nursing
Charlotte, NC
05-1997
Skills
Sedation management
Advanced cardiac life support
Ventilator management
BLS
NIH Certification
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