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• Provides nursing care alongside an interdisciplinary team of NPs, PAs, and physicians to provide care to patients across the lifespan• Displays a high level of clinical expertise in working with illnesses and injuries commonly encountered in the pediatric and adult populations• Demonstrates critical thinking and quick judgment by identifying, preventing, or intervening in emergency situations• Ensures that patients were properly educated utilizing an appropriate teaching method concerning their disease, treatment, and options• Delivers high level of quality care to diverse populations, triaging based on acuity and providing timely care

• Collaborated with the interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and therapists to provide holistic and evidence-based nursing care to oncology patients• Responsible for overseeing and maintaining safe patient care and appropriate staffing ratios while serving as a unit resource for technical skills and questions• Skillfully infused chemotherapeutic agents in a safe and effective manner while monitoring for therapeutic effects as well as adverse reactions• Participated in Implementation Team to improve patient education experience related to Press Ganey score improvement• Participated in Performance Improvement Committee collecting data for analysis to implement change system wide

• Served in the role of charge nurse by guiding staffing, addressing issues, and acting as a resource for nursing staff• Provided exceptional and compassionate care to patients suffering from a broad spectrum of acute complications of chronic diseases, infections, and injuries• Prioritized patient care based on patient condition, responding to unanticipated interruptions while delegating care to achieve optimal, safe, and effective outcomes• Documented the effectiveness of nursing care and modified plan of care as patients progressed toward expected outcomes• Provided leadership in nursing as a preceptor to students and newly hired nurses, ensuring policies, procedures, and unit expectations are understood• Advocated for patient needs to the members of the health care team to ensure positive patient outcomes and patient safety maintained