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Edina, Minnesota

Registered Nurse ▪ 09/2013 – current ▪ Fairview Southdale Hospital ▪ Edina, MNEmergency Department - Competently manage patient care from arrival to discharge from Emergency Department.Triage patient upon arrival using the Emergency Severity Index. Assign appropriate room based on expected needs.Initiate labs, medications, and imaging prior to provider seeing patient.Move efficently and respectfully during life-threatening situations to stabalize and recover patient.Support families and encourage resources offered by bereavement staff.Monitored behavioral health area. Provide patients with a safe and secure environment while they progress to discharge. Provide patient with dignity and medications as needed. Continually assess patient milieu to maintain safe area for staff, visitors, and patients. Respond to behavorial emergencies.Listen. Listen to patients and families to understand their needs and identify where additional resources would be helpful to keep them from returning. Ask questions that encourage communication and support their journey. Maintain positive relationships with coworkers. Communicate in a manner that is encouraging, truthful, and supportive. Be open to constructive criticism and opportunites for learning.Float Pool (09/2013-04/2019)- Float to different units based on staffing needs. Currently float to: Emergency Department, Cancer Center, Mental Health, Spine & Neurology, Medical Specialties, and Orthopedics. Patient load of 4 – 7 patients depending on shift.Manage medication, identify and respond to declining patient status and abnormal lab values, notify providers of such events.Know and respond to changes in patient cardiac function through physical assessment as well as 5 and 12 lead telemetry strips.Know, assess, and document according to each unit specific protocol.Admit and Discharge patients. Start, maintain, and discontinue IV sites and urinary catheters. Enteral feeding maintenance.

Maple Grove, Minnesota, United States

Preop, PACU, Postop, and preop assessments.Prepare patients for surgery by starting IV’s, and administering medications including sedation.Assess the patient for anything that would prevent a desirable surgical outcome. Assess patient and family knowledge of proceedure and aftercare.Teach the patient and family how to use recovery tools such as crutches, wheelchairs, knee scooters, and cryo cuffs.Teach patients and families about medication regimens to have the best possible outcome and pain control. Monitor and assess patients once surgery is complete, but before they are awake. Assign acuity using the Aldrete score and recover patients in recovery area once parameters are met. Ensure patients and family have access to surgical information, follow-up care, up to and including appointments.

St. Louis Park

Triage incoming patients based on the Emergency Severity Index and assign service acuity. Initiate lab orders and prepare patient. Assist providers with additional labs and examinations. Provide discharge education including follow-up care, medications, and expectations for recovery.

Melrose Center. Saint Louis Park, Mn

Intensive Inpatient and Intensive Structured Living units.Support and encourage patients with their struggle through recovery. Encourage and assist patients as they hone their skills in Dialectal Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy.Support and encourage patients during meals; observe and discreetly redirecting symptom use and facilitate appropriate conversations.Start, maintain, and discontinue IV sites. Straight catheter, and perform enemas when necessary.

Saint Louis Park, Mn

Support and encourage each patient by following their individualized care plan createdby numerous disciplines. Report variances to staff RN for documentation.Monitor patient behavior to maintain a therapeutic milieu that is safe for patients, staff,and visitors. Intervene when unfavorable behaviors arise and institute treatmentaccording to unit protocol. Redirect undesirable behavior using skills such as DialectalBehavior Therapy as well as Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Provide direct personalpatient observation.

Saint Louis Park, Mn

Surgery Center – Performed routine pre-op care including washing and shaving surgical site.Acquired vital signs and collected specimen sample for MRSA identification. Sanitized bays byinfection control standards. Assisted post-op patients with discharge. Assisted charge nurseand unit coordinator with various tasks during down time.Hospice – Maintained environment to allow for patient dignity. Provided comfort for thepatient as well as their family by being a caring presence. Read patients their favoritestories and turned pages in a photo album. Oral care, hair care, bed baths, and hand massages.