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• Provide direct patient care to a diverse medical-surgical patient population, including pre and post-operative assessments, medication administration, nursing procedures, and vital sign monitoring.• Wound care management and monitoring for potential complications.• Collaborate closely with physicians and other healthcare providers to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.

This position is for Med/Surg Float Pool including ICU step-down, cardiac, ortho, and observation units.•Initiated assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care for patients under RN supervision.•Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care.•Administered medications, monitored vital signs, and performed treatments to ensure patient comfort and recovery.•Provided emotional support and guidance to patients and families during difficult times.•Maintained accurate patient records and documentation in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.

Responsible for running pulmonology clinic alone or with another employee.• Communicated and acted as a liaison with patients, pharmacy, radiology, physicians, MAs, nurses and other staff.• Coordinated bronchoscopy procedures and assisted with thoracentesis in office.• Gave immunizations, roomed patients, and entered orders. • Worked with medical equipment supply companies.• Significant time spent on the phone and using EPIC.

Stay at home mom while relocating twice during this time period.

Order entry using database (IFS), communication with customers, and spreadsheet management.

Med/Surg unit with a total care 4 patient load.• Administered medications and treatments swapping out of scope tasks with RNs.• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members to ensure comprehensive and coordinated patient care.• Provided emotional support and guidance to patients and families during difficult times.• Maintained accurate patient records and documentation in accordance with hospital policies and procedures.

Skilled nursing facility with mixed long-term and acute rehab patients. Mainly placed on the rehab hall with one nurse to 25 (on average) patients.• Responsible for all treatments such as medications, infusions, blood draw, wound care, catheters, ostomies, and drains.

CNA home care.

Job Corps is a government ran trade school with at least one facility per state. Admissions Counselors screen students and prep them for the program and work to retain them once enrolled. There is significant community outreach to partners and prospective students.

Maternity leave

This position is similar to probation but is implemented before sentencing. It included community supervision, case management, community liaising, restorative justice and more.

Attendance Advocates are commonly known as Truancy Officers. This position advocates for youth staying in school and finding solutions to prevent truancy.

Implemented the Get Real Program-A pregnancy prevention and mentoring program for youth ages 10-19.