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Danbury, Ct, Us

Registered nurse in a cardiovascular intensive care unit. Responsible for caring for patients immediately after cardio-thoracic surgical intervention. Most common surgeries include: CABG, SAVR, TAVR, MVR, aortic root repair, aortic replacement graft, and LAAL. Also responsible for managing critically ill patients requiring inotrope therapy, and invasive hemodynamic monitoring via A-lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, FLo-Trac. Responsibilities also include the management of patients requiring the use of support devices such as CRRT, Impella 5.0 and 5.5, IABP, LVAD and ECMO therapy.

Danbury, Ct, Us

Registered nurse in the Nephrology Care Unit. Responsibilities include caring for patients who are in acute or chronic renal failure, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients, as well as patients that are not suitable for regular MedSurg floors but are not yet classified as needing medical step-down.

Harrisburg, Pa, Us

Harrisburg, Pa, Us

As HSA I continued my previous responsibilities as RN and DON, in addition my responsibilities also included overseeing the functions of the medical department inside of my assigned correctional facility. I coordinated schedules for the RN staff, mental health staff, and annual continual education training for all Primecare staff. My responsibilities also included annual reporting of all patient population statistics along with chronic care problems, classes of medications, and various statistics in regards to provider sick calls and patient follow up. Another responsibility was to facilitate communication between Primecare and the administration for the Putnam County Correctional facility.

Harrisburg, Pa, Us

In addition to my nursing responsibilities, as director of nursing, I was accountable for training all newly hired RNs, facilitating interviews, managing records for all chronic care patients, chart reviews, facilitating communication between correctional and nursing staff, ordering and cataloging Suboxone, retrieving and transporting methadone from the community OTP to the medical unit for storage and cataloguing, reviewing the proper inventory of all narcotic counts and medical sharps counts for the medical unit.

Harrisburg, Pa, Us

As a correctional nurse I completed assessments on all new intakes to the correctional facility, which included suicide risk screening, drug/alcohol abuse history and risk of withdrawal scores, complete adult health history, medication history, and a head to toe assessment prior to introduction to general population. Daily tasks included vitals, COWS and CIWA-Ar/B assesments on withdrawing patients, RN sick calls and response to medical emergencies within correctional facility. Tasks also included venipuncture for lab draws, covid testing, medication administration, and MAT administration for enrolled patients.

• Assisted the Doctor in monitoring patient vitals and documenting history, focusing on diabetes care.• Managed office backend, ensuring insurance contracts were up to date and supplies/equipment were purchased.• Facilitated EMR compliance for CMS guidelines, leading to successful yearly reporting.

• Taught grades k-12 basic computer skills and advanced computer skills to grades 10-12.• Developed curriculum to enhance students' understanding of information technology.• Implemented interactive learning techniques to engage students in practical applications.

Associate Of Science - As, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse