Susan (Susie) Hallstrom Email & Phone Number

Addison, Tx

As a home health nurse, I care for medically fragile children who need one on one care for medications, respiratory treatments, therapy and more. Certified to care for G-button and trach patients and currently enrolled to learn ventilators, CPAP and BIPAP machines.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS*Patient admissions, assessment, documentation, care plan, sterile dressing changes, and acting liaison for patient between family and health professionals.*Strong ability to educate all ages according to their learning style with patience and compassion.*Nine years of continual employed experience in different areas of specialty: Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Home Health, and Adolescent Behavioral Health.*Maintained Nursing License, CPR, and CEUs for 20 years while working from as a private educator CERTIFICATIONS• Registered Nurse- Current until August 2018.• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers- Received on 6/30/2016EXPERIENCE•Pediatrics and Pediatric Step-down Unit, caring for patients in critical and/or stable conditions.•Qualified Charge Nurse •Adept at helping patient and family feel more at ease with a range of difficult and painful medical procedures through age appropriate communication and explanation.•Worked with trachea patients, nasogastric tubes, intravenous infusion•RN Home Health:sterile dressing changes, administering medication •Telecommute with patient, office staff, and other medical professionals•Neurosurgery nurse specializing in brain and spinal cord dysfunctions, altered level of consciousness, difficulties with mobility and sensation, trauma due to motor vehicle accidents, aneurysms, or tumors.•Managed ventricular and spinal drains, measuring intracranial pressure.•Starting and maintaining intravenous lines, NG tubes, central line care, TPN, drawing arteriole blood gasses, tracheotomy care, and blood transfusion.•Adolescent Behavioral Health Technician observing young adults in rehabilitation due to eating disorders, drug and/or alcohol addictions, self harm, emotional instability and oppositional defiant disorder. Telecommunications operator responsible for making outreach calls to consumers and collecting information for a professional sales force.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Specialized area in neurosurgery with a focus on aiding patients with dysfunctions of the nervous system. Fully assessing consciousness, mobility, communication, cognition and sensation. Pre-operative and post-operative care of patients with brain or spinal tumors, spinal cord neoplasm, head or spinal cord trauma, brain hemorrhages, cerebral vascular accident, aneurysms, and seizures. Common duties include medication, pain management, wound care, documentation, education of patient and family. Postoperative teaching focuses on the patient understanding the diagnosis, prognosis and ability to regain independence and self care after discharge.