Staff Nurse Emergency Or Ambulance Staff
Jordan Hospital and Medical Center
Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months
Emergency nurse that specialize in assessing, intervening and stabilizing a variety of trauma and illnesses with decisive action.
Assigned as ER nurse to quickly assess the needs of each patient, prioritize care based on its critical nature, and work to stabilize a patient, treat the problem, discharge the patient after the emergency is over or make arrangements for a longer hospital stay.
Utilized the nursing processes; assessed, planned, provided and evaluated nursing care based on staff and patient interviews.
Provided and managed goal-oriented patient care by utilizing established nursing processes and principles.
Established nursing diagnoses and wrote out plan for treatment. Implemented cure and evaluated care.
Demonstrated awareness of ongoing ER unit needs to provide other team members with leadership and direction for reaching optimal nursing care standards.
Collaborated with other ER professionals to ensure effective patient care delivery - Identified patients’ conditions and addressed nursing care.
Acted as a team member/leader to perform ER tasks.
Experience in staff development, process improvement, and regulatory compliance in order to provide and perform superior patient care.
Supervised the assigned staff - Was accountable for daily team performance.
Assisted in the efficient operation of Emergency Room unit - Performed various medical assignments as required.
Continually looked for opportunities for professional development and improvement.
Ensures efficient and coordinated clinic flow by coordinating and planning clinic activities; communicates patient’s needs; makes referrals; serves as a resource person of insurance information.
Delivers direct patient care; assesses patients physical, psychosocial and/or emotional needs; provides patient and family teaching; triages patients and informs physician of patient status; responds to phone messages from patients and informs physicians as needed; orders supplies; stocks and maintains patient’s rooms; sterilizes instruments.
Administers medications as assigned; serves as a resource person for knowledge of medication uses, side effects, and dosage; checks for proper medication order; documents medications; obtains required consent forms to administer immunizations; notifies pharmacies of physician approved prescriptions; reviews drug samples to insure they have not exceeded the expiration date; labels sample drugs and educates patients of medication administration.
Performs other duties as assigned.