Worked as a Travel Nurse on a 40 bed Medical-Surgical Unit, providing care to post-surgical patients and frequently floating to COVID-19 units.

• Responsible for providing post-surgical care to orthopedic, spinal, urinary, and other surgical procedural patients.
• Remained flexible and adjusted to the needs of the hospital in caring for COVID-19 patients.

Worked on a 24 bed Neuro Progressive Care Unit, providing care to patients suffering from strokes and other neurological impairments.

• Responsible for performing comprehensive neurological assessments to include conducting NIH stroke scale.
• Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
• Assessed and coordinated patients discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

Worked on a ten bed Medical-Surgical unit, providing care to patients in a rural setting at a critical access hospital.

• Assisted in coordinating care for patients for discharge placement and/or care
• Worked in an Ambulatory Outpatient Clinic, providing care to low income, poverty-stricken patients, as well as refugee patients.
• Responsible for triaging patients over the phone, making appointments, and administering injections to walk in patients.
• Educated patients on specific illness as well as comorbities
• Worked on a Medical-Surgical unit, providing quality care on a 32-bed unit with an individual assignment of no more than 7 patients.
• Responsible for dressing changes, monitoring telemetry strips, and educating patients.

Worked on a cardiac outpatient recovery and evaluation unit, providing quality care on a 24

• bed unit with an individual patient assignment of no more than 4 patients.
• Performed comprehensive assessments to patients prior to and post heart catheterization procedure.
• Demonstrated flexibility through additional services as a supplemental charge nurse and/or nurse preceptor.
• Responsible for withdrawal of vascular sheaths, application and removal of Femostop and Terumo arterial compression devices, and appropriate use of coagulation tools.
• Managed medical task simultaneously, including administration of oral and and IV medications, close monitoring of medical equipment, and maintenance of IV's, catheters, drains, and dressings.
• Responsible for post procedural recovery of acute patients to include, but not limited to: bronchoscopy, paracentesis, thoracentesis, heart catheterization, permanent pacemaker placement, and ICD placement patients.