MELISSA D WHITE
Nursing at Sagebrush Ln, Milton, FL

Identifying patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. Establishing a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. Promoting patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions. Assuring quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies. Maintaining safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel. Protecting patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. Documenting patient care services by charting in patient and department records. Maintaining continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. Maintaining patient confidence and protecting operations by keeping information confidential. Ensuring operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques. Maintaining nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results. Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. My key skills are bathing, dress/undress patients, assist with personal hygiene. Serve and collect food trays. Assist with patient feeding. Transport, position and drape patients for exams and treatments. Assist patients in ambulating. Administer medications. Takeing patient samples, record vital signs, weights and I & O. Patient immunization and vaccines. Disease knowledge and management. Perform sterileerile dressing changes. Pass and collect bed pans. Change bed linens. Unit secretary duties. Provide encouragement, support and comfort to patients and family members. Monitor, record and communicate patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems. Provide age and culturally appropriate care. Orient and mentor new staff members. Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. Ability to quickly make decisions to report patient condition with minimal supervision. Ability to perform work that requires physical fitness. Working knowledge of medical terminology. Thorough patient and family education. Effective listening skills. Able to prioritize busy workloads. Strong time management skills. Respond calmly to emergency situations. Monitor effectiveness of nursing interventions. Ability to liaise and adhere to orders from physians, social service workers and other care givers.

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