3/94-5/95 ~ Staff Nurse 8pm - 8am 5/95-1/15 ~ Senior Nurse / Nurse Director / Senior Nurse Resume Example

Staff Nurse Responsibilities: 

• administering medications, respiratory treatments, topical treatments
• monitoring individuals status for changes, safety, seizure activity
• routine / emergency assessments
• providing end of life care and support to end stage cancer patients
• completion of routine paperwork
• participation in investigations
• ordering medications
• providing on going training to residential staff
• assisting residential staff with routine individual care utilizing palliative care model
• ordering and reporting lab-work results to the physicians
• monitoring effectiveness of medication regimen and observing / reporting possible intolerance or side effects to physician
• ensured HIPAA compliance.
• developed and implements medical care plans
• assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring
• transcription of orders
• replacing gastrostomy tubes
• insertion and removal of urinary catheters
• tracheostomy care and assisting physician with replacement of tracheostomy tubes
• ensuring proper maintenance of equipment including ventilator, oxygen equipment, nebulizers, enteral feeding pumps, and other medical equipment
• ensuring proper administration of enteral feedings

Senior Nurse / Nurse Director Responsibilities:

• ​24/7 Responsibility for assigned residences
• Rotating Nursing Administrator on call for agency for weekend / holiday coverage
• Staff nurse coverage
• Ordering of medications
• Transcription of orders
• Completion of nursing schedules
• Participating in interviews for nursing and residential staff
• Completion of nursing performance evaluations and participation in individual performance improvement plans for professional growth
• Participation in meetings with staff regarding performance issues and/or termination of employment
• Participation in the development/implementation and evaluation of policies and procedures
• Liaison between staff and administration
• Participation in the planning and development of new residences for the medically fragile individuals
• Participation in team meetings with other disciplines such as OT, PT, ST, MT, RT, Nutritionist and families to development optimal plans of care
• Development and implementation of medical care plans
• Accompanying individual to medical appointments and if necessary emergency room evaluations
• Liaison between residence and acute care facility to ensure continuity of care​
• Ensuring changes in individual health status or medical needs was promptly reported to chief of health services, administration, families and other governing bodies as necessary
• Completion of daily, weekly and monthly reports as well as completion of reports as needed such as incident reports, reports of death
• Ordering, inventorying and distributing medical supplies
• Ensuring ongoing communication with Pharmacy and DME suppliers to ensure availability of needed supplies
• ​Ensuring proper administration of enteral feedings through gastrostomy and jejunemostomy tubes
• Ensuring ongoing current knowledge of nursing rules and regulations as well as the regulations governing the care of individuals with developmental disabilities
• Participation in ongoing training of nursing as well as residential staff including teaching the NYS approved medication administration course to non-licensed staff