Adjunct Clinical Instructor resume example

Permanent Charge Nurse on Mother Baby unit with 8 years of experience in this role.

Maintain and lead safe and effective care to new mothers, newborns and families. Making staffing decisions, assigning patient assignments. Responsible for bedside care and education for new mothers and their newborns. Daily interaction with management, physicians,staff, families and visitors. Discussing results and plan of care with patients while planning of this with physicians.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders and communicating with ancillary departments and assisting staff.
• Documented all information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying information to physicians and care providers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Triaged incoming phone calls from patients and families of inpatient and discharged patients to determine needs and provide advice,direction and support.

• Supervised, directed and motivated high-quality performance from nursing staff.
• Developed departmental goals and objectives to improve satisfactory rating with patients.
• Represented unit in meetings with Upper Management or with governing boards.
• Performed real-time chart audits for all patients ensuring accuracy and completeness of information while capitalizing on opportunities for process improvement.
• Created work schedules for multiple shifts to confirm complete floor coverage.
• Verified facility remained up-to-date and compliant with laws and regulations.
• Evaluated skills of all nursing personnel and verified staff certifications for validity.
• Established and continuously optimized unit schedules and individual work assignments.
• Exercised exemplary clinical judgment when making care decisions.
• Reviewed department performance and adjusted coverage to compensate for changing conditions.

• Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Educated patients on procedures and facility processes.
• Performed patient assessment, VS monitoring, IV insertion and other routine procedures and documented in electronic medical record to support interdisciplinary care.
• Recovered patient from anesthesia to perform discharge teaching.
• Prepared rooms according to specific endoscopic procedures.
• Administered medication to patients according to facility protocols.
• Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
• Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.