Adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor Resume Example

·Responsible for administration of IV diuretics under the guidance of a physician in an acute manner.

· Provide weekly telehealth calls to patients enrolled in the congestive heart failure clinic to prevent readmissions.

· Attend hospital wide CHF committee meetings bi-monthly to coordinate care with multidisciplinary team.

· Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team such as staff cardiologists, pulmonologists, and inpatient and outpatient case management to manage the care of the CHF population.

· Lead initiatives to reduce avoidable re-hospitalizations, taking the primary role in preparing patients and family members through education, enhanced assessment for post-discharge needs, patient and family centered communication through collaboration with staff cardiologists and post-acute care follow-up through the CHF clinic.

· Coordination of post procedural discharge instruction to hospital in-patients, rounding physicians, hospital staff nurses, and ancillary staff members.

· Providing services for patients to facilitate optimal patient outcomes.

· Supports delivery of effective, efficient care and assures continuity of care.
Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to attain desired outcomes for patients with cardiac history and/or recent cardiac interventions.

· Administer and document professional nursing care to assigned patients.

· Promote Capital Cardiovascular Associates' mission in providing quality cardiovascular care.

· Administer and monitor nuclear stress tests, stress echocardiograms and exercise stress tests in the outpatient clinic.

Responsible for triage calls and reporting patient conditions to healthcare team for efficient and effective care of the patient

• Managed all facets of telemetry, including PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drug administration and titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation and chest tube management.
• Provided direct care in critical care units, including Medical and Surgical Critical care units.
• Treated patients with broad range of diagnoses ranging from sepsis, renal failure, diabetic ketoacidosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome, congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to create, implement and adapt individualized care plans.
• Assessed patients, documented observations and reviewed patient charts to determine care needs.
• Served as charge nurse for both MICU and SICU: Total of 21 beds for critically ill patients. Responsible for staffing based on acuity. Responsible for managing, supervising and assisting the nursing staff, providing administrative support and patient care. Directing the admission, discharge and general flow of patients, and assigning nurses and support staff to patients.

· Pre and Post op experience