Circulating Cardiovascular Registered Nurse resume example

Register nurse travelled to area hospitals to work. Surgical, medical and telemetry floor. Floated

• Promoted healthy lifestyle choices to reduce re-emergence of painful or dangerous symptoms.
• Set up trays, supplies and sterile fields for office procedures.
• Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.
• Maintained composure and efficiency during rapid response situation and emergency codes.
• Used facility EMR system to update patient records, transmit prescriptions and transfer files.
• Completed daily chart audits and assessed clinical records to verify accuracy, evaluate performance against goals and check for appropriate education of patients and families.
• Updated physicians on patient test results and assisted in developing care plans.
• Collaborated with doctors to plan post-treatment home care and prevent return hospitalization due to complications.

• SMonitored patient vitals post-surgery, managed medical equipment and administered medications and IVs.
• Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
• Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
• Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
• Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
• Organized and delegated tasks during rapid response and high-pressure code situations.
• Collected biological samples for routine laboratory testing to assist diagnostic processes.
• Recorded patient reactions to drugs and initiated wound management protocols.
• Audited patient charts in real-time, verifying accuracy and completion of information.
• Provided leadership to telemetry and acute care unit; coordinated, tasked, and supervised nurses and ancillary staff based on staffing requirements.
• Conducted telemetry monitoring on patients, recording all cardiac rhythm data.
• Ensured staff certifications were up-to-date, and routinely evaluated nurses' skills and provided opportunities for professional development.
• Facilitated HIPAA and JCAHO reviews through patient chart audits, inventory and supply management, medication inventory management, biohazard management, and maintaining patient medical record confidentiality compliance; ensured all patient care, unit operations, and nursing protocols were in place and adhered to.
• Educated patients on wound and disease self-management techniques.
• Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
• Oversaw unit processes, including patient admission and discharge.
• Collaborated with physicians and nursing staff to deliver quality care.
• Maintained comprehensive patient care plans and monitored staffs' implementation of physician's orders.
• Skilled in central line and catheter management for triple lumen catheter (TLC), peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), tunneled intravascular central catheter (TICC), Quinton lines, and implanted vascular accessdevice (IVAD).
• Assigned daily tasks to nurses based on experience and strengths.
• Assisted surgeons to perform bedside, non-invasive procedures.
• Assessed and assisted patients with diverse range and comorbid chronic diagnoses, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), cerebrovascular accidents (CVA), diabetes, and sepsis.
• Presented information regarding diagnoses, conditions, illnesses, treatments and outcomes to patients and families in clear, easy-to-understand terminology.
• Performed wound care, including post catheterization heart cath and post pacemakers, hemosplits, chest incision sites.
• Actualized interventions and strategies to manage chest tubes, nasogastric tubes, G-tubes, peg tubes, colostomies, JP drains and Tru-close rains.

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• Communicated with primary care physicians or emergency care providers to relay patient needs.
• Immunized patients against diseases such as influenza and pneumonia to protect vulnerable populations from serious illnesses.
• Provided training and supervision to [Number]-member staff in [Type] unit.
• Answered patient questions and provided take-home materials for further information.
• Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
• Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.