Lead Registered Nurse resume example

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ascension All Saints, Racine Wisconsin.

• Coordinates unit staffing and provides leadership while ensuring implementation of clinical objectives and quality patient care in assigned areas.
• Assigns, directs, educates, and monitors nursing and support staff during assigned shift.
• Contributes to or performs evaluations of staff.
• Assesses daily patient care needs and develops and distributes patient care assignments, ensuring that population appropriate patient care is given.
• Develops appropriate care plans for patient population in accordance with diagnosis and evaluates effectiveness of patient care.
• Identifies any issues that affect desired patient outcomes and adjusts care plan as appropriate.
• Responds to and addresses complaints from patients/care givers about patient care and manages through established chJessicaels.
• May provide input for hiring, training, directing, development, and evaluating staff.
• Audits hospital birth records for accuracy and amending as needed.
• Attendance keeper for NICU, informing Manager/Supervisor of issues with individual staff members that may require disciplinary action.
• Active member of NICU Patient Care Council.
• Delivered outstanding patient care in neonatal critical care unit.
• Trained and coached new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
• Protected critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by using proper PPE and using strong infection control procedures.
• Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate treatment progress.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Counseled patients and families on treatments and care options, including discharge and home care instructions.
• Personalized bedside care and interactions based on cultural backgrounds of different patients.
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Coordinator of neonatal eye exams for assessment of retinopathy of prematurity