Registered Nurse Resume Example

Post-partum/Couplet Care Nurse

• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment.
• Effectively communicated with family members to provide daily updates about patient care.
• Fed, bathed and checked vital signs on newborns in unit less than 14 days old.
• Administered medications and fluids to newborn patients as dictated by physician instructions on charts.
• Provided exceptional care to newborns with congenital defects, prematurity and other conditions.
• Advocated for parents during times of stress by offering listening ear and providing insight into care.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Led planning and achievement of goals and objectives consistent with agency mission and philosophy.
• Promoted available resources and connected individuals with services.
• Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.

Inpatient Cardiac Telemetry/Med-Surg Overflow

• Monitored patients before, during and after surgical operations to evaluate patient care and maintained aseptic techniques.
• Assessed patient status during Cardiac arterial access and various surgical procedures to communicate abnormalities to physician.
• Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
• Managed caseload of 6 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
• Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions, including IV and oral interventions.
• Started intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
• Recorded and measured patients' vital signs per acuity level, including weight, temperature, respiration and blood pressure.
• Used McKesson to document patient plan of care by taking into account nursing interventions, diagnosis and expected patient outcomes.
• Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Administered heart and blood pressure medication to cardiac patients as prescribed by physicians.
• Performed hourly rounds on 40-bed floor to monitor equipment function and lead placement.