Emergency Room nurse
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Delivered nursing care for the comfort and well-being of patients. Utilized the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, to provide, delegate, supervise, and document care and teaching of patients and family. Implemented medically prescribed interventions.

• Performed direct patient care within the scope of the Registered Nurse Practice Act. Utilized therapeutic communication in daily practice.
• Treat patients suffering from trauma, injury, or severe medical conditions and require urgent treatment.
• Remain calm in high-stress and high-pressure situations, quickly identify the best way to stabilize patients and minimize pain.
• Maintained care standards in the emergency room.
• Managed patient check-in process, the performance of triage work for doctors, and assisting with initial insurance paperwork.
• Communicated with doctors and patients to keep everyone updated on test results and treatment recommendations.
• Collaborated with laboratory personnel and report lab findings back to ER doctors.
• Assisted in the care of traumas, cardiac arrests, strokes, sexual assaults, and conscious sedation.
• Demonstrated sound decision-making in emergency scenarios based on patient conditions such as vital signs, patient presentation, and assessments.
• Provide RN care for all ER patients, as well as handling intubations, defibrillations, auto transfusions, Medlock insertions, and splinting.

Observed vital signs of an average of 20 patients daily, providing critical care and life-saving procedures and furnishing doctors with detailed accounts of each patient's condition. 

• Relayed information on patient condition and treatment plans to patients and families, gaining approval for the commencement of treatment.
• Watched ER patients, notifying physicians or charge nurses of changes in patient condition, allowing for timely intervention during grave moments.
• Performed various procedures, including EKG, phlebotomy, intravenous insertion, cardiac monitoring, urinalysis, UCG testing, and drug administration.

Assessed the patients' conditions on arrival, swiftly examining vital signs and analyzing EMT reports for the lead ER Nurse's determination of the proper course of action.

• Administered drugs, local anesthesia, or conscious sedation under the instructions of the lead ER Nurse.
• Handled accident victims, cleaned wounds or cuts with antiseptic, controlled bleeding, and removed foreign bodies lodged in deep cuts. 
• Demonstrated teamwork by providing clinical assistance to all physicians, and senior nurses in the emergency room, to ensure exceptional patient care.