Dynamic Staff Nurse bringing 12 years of treating patients and coordinating care with other healthcare staff. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Prioritizes clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced emergency medicine settings.
(COVID SUSPECT AND COVID POSITIVE)
-Provide Total, Direct Nursing Care in accordance with the plan of care and needs of the patient with respect for the patient’s privacy, dignity, personal preference and culture.
-Prepare, administer, and document the administration of all prescribed medication by the physician, managing intravenous lines, observing and monitoring and recording patient’s condition, maintaining records and communicating with all healthcare providers.
-Maintaining knowledge of resources for therapeutic effects, usual dosage, contraindications, side effects and adverse reactions for all drugs and parental fluids administered.
-Perform an age specific, systematic and holistic initial assessment of the patient health status and refer to appropriate specialty if necessary and as applicable.
-Assess patient /family education needs and readiness to learn utilizing appropriate resources.
-Assess patient/family discharge planning needs utilizing appropriate resources.
-Document all assessment, intervention and other relevant information in patient’s health care records on an ongoing basis.
-Provide quality care of care that is evidence based by adhering to hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care, guidelines policies and procedures.
-Protect patients’ privacy and dignity at all times and maintain strict confidentiality in conformance to the organizational policy of ethics.
-Perform other job-related duties.
General Skills with competencies completed in King Abdulaziz Medical City:
· Hand hygiene.
· CVAD blood culture sampling
· CVAD Routine blood sampling
· CVAD medication administration
· CVAD Flushing
· CVAD site care
· CVAD removal
· Tracheostomy Care
· Tracheostomy skin and oral care
· Tracheostomy suctioning
· Cardiac Lead placement
· Insertion of NGT
· Asepsis and wound care
· Urinary Catheter insertion (male)
· Administration of blood products (Independent Double check Procedure)
· Administration of IV Medication (independent Double check Procedure)
· Chest tube : Closed Drainage System
Additional Unit Specific Skills
· Pain controlled Analgesia
· Cardiac monitoring
· Glasgow coma scale assessment
· National institute for Health Stroke Scale
· Arterial Line management
Equipment skills
· Lifepack 20
· Phillips Cardiac Monitor
· B-Braun syringe Pump
· Compat Ella feeding Pump
· Vac Machine
· B-Braun IV pump
· Sequential compression Device
Obtains nursing history and performs physical assessment.
Pedia Ward and Medical Ward
· Nurse Phlebotomist
· Intensive Care Unit