Registered Nurse Clinical Research

SIHAM AKLEH, RN

Cell: 646-***-****: Home 212-***-**** email: **********@*******.***

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NYU School of Medicine, Clinical Translational Science institute Clinical Nurse, Sept -19- 2016- present.

Front line nurse, collected nasal swab, blood and Ramdesivir infusion for patients with covid19. Coordinate and perform Studies required procedures including but not limited to screening, I.V therapy, dispense investigational products, phlebotomy, EKG. Coordinate and perform study requirement procedures including,

Bronchoscopy ETC… (Strong skills with IV placement for therapy) Check patient consent for bronchoscopy, review disallowed medication, explain procedure, administer local anesthesia (mouth wash, gargle), monitor patient’s vital signs, during and post, obtain IV access, suction patient as needed, assist md in collecting study samples, check for gag reflux and monitoring vital signs.

NYU School of Medicine 1998-2016

Experienced Clinical Research Nurse with strong emergent nursing (ER) skills and extensive NIH clinical research experience at the NYU School of Medicine, in both Pediatric Infectious Disease (1998-2014) and Pulmonary Lung Cancer Biomarkers (2014 -2016). Experienced with coordination, maintenance of study documentation, quality assurance and all aspects of patient care for NIH ACTG and Industry sponsored clinical trials and currently, with a large (>1500) NIH EDRN prospective, lung cancer biomarker repository.

NYU School of Medicine

Clinical Research Nurse, 1998 -Present (New York, NY)

• Coordinate and perform study activities including Pre-Screen, Screening, Informed Consent and Study Visits and procedures as per protocol.

• Provide consistent contact, ongoing education and psychological support to research subjects and their families about research protocol procedures and standard-of-care treatments and provide referrals for clinical follow-up care as indicated.

• Perform patient evaluations, dispense investigational product (IP) to randomized subjects, phlebotomy, EKG/ECG, vaccines, immunization histories, HIV and STD testing, TB screening, IVs for pharmacokinetics (PK), sputum induction, Spirometry.

• Maintain study documentation in secured electronic files, as paper source documents and within CRFs according to sponsor regulations. Create study documents to facilitate workflow.

• Collaborate with research study team including PI, physicians, nurses, social workers, laboratory technicians and administrative support staff.

• Perform Quality Assurance activities to ensure integrity and quality of research data in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and NIH Federal and private industry sponsor regulations. Provide QI reports for regularly scheduled audits of source documents, medical records and electronic files for accuracy and completeness, Provide and maintain documentation for adverse and serious adverse event reports

Metropolitan Hospital

Emergency Room Registered Nurse, 2003-2009 (New York, NY) Performed all aspects of emergent nursing care in collaboration with ER team under stressful emergent clinical conditions, including triage assessments, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, trauma care, psychiatric emergencies, administration of blood products, follow through of medical orders, obtaining laboratory tests and discharge education and counseling for patients and their families. Florence Nightingale Rehabilitation Center

Per Diem Registered Nurse, 2002-2005

Provided inpatient adult rehab nursing care that included medication, IV and oxygen administration, tracheostomy care, diabetic monitoring, wound care, G-tube feedings in collaboration with rehab team. Provided patient and family education, counseling and discharge care. Supervised ancillary nursing staff. EDUCATION

Registered Professional Nurse, NCLEX, New York, NY 2002 Registered Professional Nurse, Rothschild School of Nursing, Haifa, Israel 1983 CERTIFICATIONS

IV Nurse Certification

2021

BLS, ACLS

Languages : English, Hebrew and Arabic read and write fluently

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