Registered Nurse Medical
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LISA DEMORE
*** **** **** *******, *: 440-***-**** ********@*******.*** Dedicated Registered Nurse with twenty years of expertise in treating patients with emergency and medical surgical conditions. Offering expertise in the nursing profession and looking for long term, challenging new positon.
Licensed Registered Nurse in Ohio
12/2018 to Current Registered Nurse
Metro Health Medical Center Emergency Dept Cleveland Heights, OH Educated patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care. Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
Promoted healthy lifestyle choices to reduce re-emergence of painful or dangerous symptoms.
Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
Treated patients using pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment modalities to address various disorders, diseases and injuries. Coordinated and managed care for patients undergoing miocardial infarction screening and anticoagulation therapies. Assessed patient health needs by reviewing and tracking EKG readings to address telemetry readings and quickly inform teammates on stability or acuity changes.
09/2017 to 12/2018 Supervisor
Metro Health Medical Center Cleveland, OH
Designed strategies to resolve nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and propose plans to enhance quality and safety initiatives hospital-wide.
Improved patient outcomes and quality of care by determining and suggesting changes to processes.
Supervised ancillary staff of 15, on-call nurses, including scheduling shifts, delegating assignments and monitoring quality of care. Imparted medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses to maximize performance and quality of team operations. Worked with management to identify and implement initiatives to increase nursing staff retention, morale and satisfation.
Addressed unit staff concerns, including staffing ratios, resource management, allocation of responsibilities and optimized workload management.
04/2013 to 09/2017 Staff Registered Nurse Emergency Department EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Metro Health Medical Center Cleveland, OH
Counseled caregivers and families on end-of-life planning and educated on patient care options.
Inserted and managed central, arterial and PICC lines. Delivered quality care and comfort to patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolisms and end-stage renal disease.
Conducted patient assessments and diagnostic tests to provide physician with important patient health information used to create focused treatment plans and manage ongoing care.
Imparted medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses to maximize performance and quality of team operations. Reached out to patients to convey lab results and provide care instructions.
Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.
Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.
Evaluated and adjusted life support equipment, tubing and peripheral devices providing critical assistance to fragile patients. Helped pediatric patients understand and feel at ease with vaccines, tests and minor procedures.
Developed and maintained quality care systems and standards, including creating and improving medical protocols and guidelines. Executed appropriate steps for patient treatment following careful review of physician medical regimen.
Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues. Managed and provided leadership to help staff with direct and indirect patient care and telemetry monitoring.
Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
Bachelor of Science: Nursing
George Mason University Fairfax, VA
PALS
ACLS
BLS
TNCC
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