Skills:
Developed advanced skills in assessing child, adult, geriatric, laboring, newborn, post-partum, and post-op patients; utilized therapeutic communication in speaking with adult and child psychiatric patients; vital signs, bathing, charting/documenting, blood glucose testing, catheter care, dressing changes, chest tube care, tracheostomy/drain care, suctioning, interpreting ECG's, sterile technique, administered medications by mouth, NG tube, IV piggyback, adding medications to IV bags, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections, patient care plans, nursing diagnoses Experienced situations in Critical Care Unit, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Operating Room, Cardiac Cauterization Lab, Elementary School Nurse's office.Skills: Computers- Proficient in Microsoft Office, familiar with Cerner, Epic and Pyxis patient software; Powerchart, Micromedex Languages- Basic knowledge of Spanish, including 5 years of education. Created a Copyrighted Spanish Speaking Brochure to use in the St. Mary's Emergency Department, as my Senior Capstone Project.