Caroline Usher

• Participate and provide research nurse services to study participants at home.
• Administered clinical assessments and documented findings in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure protocol adherence and data integrity.
• Educated participants on study protocols, procedures, and potential risks to promote informed consent
• Assist in medical record review teams prior to attest inclusion criteria for different clinical trial studies.
• Assist clinical research coordinators in Cascade-Lung follow-up study telehealth visits.

• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure safe recovery as a pediatric nurse.
• Documented patient information correctly and communicated effectivity with healthcare team members.

• Prioritized nursing care for critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified
  needs.
  • Managed patient’s cases and assist in transition to home care from hospital care.
  • Assisted PICU intensivist during bedside procedures using sedation medication and closely
  monitoring patient response.
  • Efficiently treat deteriorating patients in Children’s Hospital as a member of the rapid
  response team.
  • Floated regularly to neonatal ICU, pediatric emergency center, and pediatric floor as flex
  nurse.

• Cared for pediatric patients suffering from trauma, asthma, cardiac disorders, seizures, sickle cell, diabetes, accidental ingestions, overdose, psychiatric and oncologic emergencies.
• Acted as the triage nurse and applied appropriate assessment and placement of pediatric patients.
• Administered sedation medication and closely monitoring patient response. Educated patients and families in all aspects of treatment and plans of care up to discharge teaching or transfer of care.
• Completed Emergency Room/Pediatric track of Nurse Residency Program through Baptist Health.
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit -Developed care plans for NICU patients by determining patient needs, upon assessment, and prioritizing them.