Dena Snyder

• Review patient charts, lab results, verifying signed consents.
• Interviewing patient to verify documentation, ease anxiety, and assess immediate needs. Educating patient family on OR updates and surgeon consults after surgery.
• Setting up OR room, gathering all needed equipment positioning, machines and instruments for surgical use, based on type of surgery and surgeon preference.
• Acting as patient advocate while patient is under anesthesia.
• Managing the flow of the OR room. Ensure patient safety by maintaining sterile field and adhering to infection control protocols. Fetching any supplies required.
• Maintaining meticulous counts of all surgical instruments, suture, sponges, in order to prevent retained objects.
• Thorough documentation of the entire timeline of the surgery, including team members, positioning, supplies used, medications administered, patient interventions and responses.

• Monitored patient vital signs, ensuring prompt identification of potential complications.
• Administered medications and IV therapies according to established protocols.
• Implemented best practices to enhance patient comfort during recovery phases.
• Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
• Decreased medication errors by meticulously administering medications following proper protocols and verifying dosages.
• Provided emotional support to patients and their families during the recovery process, easing anxiety related to surgery outcomes.
• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures in the PACU setting, such as wound care, dressing changes, and insertion of invasive monitoring devices.
• Enhanced patient safety during transfers to other units by providing handoff communication that accurately conveyed critical information about the patient''s condition, potential risks, and ongoing treatment plans.
• Ensured continuity of care by effectively documenting patient assessments, interventions, responses, and progress in electronic medical records systems.
• Improved patient satisfaction through compassionate nursing care and effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
• Evaluated patients' pain levels, implementing correct dosage of medication to alleviate discomfort.

Focusing on end of life care and quality of life remaining.

• Provided pain and symptom management options. Medication for pain, nausea, anxiety, breathing difficulty, as well as wound care. Educated families on how to administer medication and perform dressing changes if needed.
• Weekly visits to where ever the patient called home to assess patient condition, including vital signs, breath sounds, emotional/mental condition, and making adjustments as needed for the patient quality of life.
• Provided family education and support on medication administration, comfort measures, and recognizing the active dying process. Offering supportive listening.
• Coordinating care between physician, social worker, chaplin, nurses aids, to ensure that all the patient and family needs are met.

• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.