Sarah Scott

• Managed comprehensive care for critically ill patients, ensuring adherence to ICU protocols and guidelines.
• Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol, and procedures.
• Administered medications, monitored dosages, and observed patient reactions in a high-stakes environment.
• Assisted in the performance of diagnostic tests and interpreted results to guide nursing care.
• Coordinated communication among care team members to maintain consistency and continuity of care across shifts.
• Participated in clinical rounds with physicians, offering insights from nursing perspective to inform patient care decisions.
• Acted as patient advocate, ensuring needs and preferences were communicated effectively to families and healthcare providers.
• Provided emotional support and education to patients' families, helping them navigate complex medical information.
• Provided compassionate support to patients' families during challenging situations, enhancing their understanding and comfort.

• Collected lab specimens, ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests and lab results to ensure accurate patient assessments.
• Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
• Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
• Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes, coordinating related paperwork to facilitate seamless transitions in care.

Administered care to critically ill COVID patients across four ICU units.

Implemented updated protocols for PPE, ventilator care, medication administration, enhancing safety and care standards.

Served at the epicenter of the first COVID outbreak in March 2020 within a critical frontline institution.

• Coordinated patient care through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, ensuring comprehensive and effective treatment plans.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care.
• Participated in multidisciplinary rounds involving physicians, nurses, social workers and other healthcare professionals.
• Engaged in multidisciplinary rounds with physicians, nurses, and social workers to enhance patient care strategies and outcomes.
• Assisted physicians with procedures such as intubation, chest tube insertion and central line placement.
• Delivered emotional support to families facing difficult diagnoses, fostering resilience and understanding during critical times.
• Maintained accurate and timely documentation of patient information.
• Provided emotional support for families dealing with difficult diagnoses or life-threatening illnesses.
• Managed PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drug administration and titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tube management.

• Monitored patient vital signs in a fast-paced ICU environment.
• Administered medications and implemented treatment plans according to physician directives, ensuring patient safety and care continuity.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care.
• Contributed to multidisciplinary rounds with physicians, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to optimize patient care strategies.
• Assisted in preparing patients for surgeries and procedures.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during critical situations, fostering comfort and trust in a high-stress environment.
• Provided emotional support to family members during difficult times.

• Assessed patient vital signs and laboratory data to determine needs and deliver emergency interventions effectively.
• Provided comprehensive care to critically ill patients, including those with complex medical and surgical conditions.
• Conducted direct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal and critical respiratory patterns, facilitating prompt clinical responses.
• Monitored patients' behavior, vital signs, and fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems and initiate timely interventions.
• Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.

• Administered critical care interventions in high-pressure ICU environment.
• Coordinated patient treatment plans with multidisciplinary teams to enhance care delivery.
• Monitored cardiac rhythms utilizing telemetry monitoring systems.
• Managed IV lines, wound care, tracheostomy care and other critical care procedures.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient treatment plans.
• Implemented best practices to develop strategies that improved quality of care outcomes.
• Administered IV lines, wound care, tracheostomy care, and other critical procedures in critical care settings.

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• Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
• Inserted and cared for catheters, feeding tubes and access sites.
• Managed multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality standards.