Nancy DeCosta
White Bear Lake,MN
Summary
Healthcare professional prepared to excel in nursing leadership roles. Extensive experience in patient care coordination and regulatory compliance. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving best patient outcomes. Recognized for adaptability and reliability in dynamic healthcare environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Registered Nurse
Mayo Health Systems
09.2004 - Current
- Led shift handover meetings effectively communicating critical information about each patient''s status ensuring continuity of care.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Contributed to a positive work environment by actively participating in unit meetings, sharing ideas to improve efficiency or address ongoing challenges faced by colleagues.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Mentored newly hired nurses to ensure seamless integration into the team and facilitate their professional development.
- Skillfully performed various clinical procedures such as IV insertion, wound dressing changes, catheterizations; ensuring optimal comfort levels for patients during these processes.
- Built rapport with patients and family members to deliver exceptional care.
- Enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration through effective communication and teamwork with physicians, therapists, and support staff.
- Increased patient satisfaction scores by delivering compassionate care and advocating for individual needs.
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
- Improved patient outcomes by consistently providing high-quality care and timely interventions.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Managed medication administration safely and accurately while maintaining meticulous documentation in electronic health records systems.
- Documented information in patients' electronic medical record, relaying information to clinicians and care providers to facilitate continuity of care.
- Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current on best practices within the nursing field, applying newly acquired knowledge to improve daily practice.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
St Catherine College St Mary's Campus
Minneapolis05-1994
Skills
- Triage, Trauma Nurse, Pediatric Tem Leader, ACLS, PALS, APCN, ATCN certifications Proficient in EPIC EMR
Timeline
Charge Registered Nurse
Mayo Health Systems
09.2004 - Current
Associate of Science - Nursing
St Catherine College St Mary's Campus
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