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Andrew Smith


Phone:

(000) 000-0000

Email:

[email protected]

Address:

287 Custer Street, Hopewell, PA 00000

Professional Summary

Dynamic Emergency Room Nurse bringing four years treating patients and coordinating care with other healthcare staff. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Expert multi-tasker capable of prioritizing clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced emergency medicine settings.

Employment history

Feb. 2019 – Present
East Deangelo, Massachusetts
Emergency Room Nurse, Ebert, Mitchell and Durgan

  • Performed triage on all incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses 
  • Assisted patients dealing with traumatic injuries or illnesses, including stroke patients, accident victims and cardiac patients 
  • Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients 
  • Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions 
  • Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission 
  • Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management 
  • Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-tounderstand terms 
  • Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to catch and address new concerns 
  • Answered codes quickly with efficient skilled medical care
  • Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care 

Nov. 2014 – Dec. 2014
Boyerville, Iowa
Medical Coder, Boehm Inc

  • Consistently ensured proper coding, sequencing of diagnoses and procedures. 
  • Carefully coded disease and injury diagnoses, acuity of care and procedures in inpatient setting. 
  • Read through patient health data, including histories, physician diagnoses and treatments to gain understanding for coding purposes. 
  • Verified and abstracted all medical data to assign appropriate codes for hospital inpatient records. 
  • Reviewed and abstracted relevant clinical data from electronic medical records to select appropriate code for procedures. 
  • Interpreted medical terminology and pharmacological information to translate information into coding system.

Education

Jun. 2013
Bachelor of Science: Nursing

  • East Mann – East Gaynellefurt, Connecticut

Skills

Relevant charting and clinical documentation
Experienced

Patient's assessments
Expert

Strong clinical judgment
Expert

Intravenous Therapy
Expert

Triaging skills
Expert

emergency room nurse

  • Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care 

emergency room nurse

  • Performed triage on all incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses 
  • Assisted patients dealing with traumatic injuries or illnesses, including stroke patients, accident victims and cardiac patients 
  • Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions 
  • Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission 
  • Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management 
  • Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-tounderstand terms 
  • Answered codes quickly with efficient skilled medical care

emergency room nurse/ medical-surgical ward nurse

  • do triage system for admitting patient.
  • perform Cardiac Resuscitation for critical and dying patients.
  • administering medication as ordered and instructed by the physician.
  • Assess, irrigate, and dress wounds.

emergency room nurse

  • To administer emergency care or life-support care to sick or injured people.
  • Perform/assist with patient hygiene/transfer.
  • Delegation and supervision of appropriate tasks to certified nursing assistants. 
  • Educating nursing students in the emergency room setting.

emergency room nurse

  • Perform quick patient assessment and assist with various emergency procedures. 
  • Monitor and report symptoms and prepare patients for treatments.
  • Evaluate patient care needs and provide professional nursing care to all-aged patients, ensuring that all procedures are followed accurately.
  • Assess patients’ condition and prioritize treatment and medical procedures. 
  • Monitor patients and conduct detailed reports.

emergency room nurse

  • Triage patients upon arrival to determine patient acuity. 
  • Identify patients in need of immediate physician assessment, such as trauma or stroke patients. 
  • Perform assessments, and continually monitor patients condition, communicate changes with doctor, and modify treatment plan appropriately.
  • Explain treatments, procedures, medications, and patient instructions to patients and family.
  • Maintain accurate, succinct documentation.
  • Monitoring patient’s condition and vital signs during procedural sedation.
  • Administration of PO, IV, IM, rectal, ocular, and aural medications, and monitoring for adverse reactions.

emergency room nurse

  • Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ conditions.
  • Triage patients
  • Ensuring the efficiency of the patient check-in process.
  • Displaying strong decision-making skills in emergency scenarios.

emergency room nurse

  • Being ready to respond and equipped to deal with a medical emergency.
  • Quickly assessing patient needs.
  • Treating critical injuries, allergic reactions and trauma.
  • Performing minor medical operations.
  • Cleaning wounds.
  • Maintaining emergency room care standards.
  • Assisting with insurance paperwork.

emergency room nurse

  • Assist with checking in patients, doing triage work for doctors and generating initial insurance paperwork
  • Assist physician during examination, treatment and procedures
  • Prepare and administer (oral, parenteral) and record prescribed medications.
  • Provide supervision of non-RN personnel and act as a resource for ancillary staff on assigned unit
  • Work closely with doctors to keep patients and their family members updated on test results or treatment recommendations
  • Coordinate and deliver patient care utilizing the Nursing Process and following all established standards of practice within State and Federal guideline

emergency room nurse

  • triage patients
  • IV insertions
  • medication administration
  • family communication
  • relief charge RN
  • patient education
  • interpret EKG’s