Amber Thornton

Q6 Medicine/Telemetry, Emergency Dept (present)

• Contributed to a positive work environment by actively participating in team huddle and offering support to colleagues as needed.
• Maintained accurate documentation of patient information, treatments administered, and observations made during shifts with confidentiality outside circle of care.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction with compassionate, attentive care and effective communication
• Appropriate deescalation techniques when needed.
• Maintaining appropriate therapeutic relationships with patients.
• Safe and best practice use of PPE and infection control.
• Reporting to the doctor of any changes in patient status or cognitively.
• Accurate and real time documentation
• Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
• Monitored vital signs and assessed patients regularly, identifying changes in condition and initiating appropriate interventions.
• Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult medical situations, fostering trust and rapport.
• Implemented medication via IV/IM/SC administration, catheter insertion, and airway management. Familiar and competent with CVAD, PICC, Hickman. Blood/ blood products and infusions.
• Ensured timely wound care for patients, reducing risk of infection and promoting healing. Monitoring changes and reporting
• Effective time management and detailed documentation
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Monitored patients on telemetry to assure no new heart rhythm changes. Reporting to MD with new changes and monitoring patient symptoms.

Many skills acquired

• Travel to patient homes' or facilities for any and all specific outpatient treatment needs.
• Thorough head to toe assessments
• Wound assessment and treatment. Familiar with various wound care supplies and reason for use. Wound packing and VAC dressing experience.
• Best practice catheter insertion and care/maintenance. CBI knowledge with manual irrigation.
• Medication administration PO, IV, IM, PICC, HIckman.
• Nephrostomy tube care and maintenance.
• TPN administration, Peritoneal Dialysis via Cycler, Tube feeds.
• Palliative care/ End of life care
• Patient and family teaching on treatment and care. Promoting independence within the home as much as able.

• Preforming AM/HS care to residents within the nursing home.
• Assuring that tasks are done in timely manor to collaborate with nursing home activities and schedule.
• Toileting schedule based on their needs (Ex, stress incontinence vs urge incontinence.) Q2h toileting.
• Safe patient transfer with and without mechanical assistance assuring the safety of residents as well as staff.
• Feeding at meal times with appropriate diet and texture while promoting independence as appropriate. Reporting to the nurse if a resident is needing BGL checked prior.
• Appropriate deescalation techniques when needed.
• Maintaining appropriate therapeutic relationships with residents.
• Safe and best practice use of PPE and infection control.
• Reporting to the nurse of any changes in patient status or cognitively.
• Accurate and real time documentation

"Holistic Approach" Private care.

All needs of a client would be offered by this company such as PSW care, ADL's, Cleaning of homes, Grocery shopping, Respite care, etc.

• 12 hour night shifts for clients with dementia to assure safety
• Travel to wherever needed
• Companionship, Medication administration, ADL's