Anna Macfarlane

Emergency Department:

• Gained experience with critical thinking, a fast-paced environment, and nursing skills.
• Responded to emergency situations with speed and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.

TCB, Convalescent, & Palliative Care Beds:

• Provide emotional support to patients and their families during challenging times.
• Worked with social workers, physical therapists, and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care, and provide nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
• Developed discharge plans for patients transitioning from the hospital to a home setting.

LTC:

• Implement therapeutic relationships with the residents.
• Designed individualized care strategies focusing on goals and interests of residents.
• Ultimately, finding ways for the residents to thrive in their activities of daily living and environment.

Overall:

• Monitored patient progress and reported changes in condition to the physician.
• Performed physical assessments to determine patient status and document findings in patient records.
• Provided direct nursing care, including vital sign monitoring, wound care, medication administration and other treatments.
• Evaluated the effectiveness of interventions
• Handled several duties simultaneously, maintaining high attention to detail.
• Utilized various software and tools.
• Collaborated closely with team members to achieve goals and meet deadlines.
• Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.

• Scheduling appointments and organizing patient information.
• Performing eye exams.
• Collected and organized patient information for database entry.
• Performing optomap and OCT testing/imaging.
• Working alongside patients on a daily basis.
• Arrange examination rooms for physicians.

• Maintained cleanliness of pools, locker rooms, bathrooms, decks and other areas.
• Recognized swimmers in need of assistance and acted quickly.
• Delivered basic life support in emergency situations.
• Taught swimming lessons for ages ranging from pre-K to level 10.
• Participated in safety meetings, kept certificates up to date, and engaged in team building.
• Monitored the pool area to ensure the safety of patrons and enforce the rules.
• Performed daily inspections of the pool and surrounding areas.

• Learned to quickly adjust plans for the day depending on the frame of mind or emotional state of the children.
• Worked successfully with a diverse group of kids to accomplish goals and address issues that may have been raised.
• Prioritized the needs of each kid.
• Organized, planned, and completed activities with the kids.
• Cleaned house, prepared meals, and did the laundry.

• Monitored pool swims, skills, and lake area.
• Planning and running camp activities, skills, and games.
• Taking care of and running the pool facility.
• Leading a cabin of 8 to 10 kids.