Irena Petrovich

• Supervised clinical rotations to ensure adherence to nursing standards and protocols.
• Evaluated student performance through practical assessments and feedback sessions.
• Collaborated with faculty to align course objectives with industry requirements.
• Mentored nursing students in clinical skills and professionalism, enhancing their readiness for real-world nursing environments.
• Advised students on their academic progress and career options in nursing.
• Developed course objectives that met state licensing requirements.
• Promoted evidence-based practices in curriculum, fostering a culture of informed decision-making among students.
• Utilized a variety of teaching techniques to accommodate different learning styles.
• Encouraged critical thinking skills among students by providing real-world scenarios during class discussions.
• Provided subject matter expertise to enhance training program quality and elevate skills demonstrated by student nurses.

• Trained new nursing staff on patient care procedures and best practices to enhance team competency and patient outcomes.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to create individualized treatment plans, ensuring comprehensive care tailored to each patient's needs.
• Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
• Ensured compliance with professional practice standards and state and federal regulations.
• Developed educational materials for use in teaching sessions with patients or their families.
• Responded to emergency situations with expertise and composure, delivering critical interventions that ensured patient safety and supported recovery.

· Train new graduate and experienced nurses about organizational policies and procedures in medical-surgical/ psychiatric units and how to care for acutely psychotic patients with medical-surgical conditions.

· Training nurses in adult and gerontological nursing in behavioral health and medical-surgical nursing.

· Training new-hire nurses in customer service strategies for patient satisfaction.

Facilitated mock code blue exercises for nursing staff to enhance emergency response skills.

· Facilitated student development of broad, integrative, and specialized knowledge, enhancing problem-solving skills and communicative fluency.

· Encouraged class discussions by building discussions into lessons, actively soliciting input, asking open-ended questions and using techniques to track student participation.

· Revised curricula and lesson plans for primary instructors, integrating recent developments in relevant fields to ensure alignment with current data and statistics.

· Assisted and identified at-risk students to eliminate student barriers to learning.

· Kept abreast of advances in pedagogy and worked to continuously improve teaching methods and introduce new approaches to instruction.

· Enhanced effectiveness of curriculum and lectures using computer-assisted instruction programs and audio-visual equipment.

· Sustained professional contact with colleagues and engaged in continuing professional activities to upgrade and augment existing skills or develop new ones.

· Contributed to curricular development and implemented innovative teaching strategies to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.

· Mentored students and advised on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options.

· Managed interpersonal conflict situations requiring tact, diplomacy and discretion, supporting a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion with students, employees, alumni and other stakeholders.

· Used a variety of learning modalities and support materials to facilitate the learning process and accentuate presentations.

· Shifted between informal and formal methods of teaching to create a multi-layered web of learning incorporating experiments, practical activities, discussions and projects into lessons.

Collaborated with faculty and community stakeholders for program improvement.