KRISTEN COOKSON

- Mother and baby care.

- Assistance with breastfeeding.

- Comforted patients and families throughout care process.

- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.

- Educated Mothers and families about postpartum and newborn care.

- Worked together with the interdisciplinary team on the unit.

- Communicate effectively with my team.

• Gained leadership skills.
• Worked very closely with the interdisciplinary team to make decisions.
• Was involved in patient-family care conferences.
• Administered medication.
• Pain management strategies.
• Educated family members as well as the patient.
• Advocated for and strived to protect the health, safety, and rights of patients.
• Observed and documented patients regarding diets, mobility, and behaviors to understand conditions effectively and modify treatment plans.

• Provided compassionate direct care to patients on the unit.
• Head-to-toe assessment of all patients.
• Monitored post-operative patients by taking their vitals according to policy.
• Administered and evaluated pharmacological therapeutic treatment.
• Performed wound care.
• Medication administration and manage IV therapy.
• Used critical thinking skills.
• Assisted in discharge planning.
• Worked with the interdisciplinary team.

• Worked with staff to provide direct care to Long Term Care patients.
• Worked with the interdisciplinary team to oversee how they communicated with each other.
• Provided education to patients.