Kristi Peters-Fitzpatrick

Responsible for delivering high quality nursing care and practice to critically ill patients and their family members, utilizing the nursing process.

Serve as Coordinator for the ICU. Responsibilities include: facilitating patient placement, staffing the ICU according to nursing skills and patient requirements, participating interdisciplinary rounds, acting as resource for staff nurses.

Serve a Trauma Nurse for ICU by responding to all trauma calls in the ER. Assess and care for critically ill trauma patients and facilitate admission to the ICU.

Participate in Rapid Response Team. Assess patients, collaborate with attending physicians to determine necessary interventions. Assess and facilitate the need for transfers to a higher level of care.

Participate in Code Blue Team response when acting a s role of coordinator for ICU.

• Assess patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
• Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Monitor and Treat both inpatient and outpatient clients receiving hyperbaric treatment for non-healing wounds and impaired skin grafts and flaps

Worked as resource nurse in Transitional/Rehabilitation Unit.  Served as Charge nurse and also provided direct patient care.  

Coordinated plan of care with ancillary staff members ( PT, OT, Speech Therapy and Social Worker).

Provided direct patient care and patient-family education regarding diabetes management.  

Acted as coordinator responsibilities included making patient assignments based on acuity levels and placing patients.

Preceptor for nursing students and new hires to medical unit.

Provided direct nursing care to AIDS patients in a 6 bed residential care facility.

Care included drawing lab work, ordering supplies from home care pharmacy for daily TPN, lipids, and PCA medication needs.

Monitored patients for appropriate pain management.

Provided emotional support to patients and families dealing with end of life decisions.