Amy Weinrauch

• Optimized staffing levels by monitoring unit needs and making data-driven adjustments to scheduling as necessary.
• Increased staff retention rates with supportive leadership techniques, mentoring programs, and positive work environment initiatives.
• Enhanced patient care by implementing efficient unit management processes and coordinating interdisciplinary teams.
• Contributed to hospital-wide quality improvement initiatives by identifying areas of opportunity within the unit and implementing best practices.
• Addressed clinical issues promptly to reduce risks associated with patient care or operational inefficiencies in the unit.
• Evaluated employee performance regularly for professional growth opportunities, accountability measures, and feedback-driven improvement strategies.
• Resolved conflicts among team members quickly to maintain a positive working environment conducive for continued excellence in patient care.
• Participated actively in committee meetings to contribute insights from a Unit Manager perspective, influencing hospital-wide decisions and policies.
• Handled complaints from patients and families and immediately took steps for quick resolution and to prevent reoccurrence.
• Met with nursing staff and support personnel to plan services, programs and activities.
• Ensured compliance with regulations and standards through regular audits, staff education, and policy updates.
• Streamlined daily operations for increased productivity by delegating tasks and supervising nursing staff.
• Improved patient satisfaction with timely and accurate communication between patients, families, and medical professionals.

Caring for a wide variety of surgical patients post-operatively in the main operating room at the University of Alberta Hospital. The main focus in caring for these patient includes airway management, pain and nausea management, monitoring vital signs, closely monitoring for post- operative complications, collaborating with the medical team on post-operative patient care, facilitating timely specialized interventions, and providing comfort and reassurance to patients after surgery is completed.

Caring for post-operative open heart and lung surgery patients in a fast paced and high intensity unit. Care for these patients includes monitoring vitals, weaning sedation/waking patients post surgery, ECG interpretation, telemetry usage, IV medication usage including vasopressors, inotropes, and vasodilators, arterial blood gas interpretation, understanding and knowledge of ventilators, wound care, good team work and communication skills with the interdisplianry team, and other standard post operative care.

Assessing and monitoring vitals of patients of all ages prior to physician visit. Roles and responsibilities in this position also included effective and good communication with physicians, wound care, injections, STI education, diabetes education, and mental health education for the community of Grande Cache.

Assessing, monitoring, and providing daily care to admitted inpatients of all ages with a large variety of conditions including arrhythmias, dementia, cancer, fractures, and sepsis. This UNE position also allowed me to work in a fast paced environment in the out patient department by assessing, monitoring, and caring for patients of all ages with major traumas and unstable arrhythmias. The out patient department also required me to administer IV antibiotic therapy, provide wound care, and provide education on topics such as STIs, diabetes, medication usage, and mental health.