Melanie Delage

•Circulation RN in OR - IV initiation, Medication Administration for sedation. Vital sign and airway monitoring. Instrument handing to surgeon. Assisting with Dental Implants. Assisting Anesthesiologist with intubating patients for GA patients.

•Recovery of OR patients after conscious sedation and/or General Anesthesia surgery. Post operative instructions.

•Taking patient Medical Histories

•Phone triage

•Dental photography

•Worked in a busy teaching family medical practice that involved resident teaching such as immunization administration, Well Child Checks, Prenatal Care and Community Resources

•Collaborated with patients and families to assess care needs

•Worked with diverse patient groups such as multicultural, palliative, brain injury, mental health, chronic illness from pediatric to geriatric age groups

•Maintained flow of patient care for a team of physicians in an efficient and timely manner.

•Provided patient education to families for health promotion and disease prevention

•Phone triage

• Conscious sedation administration, assessing and monitoring patients post conscious sedation
• IV initiation, assessment and documentation
• Patient teaching
• Followed Infection Control Guidelines and practices
• Ensured safe discharge of patients after their procedures.

• Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with procedures.
• Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
• Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
• Triaged patients - established priority of patient care from life threatening to non-urgent
• Assisted with transportation of unstable patients to ER’s via ambulance

• Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with procedures.
• Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
• Worked Triage -established priority of patient care from life-threatening to non-urgent
• Worked with all different age groups with a variety of illnesses and injuries providing patient education and care in a compassionate manner
• Worked independently utilizing strong organizational, leadership and organizational skills

• Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.
• Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
• Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.