Patricia MacWilliams

• Delivered patient and family-centered care in a medical-surgical unit, managing higher acuity cases and supporting end-of-life hospice care.

• Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
• Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
• Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
• Inserted and cared for catheters, feeding tubes and access sites.
• Trained other nurses on patient care and daily tasks, supporting growth and professional development.
• Updated patient charts to reflect changes to care plans, interventions and observations.
• Assessed patient needs, prioritized treatment, maintained patient flows and assisted physicians with non-invasive procedures.

• Nephrology/PCU unit/Co-Vid unit, pts awaiting renal transplants, new dialysis pts, chronic dialysis pts assorted diagnosis R/T but not specific to Co-Vid

• Co-VID related ICU
• Procedures and protocols consistent with ICU's
• Occasional float to PCU

• ICU procedures and protocols including CO-Vid specific protocols
• Float related criteria, specific to unit
• resource nurse (with pt assignment) for pcu nurses floated to ICU due to staffing shortages.

• ICU/PCU/Med-Surg related skills/procedures and protocols R/T Long Term Acute Care Rehabilitation
• Providing transition care from long term acute care to end of life hospice care.

• ICU skills and procedures specific to an Arizona

ICU crisis surge for Covid 19

• Nursing specific with ICU/PCU/MS LTAC nursing
• Providing interim care during the transition from long term acute care to end of life hospice care

• ICU related skills/procedures/protocols
• PCU float
• Med-Surg float

• LTAC specific skills/procedures/protocols
• PCU/Tele/Med-Surg LTAC

• Med-Surg/Telemetry related skills\procedures/protocols

• NeuroSurgical ICU

• General ICU

• 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.
• Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
• Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions.
• Updated charts throughout shifts with current, accurate information to maintain strict recordkeeping standards.
• Assessed and prepared patients for procedures, performing initial and ongoing patient assessments.
• Providing end of life Hospice care in facility settings