RoseMarie Kloc

• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
• Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
• Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
• Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
• Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
• Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
• Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
• Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.

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• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
• Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
• Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
• Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.