Xheni Lusha

• Performed charge nurse role productively and fairly while maintaining full patient assignments.

• Routinely and effectively assumed role of Clinical Nurse Coordinator
(CNC) when CNC role vacancies existed.

• Served as a representative of the Peer Interviewer hiring practice
regularly.

• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization
treatments and restore vital functions.

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver
appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.

• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and
reporting on conditions to maintain saturations within optimal levels. • Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.

• Trained new nurses and and new grads in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.

• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, IV insertion and airway management.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.

• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure,
pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions. Guided patients, caregivers, and family members on plans of treatment and helpful resources available locally to support care.

• Provided direct patient care in fast-paced medical-surgical environment.
• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to treatments.
• Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex
  care.
• Delivered top-notch care exceeding department, hospital and Joint
  Commission standards.
• Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and
  student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
• Collaborated with physicians and case managers to deliver
  appropriate treatment and care planning of patients.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on illnesses, medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, pain management
  techniques, and treatment plans.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available
  resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and
  care.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG
  readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical
  presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with
  physicians.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each
  patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.