Deputy-requested assistance to victims, survivors, and witnesses of stark misfortune, who are involved in incidents requiring law enforcement intervention. Crisis management, emotional support, location and allocation of resources, safety planning, explanations of what to expect, and reporting to deputies/investigators while on call. Experience with DOA, sexual assault, domestic violence, death notifications, and other VRA crimes. 

Delivered comprehensive independent and team collaborative nursing care in home and inpatient settings for pediatric patients and their families. Patient population included entire spectrum of diagnoses for ages newborn to 20, with focus on Oncology/Hematology/BMT/Palliative Care.

• Home Health
•  ​Emergent and primary in-home care, case management, and supervisory on-call duties. Provided palliative care ranging from assessment to development and implementation of care plans. Maintained calm, sensitive, and compassionate communication and emotional support skills with families experiencing extreme emotional distress, anger, and difficult communication barriers. On-call duties included answering and addressing all incoming calls, including patient emergencies, lab results, and RN assistance. Monitored schedule and dispatched RNs to anticipated and emergency visits. attended and facilitatied all deaths occurring during my shifts. Provided communication and coordination with physicians, pharmacies, labs, Children's Hospital ER and inpatient units. 
• Inpatient, Hematology/Oncology/BMT Direct primary and off-unit nursing care for patients aged newborn to 20 years. Acted as patient and family advocate and implemented total patient nursing care through a team nursing process, covering 3 to 5 high acuity patients on the general care unit, and 1 to 2 high acuity patients on the bone marrow transplant unit. Provided case management for primary patients with diligent and ongoing monitoring. Coordinated with entire care team to develop comprehensive care planning and implementation. Patient assessment and intervention for optimal patient outcome, at times under strict time constraints with extremely unstable patients experiencing multiple organ system problems. Cared for, collected and submitted data for patients undergoing clinical trials for chemotherapeutic and biologic regimens. Rotating supervisory charge RN for both units. Preceptor for new hires.
  

Inpatient Hematology/Oncology/Solid Organ Transplant​​ Delivered comprehensive patient care for adult oncology, medical, surgical, and solid organ transplant patients. Acted as patient and family advocate and implemented total patient nursing care through a team nursing process covering 5-8 high acuity patients per shift. Performed all other aspects of assessment, care planning, and implementation of patient care as referenced above at The Children's Hospital. Rotating supervisory charge RN. Precepted 2 nursing students, oriented 1 new staff RN.