Key Contributions & Responsibilities:

• Identified medical problems during testing and assessed need for cardiologist intervention. 
• Provided appropriate education to patients, family or significant others regarding diagnosis, treatment plans, symptoms to monitor, answering any health/test-related questions appropriate follow up care or testing as necessary.
• Utilized non-nursing staff appropriately. Delegated and provided guidance and supervision to medical assistants and LPN's, recognizing their scope of practice.
• Recognized and participated in overdue and noncompliant patient process.
• Completed peri-procedural anticoagulation plan, provided lovenox teaching, including patient instructions, self- injection, and requests lab work per protocol.
• Extracted and utilized patient information from the inpatient record or correspondence from the provider.
• Assisted with input of demographic patient data, processing test results.
• Performed agitated saline studies for echocardiograms as needed.
• Used dosing protocol to adjust the warfarin dose, seeked provider input/orders as required. Used INR POCT device proficiently.

Graduated with Honors

GPA 3.7