Jisha Harikumar

• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
• Assisted with delivery of newborns, providing care and support for successful transition to motherhood.
• Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans for optimal outcomes.
• Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best practices.

Staff Nurse

• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
• Participated in hospital committees to recommend quality improvement initiatives.

• Performed emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other condition stabilizing interventions.
• Started intravenous fluids, administered medications, and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
• Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
• Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.

• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
• Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.