Casey Stollsteimer

• Utilize critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patient's activity levels and individual needs
• Conduct thorough neuro assessments to identify changes in condition, notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary
• Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure optimal care outcomes.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
• Educate patients and families on health management and post-discharge instructions.
• Coordinate patient admissions, discharges, and transfers to streamline operations and enhance efficiency.
• Manage patients both pre- and post-neurosurgical procedures such as, but not limited to craniotomies, aneurysm coiling/clipping, spinal fusions, and endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEA)
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations
• Participated as the Neruosurgical Student Nurse Ambassador, providing education and skill-based learning to students both on and off the unit
• Manage patients with variety of specific needs, including tracheostomies, ostomies, hemovac drains, JP drains, and duo/ PEG-tubes

-Worked as a nightshift PRN multi-campus float pool RN during a travel assignment based in Seattle, WA. Was placed among four different campuses in the Seattle area under Providence Swedish Medical Center, and was sent to fill in gaps of staffing ratios on any given night.

- Grouped to work on step-down and medical-surgical units, and would also switch unit locations, as well as hospital locations during any given shift where extra staffing was needed.

- Adapts well and quickly to new environments and units, ensuring to follow specific guidelines and rules of these units correctly, as well as collaborating easily with multidisciplinary teams due to this experience.