Kara Marker
Mount Joy
Summary
Registered Nurse with 7+ years of experience specifically including an adult cardiac unit and pediatric emergency department. Enthusiastic about providing exceptional patient care. Passion for working with children, comfortable with all ages.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Staff Leader
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
- Led staff meetings to keep team informed of departmental changes and provide opportunities for nurses to share ideas and concerns.
- Conducted performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to support professional growth of nursing staff members.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Managed budgets and controlled costs, achieving financial targets without compromising patient care quality.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for patients with complex needs.
- Served as a key point of contact between nursing staff, physicians, administration, and other healthcare professionals.
- Improved patient satisfaction scores by fostering a team-oriented environment among nursing staff.
REGISTERED NURSE
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
09.2019 - 06.2023
- Hersey Medical Center Pediatric Emergency Department
- Provide nursing care within level 1 trauma center to pediatric patients and young adults up to 22 years old
- Other duties include monitoring pediatric ER and admitted patients at times, triage, obtaining and communicating diagnostic and laboratory tests to physicians' education for patients and families
- Communication of plan of care between interdisciplinary team
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
REGISTERED NURSE
Geisinger Holy Spirit
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Geisinger Holy Spirit Cardiovascular Unit
- Care of various preoperative and postoperative cardiac and vascular procedure patients
- Assessment, medication administration, education, completion of diagnostic tests, in these patients
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, PA09.2020
Associate of Science - Nursing
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Lancaster, PA05.2017
Skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Time management
- Thorough physical assessment
- Excellent Communication between interdisciplinary team members
- BLS, ACLS, PALS, NRP trained
- Level 1 trauma center trauma trained
- Medical Recordkeeping
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Emergency Patient Triage
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
- Quality improvement
- Staff leadership
- Clinical supervision
- Patient education and advocacy
- Direct patient care
Certification
- CPEN - Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse
- ACLS
- PALS
- NRP
- BLS
- TNCC
- ENPC
PSHMC 2023 Nurse Preceptor of the Year
· The RN Preceptor Award is given to an outstanding RN preceptor employed by the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. This individual gives time, effort and dedication to teaching, mentoring, and nurturing new staff as well as the continued mentoring of current staff.
Timeline
Clinical Staff Leader
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
06.2023 - Current
REGISTERED NURSE
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
09.2019 - 06.2023
REGISTERED NURSE
Geisinger Holy Spirit
07.2017 - 09.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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