Katherine Grow

• Attend lectures and facilitate discussions in undergraduate nursing courses, including [e.g., Fundamentals of Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Community Health].
• Supervise and mentor students during clinical rotations in hospital and community settings.
• Develop and assess course materials, assignments, and exams in alignment with program outcomes and accreditation standards.

· Interpret the mission and aim of Immaculata School of Nursing in relation to the planning and delivery of nursing care within the agency's framework.

· Collaborate with full-time faculty to ensure curriculum consistency and integration of current best practices.

• Provide academic advising and support to students, promoting their professional and personal development.
• Participate in faculty meetings, training sessions, and program evaluations as required.
• Directly cared for patients for at least 40] hours each month to maintain currency on clinical techniques.

• Participates actively in a collaborative role with the Chief Nursing Officer, Clinical Directors, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Managers, and Administrative Officer on Call for the hospital on off shifts.
• Assumes full responsibility for staffing functions from 1600-0700 hours, Monday through Friday, weekends, and holidays, including managing software computer and operational adjustments to the projected staffing for levels of care, staffing guidelines, low census, and staff competency.
• Works collaboratively with the Admissions Department to facilitate patient flow from the Emergency Department to in-patient beds.
• Directs supervises, evaluates, and supports patient care activities
• Serves as a resource to clinical bedside nurses for hospital policies and procedures.
• Manages hospital functions, including all emergencies during off-hours, including IT, mechanical, internal/external disasters, the Command Center, and patients' and families' issues related to their hospital stay.
• Evaluated staff performance regularly, providing constructive feedback to promote ongoing skill development.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
• Investigated and resolved issues affecting hospital operations and patient care.

• Serves as primary clinical nurse responder during emergencies-proficient in nursing management of cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, stroke, MI, and traumatic falls
• Directs, supervises, evaluates, and supports patient care activities; serves as a resource to staff nurses and other department personnel on clinical practice
• Serves as a resource for implementation and interpretation of hospital nursing policies
• Provides safe and compassionate care to critically ill patients and their families during emergencies. Patients' experiences include cardiac arrest, pulmonary failure, advanced lung disease, multi-system failure, oncology, liver failure, organ transplant, severe sepsis, and gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Provides clinical emergency education for nurse residency programs, nursing orientation, and multiple simulation programs.
• Managed the needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-coordinated treatment strategies.
• Developed strong rapport with patients and families through effective communication strategies during stress or uncertainty.
• Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.
• Demonstrated sound clinical judgment when making decisions about patient interventions under rapidly changing circumstances.
• Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate the treatment progress.
• Improved patient outcomes by conducting comprehensive assessments and developing individualized care plans.
• Assessed and documented changes in the patient's condition and prepared the patient for transfer to a higher level of care.
• Managed complex patient cases, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to develop personalized treatment plans.

• Coordinated staffing of the in-patient units and the emergency department on a day-to-day basis with the staff in the Nursing Network Center.
• Assumed full responsibility for staffing functions from 1600 - 0700 hours, Monday through Friday, weekends, and holidays, including making software (computer) and operational adjustments to projected staffing for levels of care, staffing guidelines, low census, sick calls, and staff competency.
• Placed all patients from the emergency room into in-patient beds.
• Managed all trauma patient bed placement from the trauma room into the in-patient bed.
• Managed all incoming hospital transfers from other hospitals for a higher level of care placement.
• Contributed to positive team dynamics as an approachable supervisor who actively listened to patient and nurse concerns.

• Provided safe care for 1-4 patients within the MICU, neuro, and progressive care unit; primary patient populations included pulmonary failure, acute MI, sepsis, and patients with abdominal surgeries.
• Demonstrated adequate knowledge, skills, and practice with critical care technologies, including arterial lines, central lines, mechanical ventilators, cared for patients requiring vasopressors, inotropic medications, mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic monitoring, CRRT, and Swan Ganz Catheters and continuous renal replacement therapy.