Robert Salm

While as a Primary Nurse:

• I have experience administering and titrating critical medications according to established protocols to promote safety and wellness.
• I excel at monitoring patient vital signs, documenting changes and reporting concerns to medical staff promptly due to my critical reasoning.
• Guided mentees and peers through professional development and critical decision-making
• I have hands-on knowledge with therapies to stabilize and treat patients in life-threatening conditions such as, TTM, CRRT, IABP, and patients status post cardiac arrest and RSI.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care strategies for diverse patient clinical populations.
• Educated patients and families on health management, ensuring understanding of treatment plans, medication regimens, and disease processes.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans for patients and to prevent communication breakdown

While as Charge Nurse in the ICU

• Coordinated with admissions, discharges, and transfers for efficient workflow management.
• Supervised and collaborated with hospital staff to ensure high-quality patient care and adherence to protocols.
• Oversaw daily operations of ICU, ensuring optimal patient care and staff efficiency.
• Led nursing staff to enhance patient care and compliance with best practices.
• Used critical thinking and emotional intelligence to lead peers through challenging times while keeping morale high.

• Assessed and documented patient wound conditions to establish care plans.
• Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance healing processes for chronic wounds.
• Administered patient assessments and developed individualized care plans to optimize rehabilitation outcomes.
• Managed care and prioritized safety of large patient-to-nurse ratios
• Ambulated patients with appropriate ADL goals and supreme body mechanics
• Exemplified good technique and knowledge of ADL tools such as Hoyer-Lifts
• Ensured patient empowerment while collaborating with patient's families to encourage a continuity of care