Compassionate, dedicated critical care nurse with 35 years of nursing experience in critical care settings. Strong crisis management and triage skills to asses and attend to needs of multiple patients. Collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional quality of care. Experienced charge nurse with administrative nursing supervisor experience providing considerate leadership to staff and coworkers, delegating responsibilities and providing support and mentoring, supporting hospital policy compliance and quality patient care that improves patient outcomes.
Skills
Critical care expertise
Triage critical care intervention expertise
Staffing scheduling expertise
Supportive, healthy work environment collaboration
TeleICU software expertise
Education and Training
Grand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, AZExpected in 01/2021 ā āMaster of Science:Leadership in Healthcare Systems - GPA:
Pensacola Christian CollegePensacola, FLExpected in 05/1986 ā āBachelor of Science:Nursing - GPA:
Certifications
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN-E)
Experience
Children's Hospital & Research Center - EICU RN Oakland, CA, 12/2014 - Current
Provide care for patients in a teleICU setting across multiple intensive care units in multiple hospitals by monitoring from 20-50 patients at a time utilizing proprietary software which provides real-time patient vital sign and hemodynamic data interfaced from the electronic health record and bedside monitor.
Utilizing the software alerts provide, triaged patients needing immediate and impending intervention, alerting the eICU physician and/or the bedside staff in order to prevent decompensation, supporting improved patient outcomes, reduced lengths of stay, and cost of care reduction.
Coordinate and supervise scheduling for entire eICU department, ensuring adequate staffing.
Provide interim coverage for the eICU Director.
Provide education regarding the Phillips software APACHE predictions affecting patient mortality and lengths of stay.
Provide hourly rounding on all COVID-19 patients with interventions to assist bedside RN's in caring for patients to reduce exposure (e.g. checking IV amounts to be infused, observing confused, high acuity patients on continuous camera sessions, and performing 2nd RN blood verification).
eICU scheduling coordinator, developed scheduling process for engaging staff participation in self-scheduling resulting in successful coverage of schedule, developed holiday scheduling process, organized all schedule documents, migrated them to 100% digital format and storage with transparency and access available for all team members, formed a scheduling and recognition committee to support the scheduling process and improve meaningful recognition in the unit.
Provided care for critically ill patients in the Cardiovascular Thoracic Intensive Care Unit including care for patients who were status post coronary artery bypass grafts, valve repair and replacements, aortic aneurysm repair, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device implants, thoracotomy procedures, and vascular bypass grafts.
Coordinated care with physicians and other clinical staff to prepare for treatment, carry out interventions and enhance continuum of care to deliver comprehensive services.
Educated patients and families on treatment strategies and at-home care.
Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
Charge nurse in this CVICU for 15 years organizing and delegating tasks during rapid response and high-pressure code situations, training and mentoring new RN's caring for CVICU patients, supporting evidence-based practices, hospital policies, and standardization of hight-quality care.
West Florida Regional Medical Center - Progressive Care, CVICU RN, Charge Nurse City, STATE, 05/1985 - 11/1991
Provided care for patients in a 31-bed progressive care unit, caring for patients who were post coronary artery bypass surgery, valve replacement and repair, thoracotomy procedures, aortic aneurysm repair, and vascular bypass.
Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement, and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals; communicate with patients and caregivers to drive patient advocacy objectives.
Delivered high level of care to every patient.
Presented information regarding diagnoses, conditions, illnesses, treatments and outcomes to patients and families in clear, easy-to-understand terminology.
Provided leadership to telemetry and acute care unit; coordinated, tasked, and supervised nurses and ancillary staff based on staffing requirements.
Night shift assistant head nurse on this unit for 4 years
Provided care for critically ill patients in a 6 bed Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) for one year from 1990 to 1991.
Organized and delegated tasks during rapid response and high-pressure code situations.
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