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PEDIATRIC CARDIAC ICU NURSE
Professional Summary
Pediatric Cardiac ICU Nurse with 6.5 years experience in nursing.
Education
Master of SciencePediatric Nurse PractitionerNew York University | 2017
Master of SciencePediatric Palliative CareNew York UniversityCity, State | 2017
Bachelor of ScienceNursingThe University of MichiganCity, State | 2010
Licenses
Registered Nurse in New York, License number 630220, expires 3/31/2019
Registered Nurse in Illinois, License number 041-445917, expires 5/31/2018
Work History
Chi HealthPediatric Cardiac ICU Nurse | Spring City , TN | August 2010 - Current
- Charge Nurse
- Preceptor
- Care for infants, children and adolescents with complex congenital and acquired cardiac diseases.
- Diagnoses range from pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, to orthotopic heart transplants and complex intensive care needs.
- Skills include performing comprehensive assessments for all pediatric age groups, immediate postoperative open-heart surgery care.
- Patients with an open chest, chest tube management, arterial blood gas interpretation and ventilator management, cardiac and inotropic medication administration, rhythm strip analysis, pacemakers, managing patients with devices: VADs, ECMO, CVVH.
- Cardiac & respiratory arrest code participation as part of the PCICU team.
- The PCICU includes overflow care for all other PICU patients.
Mercy HealthcareCardiac ICU Nurse
San Salvador, El Salvador, May 2016
San Salvador, El Salvador, May 2015
Lima, Peru, February 2014
Bickford Senior Livingvaccinator | Tishomingo | July 2012 - Current
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Quality & Performance Improvement Projects Parent Discharge Survey for ICU, 2016 PCICU Parent Welcome Handbook, 2015 Improving Nursing Handoff 2013, 2014 Created a tool to help nurses with important details during shift-to-shift handoff report.
- Bugging out, 2015 Reduction in turnaround time for lab results sent to microbiology lab by creating a "shortcut" on pneumatic tube station.
- Secondary outcome: reduction in amount of supplies used while waiting for results.
- Improving Communication and Defining Nursing Roles During Cardiac Arrest Presentation/Education for New Graduate nurses to Cardiac PICU.
Griffin Health Services CorporationFellowship Candidate | October 2013 - April 2014
- Fellowship to create quality control and patient safety measures on individual clinical units.
- Project topic: reducing central line associated blood stream infections: utilizing IT services to recreate documentation guidelines.
New-York Presbyterian Hospital Quality And Patient Safety FellowshipFounder & Coordinator
- Program designed to give PCICU nurses the necessary tools to help synthesize bedside data and events to help make better clinical decisions at the bedside for continuing education credits.
- CHONY Shared Governance PCICU Unit Practice Council Chair, current position since 2014 Staff Advisory Council, member since creation January 2016 CHONY Flu Champion 2013 & 2014, 2015, 2016 Seasonal flu vaccinator for staff.
- Professional Conferences PCICS International Conference: Dec 2012, Dec 2015 Contemporary Forums Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Conference: Nov 2014 Current Concepts in Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Critical Care: Dec 2011, Mar 2013 Unit-based in-service/discussion series.
- Topics include: Sterile line access, nursing roles during cardiac arrest, CLABSI protocols, Managing the ventilated patient, VAP initiatives, The Oscillator, caring for patient with an open chest, and debriefing sessions regarding expired patients, cardiac output and cerebral saturation monitoring, pacemakers, injections, ZOLL defibrillator, nursing handoff SBAR, ICU neurological considerations after cardiopulmonary bypass.
Cardiac Nursing WorkshopStudent Nurse Intern | Middletown , STATE | June 2009 - August 2009
- 10-week Student Nurse Internship Program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The Mount Sinai HospitalVolunteer EMT | Derby | June 2008 - July 2008
- Ambulance Volunteer/ "First Responder" (Israeli EMT).
- Licensed Israeli EMT.
- Skills: CPR, traumatic car accident treatment, bandaging wounds, casualty incident training in the event of a terrorist attack.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Quality & Performance Improvement Projects
- Parent Discharge Survey for ICU, 2016
- PCICU Parent Welcome Handbook, 2015
- Improving Nursing Handoff 2013, 2014 Created a tool to help nurses with important details during shift-to-shift handoff report.
- Bugging out, 2015 Reduction in turnaround time for lab results sent to microbiology lab by creating a "shortcut" on pneumatic tube station.Secondary outcome: reduction in amount of supplies used while waiting for results.
- Improving Communication and Defining Nursing Roles During Cardiac Arrest Presentation/Education for New Graduate nurses to Cardiac PICU.
Affiliations
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
CCRN Pediatric Specialty Reference Number 1000953356
American Heart Association
Awards / Honors
- Colette Lane Scholarship Award for continuing nursing education, 2013
- UMich James B. Angell Scholar Award for superior scholastic achievement, 2010
- UMich University Honors 2006, 2007, 2009
- UMich Dean's List 2006, 2007, 2009.
Certifications
- CPR certified through American Heart Association, expires 1/31/2017
- PALS certified through American Heart Association, expires 2/28/2017
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School Attended
- New York University
- The University of Michigan
Job Titles Held:
- Pediatric Cardiac ICU Nurse
- Cardiac ICU Nurse
- vaccinator
- Fellowship Candidate
- Founder & Coordinator
- Student Nurse Intern
- Volunteer EMT
Degrees
- Master of Science Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Master of Science Pediatric Palliative Care
Bachelor of Science Nursing
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