Experienced critical care nurse with a diverse background in ICU, ER, and PACU. Strong critical thinking skills and thrives in high-acuity environments.
Skills
Strong clinical judgment
Experienced critical care nurse
CCRN certification
High level of autonomy
BLS, ACLS, PALS, & TNCC
Preceptor/Charge nurse
Work History
Registered Nurse, 04/2019 to Current Mission Health – KS, State,
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit:
Pre-operative and post-operative care of patients from the following services: Trauma, Burn, Transplant, Cardiac Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Ophthalmology, and Gynecological Surgery. Age populations span from pediatric to geriatric and vary from stable to critically ill.
Routinely serves as an ICU overflow unit for trauma and surgical patients as well as a code bed when ICU is at capacity as well as providing complex post-operative care and stabilization of all new kidney transplant patients.
PACU representative and coordinator in the Perioperative Education Champions committee responsible for providing education and skills assessment to all perioperative nurses
Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit:
Collaboratively provide comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients in a 28-bed ICU unit with populations including trauma surgery, general surgery, transplant surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical oncology patients, as well as, neurosurgical/neuroscience and medical respiratory overflow. Care of these patients often required complex modes of mechanical ventilation, titration of vasoactive drug therapy, Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), post anesthesia recovery, and extensive wound management.
Registered Nurse, 03/2017 to 04/2019 Mission Health – Lansing, KS,
Critical Care Float Pool: RN in the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, and the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.
Serves as a SWAT nurse for the hospital responding to critical situations and serving as a resource for all clinical areas within the hospital.
Provide complex nursing care to critically ill patients in both the ICU and ER setting including complex medical and surgical patients
Stabilize and monitor post-operative surgical patients while intervening at the sign of any early complications.
Initiate ACLS protocols in the event of respiratory or cardiac arrest.
Member of the peer review committee responsible for yearly performance evaluations of nursing staff.
Co-chair of the Float Pool Skills Fair which is responsible for providing continuing education as well as evaluating nursing staff on important clinical competencies.
Serves as a charge nurse as well as a preceptor who serves as a mentor to new staff and student nurses.
Registered Nurse, 09/2016 to 03/2017 Mission Health – Mcpherson, KS,
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit & Cardiac Surgery Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.
Provide complex care to critically ill patients in the immediate post-surgical period. Patient population includes open-heart surgery, valve replacements, complex vascular surgeries, thoracotomies, electrophysiology ablations, pacemaker and ICD patients, and various other cardiothoracic patients.
Responsible for closely monitoring post-surgical patients and intervening at the sign of any early complications.
Skilled at interpreting cardiac rhythms and performing ACLS interventions
Provides patient and family education about medical conditions and postoperative instructions of care.
Participates in unit based council initiative directed at advancing evidence based nursing practice in order to improve quality and patient outcomes.
Registered Nurse, 09/2014 to 07/2016 Mission Health – Tucker, GA,
Intensive Care Unit - Medical, Surgical, Neuro, & Trauma
Experienced in all aspects of critical care management including carding for special populations which include recovering complex surgical patients, recovering post-operative cardiothoracic surgery patients, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), intra-aortic balloon pump therapy, temporary pacemakers, and all aspects of invasive hemodynamic monitoring.
Member of the rapid response team responsible for responding hospital-wide to rapid response calls and code blue events.
Member of the ICU trauma team that acts as a designated trauma bay responder that works with the ER and trauma team
Provides assistance to physicians with the insertion of invasive lines including arterial lines, dialysis catheters, chest tubes, and endotracheal tubes.
Active leader in unit based council, which assisted in initiating projects in order to improve quality, patient outcomes, and performance improvement.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Nursing, Expected in 2014 New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM GPA:
Graduated summa cum laude
Master of Science: Nursing, Expected in Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA GPA:
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