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REGISTERED NURSE CORONARY CARE/CARDIAC STEPDOWN
Professional Summary
Board-Certified , Coronary Care/Stepdown Registered Nurse with over three years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients in Cardiac Step down and Telemetry care units. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Prioritizes clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced acute care setting.
Work History
Pacific Medical Centers - Registered Nurse Coronary Care/Cardiac Stepdown Canby , OR07/2017 - 11/2018
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients
- Provided exceptional care to four high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and monitoring status
- Participated in education activities, including evidence-based practice project implementation, nursing competency development and nursing simulation activities
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress and medication side effects to accurately document updates
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies
- Delivery of care for patients on 36-bed Cardiac Stepdown Unit, providing direct care to up to four patients
Medstar Health - Registered Nurse- Coronary Care Unit Annapolis , MD01/2019 - 10/2019
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions in the setting of Acute myocardial infarctions, Dysrhythmias, and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Prepared patients for surgery, educating patients and family members on surgical procedures such as TAVRs, CABGs, pre/post heart catheterizations, and pre and post permanent pacemaker implantations
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension and other conditions
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Delivery of care for patients on 33-bed Cardiac Stepdown unit, providing direct care to up to 5 patients
Mary Washington Healthcare-AMN Agency - Registered Nurse- Ortho/Trauma City , STATE11/2019 - 01/2020
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management for day one post-operative and pre-operative joint patients and Trauma patients
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes
- Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives
- Delivery of care for patients on 30-bed Orthopedic/Trauma unit, providing direct care to up to 6 patients
Walnut Creek Kaiser Permanente-AMN Agency - Registered Nurse-Med Surg Telemetry City , STATE03/2020 - Current
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery
- Monitored patient condition, including interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity
- Updated patient charts using Epic with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans
- Delivery of care for patients on 20-bed medical-surgical unit, providing direct care to up to five patients
Skills
- Intravenous vasoactive therapy such as Amiodarone, Diltiazem, Nitroglyerin, Ibutilide, Insulin, Bumex, Lasix, Dopamine (non-titratable), Dobutamine (non-titratable), and Milrinone (non-titratable) and anticogulation intravenous therapy such as Heparin, Argatroban
- Management of chronic diseases such as Congestive Heart Failure, Diabetes Mellitus, COPD, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Stroke
- Chest pain management
- Medication distribution including Sotalol loading and Tikosyn loading
- EMR / EHR Epic-2 years and Meditech-1 year
- Infection control and aseptic procedures
- Palliative care awareness
- Patient assessments
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Performing EKGs
- Cardiac Rhythm analysis
- Direct patient care
- Lab result interpretation
- Management of drains and tubes and including feeding pumps , nasogastric tubes, Dobhoffs, Gastric/Jejunoduodenal tubes used for enteral feeding, post surgical management drains and tubes including chest tubes
- Parenteral Nutrition
- Management, care and dressing changes of Central Venous Lines such as PICCs, Port-a-caths, Tunneled PICCs, Central Venous Dialysis Catheters and Midlines
- Critical Thinking
- Decision Making
Education
05/2017Montana State University - BozemanCity, StateBachelor of Science: Nursing
Certifications
- ACLS 05/20
- BLS 10/20
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School Attended
- Montana State University - Bozeman
Job Titles Held:
- Registered Nurse Coronary Care/Cardiac Stepdown
- Registered Nurse- Coronary Care Unit
- Registered Nurse- Ortho/Trauma
- Registered Nurse-Med Surg Telemetry
Degrees
- Bachelor of Science : Nursing
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