Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit – Charge Nurse / Clinical Nurse Coordinator / Assistant Manager - Memorial Health University Medical Center - Savannah, Georgia, USA
(2020-06 - 2024-06)
- Provided targeted care and treatment for Cardiothoracic patients (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Valve Repair / Replacement, Aortic Dissections / Aneurysms, etc)
- Ensures all nursing functions within the department are running efficiently and effectively
- Coordinating daily administrative duties including schedules, nursing assignments, and patient care
- Supervising nursing staff and overseeing their needs
- Assess and manage various treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress, and heart failure
- Facilitate multi-disciplinary rounds with providers to initiate discharge care planning
Critical Care Float Pool – Staff, Registered Nurse - Munson Medical Center - Traverse City, Michigan, USA
(2011-09 - 2020-05)
- Identified patient care problems and implemented corrective actions in alignment with hospital policies, procedures and regulations
- Reported abnormal findings and changes in patient status to the medical team, applying appropriate nursing measures
- Work in various critical care areas such as Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, Cardiac ICU, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Recovery Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Stepdown / Telemetry Unit
- Provided timely and critical thinking skills in emergency situations to critically-ill patients
Trauma Intensive Care Unit / Kidney Transplant Unit – Staff, Registered Nurse - McAllen Medical Center - McAllen, Texas, USA
(2006-10 - 2010-11)
- Provided targeted care and treatment to trauma patients
- Assessed physical, psychological, and cognitive status of patients
- Collaborated with medical team to quickly assess and patients and deliver appropriate appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including Kidney transplants, craniotomies, wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management
