Registered Nurse - ICU float pool - Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center - Portsmouth, Virginia
(2024-01 - 2025-04)
Registered Nurse PRN - Clinical Educator - ECPI - Virginia Beach, Virginia
(2023-08 - 2024-11)
- Clinical instruction in hospital setting
Registered Nurse - Cardiac Care unit - Riverside Medical Center - Newport News, Virginia
(2023-02 - 2023-07)
- managed/admitted ICU patients with a variety of diagnoses
Registered Nurse - Cardiac ICU - Sentara Norfolk General Hospital - Norfolk, Virginia
(2022-04 - 2022-10)
- managed/ admitted cardiac ICU patients with various devices (balloon pump, CRRT, Pa cath)
- Initiated CRRT, assisted in central line/PA catheter insertion, maintenance, usage, titration of drips/infusions
- Managed pulmonary hypertension patients on various continuous medications (I.e. Flolan)
Registered Nurse - 3GH ICU - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2021-10 - 2022-02)
- Managed/admitted pulmonary critical care, surgical oncology, and surgical critical care patients
- Managed patients with COVID ARDS on ECMO
Registered Nurse - PACU - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2020-03 - 2021-05)
- Admits and discharges surgical patients from the OR from pediatric to adult
- Admits ICU level patients from OR with craniotomy, surgical oncology patients, transplants
Registered Nurse - SICU - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2019-09 - 2020-02)
- Admitted/managed surgical trauma patients; primarily ortho trauma/neurotrauma
- Completed trauma yearly training
- Managed EVDs, ICP monitoring, bolts, lumbar drains
- Assisted in various bedside procedures
Registered Nurse - 3GH Medical ICU - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2019-06 - 2019-08)
Registered Nurse - ICU Float Pool - Scripps Memorial Hospital - La Jolla, California
(2019-03 - 2019-06)
- Admitted patients in Neurosurgical Trauma ICU and Cardiovascular Surgery ICU
- Managed rotoprone beds, various drips/infusions, pre/post operative patients, sepsis, ARDS, EVDs
Registered Nurse - 3GH Medical ICU - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2018-08 - 2019-02)
Registered Nurse - ICU Float Pool - University of California San Diego Medical Center - San Diego, California
(2018-01 - 2018-08)
- Floated between both hospital locations, ICUs, step down, and ED inpatient units
Registered Nurse - ICU - Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center - Los Angeles, California
(2017-10 - 2017-12)
- Cared for patients pre/post cardiac surgery
- Floated to all ICUs
Registered Nurse - Surgical Trauma Burn ICU - University of Virginia Hospital - Charlottesville, VA
(2017-04 - 2017-09)
- Cared for and admitted trauma, surgical patients, GSW, and transplant patients
- Performed ICP monitoring, managed EVDs, Bolts, external fixation with pins, traction, managed vasoactive and anti arrhythmic drips/infusions
- Assisted in various bedside procedures such as conscious sedation, tracheostomy placement, bronchoscopy, intubation, central line and arterial line placement, chest tubes
Registered Nurse - Neuro ICU - Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, Maryland
(2016-01 - 2017-04)
- Presented and advocated for patients during daily rounds
- Participated in family centered interdisciplinary care for all patients
- Maintained high level of care for patients and families using evidence based practice and up to date protocols
- Assisted with various bedside procedures including intraventricular catheter placement, conscious sedation, central line placement, arterial line placement, intubation, bronchoscopy, endoscopy
- Experienced with Picco, ventilator management, neuro codes, ventricular and lumbar drains, ARDS protocols, drip titration, sepsis recognition and management, pan culturing and fever management including cooling
- Developed nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family, providers, and interdisciplinary staff
- Educated families about patient care, safety and gave updates regarding patient status within HIPAA guidelines
Registered Nurse - Medicine/Telemetry - Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, Maryland
(2014-05 - 2016-01)
- Precepted multiple new graduate RNs, Clinical Nurse externs, and Technicians
- Promoted to charge nurse with 3 patients on telemetry unit, gained competence running codes and upgrading patients to higher levels of care, communicating with and managing staff
- Completed Nurse Residency Program with research project
- Experienced in administering high risk treatments such as Ribavirin, IVIG, experimental treatments and infusions
- Gained experience with end of life care and support
- Managed rare and chronic disease processes
- Appointed Epic software superuser and support pool member
- Developed concept for and performed in winning Armstrong Institute Patient Safety video competition advocating for VTE prophylaxis
Research Associate, Neurobiology Department - Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Cambridge, Massachusetts
(2009-12 - 2012-05)
- Assay development for high throughput phenotypic screen of myelination in primary neuronal cultures for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Prepared and cultured primary neuronal cells from different stages of gestation
- Optimized screens using matrix experiments
- Biweekly cell based assay screening for top priority drug development for MS
- Neurotoxicity assay for drug candidates as needed using Cell-Titer Glo readout measuring ATP production
- Used automation such as plate readers, robot, FACs for data collection and analysis
Research Associate, Cardiovascular Disease Drug Development - Merck and Co - Rahway, New Jersey
(2006-07 - 2007-05)
- Mastered catheterization surgery via femoral blood vessels, jugular vein bleeding and blood collection via phlebotomy for metabolism screening, along with fluid collections for urinalysis
- Completed in vivo studies to screen compounds for efficacy in blood pressure reduction
- Performed large scale data analysis
Independent Research Student - Drew University Neurobiology Laboratory - Madison, New Jersey
(2005-08 - 2006-06)
- Designed an experiment to study the effects of Memantine on an in vitro model of Alzheimer's Disease from primary neuronal cultures
- Immunofluorescence staining for Microtubule Stability and image analysis using Image Pro Plus
- Data analysis of microtubule stability and neurite characteristics as a result of NMDA receptor partial antagonist
Research Assistant and Summer Student - UMD Center for Environmental Science at Horn Point Laboratory - Cambridge, Maryland
(2002-06 - 2005-08)
- Tested effect of pH on Marine saxatilis by analyzing blood chemistry
- Attempted to breed Cynoscion regalis out of season using controlled environment and hormone stimulation
- Participated in aquaculture of Crassostrea virginica for disease prevention
- Participated in study with Crassostrea ariakensis (Japanese oyster) for Chesapeake Bay ecosystem restoration
