Sean Putnam

Main OR PreOp/PACU, Level I Trauma Center. 24-Bed Cardiac Surgical ICU, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet Recognized Hospital

Staff Nurse, PRN - HCA HEALTHONE SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER - Englewood, CO

(2025-12 - 2026-05)

Main OR PreOp/PACU, Level I Trauma Center. 24-Bed Cardiac Surgical ICU, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet Recognized Hospital

• Averaged ~36 hours/week as PRN RN providing perioperative care to diverse surgical patients including abdominal surgeries, brain and spine surgeries, orthopedic procedures, vascular interventions, urologic surgeries, and gynecologic cases

Staff Nurse, Full Time - COMMONSPIRIT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL - Lakewood, CO

(2024-01 - 2026-03)

24-Bed Cardiac Surgical ICU, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet Recognized Hospital

• Provide exemplary care to critically-ill patients requiring intravenous sedation, mechanical ventilation, multiple chest tubes, temporary cardiac pacing, impellas, intra-aortic balloon pumps, CRRT, post-code management, enteric tube placement, arterial blood gas draws, and prone positioning ventilation with paralytics
• Titrate cardioactive IV medicines including epinephrine, norepinephrine, vasopressin, neosynephrine, dopamine, isoproterenol, dobutamine, milrinone, nicardipine, nitroglycerin, and esmolol
• Trained to lead roles such as charge nurse, resource nurse, preceptor, STEMI responder, and code responder

Staff Nurse, PRN - DENVER HEALTH HOSPITAL - Denver, CO

(2023-12 - 2024-11)

24-Bed Medical ICU, Level I Trauma Center

• Provided diligent care to critically-ill patients experiencing septic shock requiring multiple vasopressors, respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation and paralytics, tracheostomy airway failure with rapid intubation, kidney failure requiring CRRT, liver failure, gastrointestinal bleeding, drug and alcohol withdrawal, status epilepticus, and encephalitis

Staff Nurse - ADVENT HEALTH LITTLETON HOSPITAL - Littleton, CO

(2023-08 - 2023-12)

24-Bed Neuro/Medical ICU, Level II Trauma Center

• Managed patients experiencing respiratory failure, embolic and hemorrhagic strokes, and status epilepticus
• Cared for critically-ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, and sedatives

Travel Nurse - COMMONSPIRIT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL - Lakewood, CO

(2023-02 - 2023-07)

ICU Float Pool, Level I Trauma Center, Magnet Recognized Hospital

• Cared for critically ill patients in the Cardiac-Surgical ICU, Neuro Trauma ICU, and Neurovascular ICU

Travel Nurse - HCA HEALTHONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE HOSPITAL - Thorton, CO

(2022-07 - 2023-01)

24-bed Medical Surgical ICU, Level II Trauma Center

• Attentively cared for critically-ill patients on mechanical ventilation while titrating sedation and vasopressors
• Gained experience with surgical trauma patients requiring abdominal surgeries, wound vacs, and traction

Travel Nurse - UCHEALTH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL - Aurora, CO

(2021-10 - 2022-06)

ICU Float pool Level I Trauma Center, Nationally Recognized Teaching Hospital

• Cared for critically-ill patients in the Covid ICU, Medical ICU, Surgical-Trauma ICU, and Burn ICU

Travel Nurse - SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER - Watertown, NY

(2021-01 - 2021-05)

12-bed ICU, Level III Trauma Center

• Cared for critically-ill COVID-19 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, paralytics, sedation, and vasopressors

Staff Nurse - UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - Syracuse, NY

(2020-05 - 2021-09)

36-bed Medical ICU, Level I Trauma Center, Teaching Hospital with Intensive Nurse Residency Program

• Cared for critically-ill patients suffering from COVID-19, cardiac arrest, drug/alcohol withdrawal, multi-organ failure, GI bleeds, DKA, and HHS
• Diligently performed tasks including multiple vasopressor titration, sedation and paralytic titration, CRRT, mechanical ventilator management troubleshooting, and rapid intubation sequence medication administration

Bachelor of Science - Nursing - SUNY BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY (2020-05)