Sara Hash
Registered Nurse
Westerville,OH
Summary
Highly skilled and knowledgeable Intensive Care Registered Nurse with two years of nursing experience as a staff nurse and two and a half years of travel nursing experience. Adept at providing immediate and individualized patient care using critical thinking and evidenced-based practice to promote excellent patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certificates
Work History
Traveling Registered Nurse, ICU Float Pool
Asante Rogue Regional Hospital
Medford, OR
02.2021 - 12.2021
- Floated between a 3 bed IMCU, 15 bed ICU/COVID ICU, and 16 bed CCU to provide patient care, assessments, and interventions.
- Cared for post-operative cardiac surgery patients, STEMI post PCI, cardiac/respiratory arrest, shock, heart failure, alcohol withdraw, sepsis, DKA, stroke, trauma, and COVID-19 patients.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Titration of inotropes and vasopressors including Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Neosynephrine, Dopamine, Dobutamine, and Vasopressin, and milrinone.
- Titration of antiarrhythmic and vasodilators including Amiodarone, Diltiazem, Esmolol, Nitroglycerin, and Nitroprusside.
- Hemodynamic monitoring using CVP, arterial lines, and PA catheters.
- Cared for COVID-19 patients requiring non-invasive ventilation, rapid sequence intubation, invasive ventilation, pronation therapy, neuromuscular blocking agents utilizing train of four, chest tube insertion and management, bronchoscopy, and management of continuous intravenous sedation and analgesic medications.
Traveling COVID-19 ICU Registered Nurse
Dignity Health - St. Rose Dominican Hospital
Henderson, NV
10.2020 - 01.2021
- Provided total patient care to COVID-19 patients in a 24 bed COVID ICU.
- Assisted with intubation and insertion of invasive lines and monitoring equipment.
- Interpreted ABG results and collaborated with the provider and respiratory therapists.
- Administered continuous intravenous sedation and analgesics and titrated based off patient condition and BISS monitoring.
- Administered continuous intravenous neuromuscular blocking agents to promote ventilatory compliance utilizing train of four.
- Assessed for and assisted with treatment of barotrauma including insertion of chest tubes and monitoring of peak airway pressure and plateau pressure on mechanically ventilated patients.
- Performed manual pronation therapy.
- Responded quickly to patient emergencies and utilized ACLS and BLS protocols for deteriorating and unstable patients.
Traveling Registered Nurse, PCU
Denver Health Medical Center
Denver, CO
07.2020 - 10.2020
- Cared for patients in a 12 bed progressive care unit, level 1 trauma hospital.
- Applied critical thinking, evidence-based practice,policies and procedures, guidelines and competence to collaborate with the health care team to promote excellence in patient safety.
- Cared for patients suffering from stroke, pneumonia, COPD requiring BiPAP, COVID-19 patients requiring non-invasive ventilation and low/high flow oxygen modalities, trauma patients with complex wound dressings, sepsis, neurosurgical patient's requiring external ventricular drains and frequent assessments, respiratory failure requiring tracheostomies, myocardial infarctions post PCI and heart failure.
- Administered continuous intravenous heparin, nitroglycerin, and amiodarone and titrated based off providers orders and/or hospital policy.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to promote excellent patient care.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Parker Adventist Hospital
Parker, CO
04.2020 - 07.2020
- Cared for patient's in a 16 bed, level 2 trauma hospital.
- Treated patients requiring stabilization and resuscitation for variety of illnesses and injuries including trauma, COVID-19, cardiac and respiratory arrest, sesis, stroke, and post-operative patients.
- Assisted providers with insertion of invasive devices and monitoring equipment including chest tubes, intubation, arterial lines, Bolts, Ventricular drains, and central lines.
- Performed continuous assessment of patients conditions based off invasive and non-invasive hemodynamics and notified provider of patient reaction to treatments and interventions
- Titrated continuous intravenous medications including inotropes, vasopressors, vasodilations, sedatives and analgesics based off patient's condition and providers orders.
Travel Registered Nurse, NSICU
Vidant Medical Center
Greenville, NC
09.2019 - 04.2020
- Provide direct bedside care to critically ill neuromedicine and neurosurgical patients, in a 24 bed neurosurgical intensive care unit (NSICU), including acute stroke management, seizure and status epilepticus management, subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain tumors, and post neurosurgical and endovascular management.
- Performed hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring via external ventricular drains(EVD), frequent neurological assessments and reassessments, and ventilator management.
- Performed frequent assessment, monitoring, and titration of vasodilators, inotropic agents, vasopressors, analgesics, and sedatives.
Surgical Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital
07.2017 - 09.2019
- Cared for patients in a 12 bed ICU including surgical and non-surgical ICU patients.
- Cared for patients requiring cardiovascular, respiratory, and postoperative assessments and interventions.
- Performed post-operative management of complex surgeries including wound management.
- Cared for patients requiring advanced respiratory support including low-flow and high-flow systems, non-invasive ventilation, and invasive ventilation.
- Performed frequent assessment, monitoring, and titration of vasodilators, inotropic agents, vasopressors, analgesics, and sedatives.
- Cared for and assisted with insertion of invasive hemodynamic lines and monitoring devices including central venous catheters, PICC lines, arterial line, ventricular drain, and hemodialysis catheters.
- Assisted with medical emergencies utilizing ACLS guidelines
- Participated in collaborative communication among patients, families, physicians, and staff to provide and ensure quality, safe, and evidenced-based patient care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Registered Nursing
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OH 08.2013 - 05.2017
Skills
Direct Patient Care and Assessment
Analytical and Critical Thinking
Interpersonal Communication
Mechanical Ventilation
Hemodynamic Monitoring
Communication
Time Management
Intravenous therapy
Patient and Family focused
EPIC & Cerner EHR
Certification
ACLS 2017-present
Timeline
Traveling Registered Nurse, ICU Float Pool
Asante Rogue Regional Hospital
02.2021 - 12.2021
Traveling COVID-19 ICU Registered Nurse
Dignity Health - St. Rose Dominican Hospital
10.2020 - 01.2021
Traveling Registered Nurse, PCU
Denver Health Medical Center
07.2020 - 10.2020
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Parker Adventist Hospital
04.2020 - 07.2020
Travel Registered Nurse, NSICU
Vidant Medical Center
09.2019 - 04.2020
Surgical Intensive Care Registered Nurse
Mount Carmel St. Ann's Hospital
07.2017 - 09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Registered Nursing
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
08.2013 - 05.2017