Ashley L. O'Bryan
Wichita Falls,TX
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate registered nurse offering extensive experience with providing the highest level of intensive care in pediatric and neonatal populations. Highly skilled in action of nursing process and interventions. Personable team member and leader with proven ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with interdisciplinary team, ancillary staff, patients and families.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
Nationwide Children's Hospital
01.2025 - Current
- Staff and serve within the country's third largest pediatric teaching hospital, top-10 funded NIH research institution, and level 1 trauma center's 54-bed pediatric intensive care unit, working within a diverse population of pediatric patients
- Float within other critical care departments, such as pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care and neonatal intensive care units
- Integration and acclamation to hospital protocols, procedures and guidelines, adjusting practice to mirror the standards of the facility
- Emphasized role towards parental and patient education through the department and facility
- Initiate nursing process, evidence based practices, policies and procedures, documentation, and interdisciplinary teamwork to provide the highest quality of patient and family-centered care
- Maintain and build upon current pediatric critical care skills, critical thinking, and nursing practice throughout travel contract
Travel Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
08.2024 - 11.2024
- Staff within South Carolina's largest pediatric facility and level I trauma center, serving in a diverse pediatric population of a 28-bed pediatric intensive care unit
- Float within critical and acute care departments, including the pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit, pediatric heart center, and neonatal intensive care unit
- Adaption and familiarization to differing practices, standards and guidelines of the teaching facility
- Participation in educational initiatives of the unit and hospital
- Utilization of nursing process, evidence based practices, policies and procedures, documentation, and interdisciplinary teamwork to provide the highest quality of patient and family care
- Maintain and build upon current pediatric intensive nursing skills, critical thinking, and nursing practice throughout travel contract
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
Cook Children’s Medical Center
05.2022 - 06.2024
- Staff and serve in a combined 43-bed pediatric and neuro intensive care unit in a level II trauma center, working within a diverse population of patients ranging from newborns to young adults
- Deliver and execute patient care in response to assessment, diagnosis, clinical picture, policies, procedures, and interdisciplinary team’s action for the most optimal outcome for the child and family
- Resource and precept colleagues, incoming hires and nurse residents to the unit, supporting them in direct patient care and a successful transition to the PICU
- Advocate and focus on family-centered care for improved teamwork, communication and education between the medical team, other health professionals, patient and family
- Operate as a Trauma Nurse Resource for the PICU, working in partnership with the Emergency Department to coordinate seamless transfers for all traumas requiring immediate and intensive care
- Documentation within electronic medical record of patient status and events as appropriate
- Skills and training within industry standard of pediatric intensive care, diagnoses, equipment, resources, patient types, traumas, neurologic cases, advanced life support and resuscitations
- Conduct admissions, transfers, and bereavements tailored to patient’s status
- Participate in educational and quality improvements sponsored by the unit and hospital
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care
Texas Children’s Hospital
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Staffed in a level IV neonatal and newborn intensive care unit, providing direct patient care for ages 23 weeks to 12 months
- Developed and pitched an evidence based project analyzing NICU length of stays and patient development versus unit design and layout
- Practiced and collaborated under appropriate unit guidelines, policies, procedures, strategies, and interdisciplinary team for optimal patient care
- Performed admissions, rooming-ins, discharges and bereavements utilizing a family-centered care approach
- Familiarity and capability within industry standard of neonatal intensive care, specifically within a level IV NICU designation
- Participation in quality initiatives sponsored by the nurse residents, spanning across NICU II, NICU III and NICU IV
Deep Water Lifeguard
Walt Disney World
08.2019 - 01.2020
- Maintained safety of the guests through 10/20 visual scanning and recurrent changes in position, posture and perspective to provide the safest pool environment for guests
- In-service refresher exercises in CPR and BLS protocols for action in emergency response situations
- Coordinated and planned with resort’s Children’s Activity Coordinators for entertainment and events
- Provided the highest quality of guest interaction and assistance for an enhanced and luxurious experience
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Education
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL05-2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Texas Health Science Center
05.2021
Bachelor of Science and Arts, Human Development + Family Science -
The University of Texas
05.2019
Skills
- Pediatric and neonatal intensive care
- Critical thinking
- Patient and family education
- Time management
- Organization
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritization
- Communication
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers–American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)–American Heart Association
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)–Emergency Nurses Association
RECOGNITIONS
- 5x NCAA Division 1 Collegiate Rowing National Championships Podium Finishes, 2017-2019
- PICU recognition for excellence in patient care, teamwork, 06/2024
- Daisy Award Winner for Excellent Nurses, 01/2023
- Recognized for one of the 5 Keys of the Walt Disney World Company, 11/2019
- 2x Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA All American, 05/2018, 2019
- 2x Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Scholar Athlete, 05/2018, 2019
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
Nationwide Children's Hospital
01.2025 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
08.2024 - 11.2024
Registered Nurse, Pediatric Intensive Care
Cook Children’s Medical Center
05.2022 - 06.2024
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care
Texas Children’s Hospital
07.2021 - 04.2022
Deep Water Lifeguard
Walt Disney World
08.2019 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science and Arts, Human Development + Family Science -
The University of Texas
Master of Science - Nursing Education
The University of Alabama
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
The University of Texas Health Science Center
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