Alanna Snyder
Morgantown,WV
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate CVICU registered nurse with 2.5 years of intensive care experience and 2 years of LPN experience in medsurg. With a commitment in providing the optimal patient care. With ECMO, Intra-aortic balloon pump, impella, LVAD, swan ganz catheter, CRRT, post arrest, and post-surgical experience. Experience in Telemetry interpretation, ventilator care, and pacemakers. Skilled in medication titrations, sedation management, hemodynamic monitoring, management of complex devices, stabilization of high acuity patients, management of stable and unstable patients. Focused on providing safe, adequate, precise care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, CVICU
WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial
Morgantown, WV
06.2024 - Current
- New grad residency program
- Monitoring and titrating multiple critical IV medications
- Management of ECMO patients
- Stabilization and management of critical patients
- Assessing ventilator settings
- Monitoring hemodynamics of unstable and stable patients
- interpretation of telemetry rhythms and 12 lead EKGs.
- Performing patient care
- Monitoring, maintaining, and titrating sedation medications.
- Management of swan ganz catheters, Intra-aortic balloon pumps, impella's. transvenous, epicardial, and perm pacemakers.
- Management of arterial lines, central lines, CRRT
- Management and care of post arrest patients, cooling and warming devices, EEG.
- Management of post op patients, open heart cases, transplant, surgical vascular cases, LVAD placements, RVAD.
- Management of LVAD
- assistance with emergent bedside intubation and line placement
Licensed Practical Nurse
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
Morgantown, West Virginia
04.2023 - 05.2024
- monitor vital signs
- management of 9 stable patients
- administration of medications
- Management of patient therapy throughout the day
- providing patient care
- inserting and maintaining IVs
License Practical Nurse
WVU Medicine
Morgantown, WV
09.2021 - 04.2023
- patient care
- administration of medications
- team nursing model
- focal assessments
- iv insertions
- management of IV medications within scope of practice
- management of drains and devices
- monitoring vital signs and reporting changes or concerns top registered nurse
Lab Assistant
WVU Medicine
Morgantown, West Virginia
03.2020 - 08.2021
- management of specimens
- processing specimens into the lab
- handling specimen
- centrifuging blood samples
- identification of specimen types and labs worders
- identification of correct labels
- ordering and processing out of facility labs
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV08-2025
Associate of Science - Nursing
Davis And Elkins University
Elkins, WV05-2024
Certification - Nursing - LPN
Monongalia County Technical School
Morgantown, WV08-2022
Master of Science - Nursing Leadership And Management
Salem International University
WV10-2026
Skills
- BLS Certified
- ACLS Certified
- Ultrasound IV
- Stoke Certified
- CRRT
- LVAD Certified
- IABP management
- Swan ganz catheter management
- Pacemaker management
- Impella Management
- ECMO
- Telemetry interpretation
- Critical care nursing
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Medication titration
- Ventilator care
- Direct nursing care
- Medication administration
- Patient Assessments
- critical thinking
Certification
- Registered Nurse License
- License Practical Nurse
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Left Ventricular Assistive Device (LVAD)
- NIHSS
- IV Ultrasound
Affiliations
- Omega Phi Alpha - Community Service Sorority
- WVU Club Soccer
- AACN Member
- CLABSI prevention team member
- ANA Member
Timeline
Registered Nurse, CVICU
WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial
06.2024 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital
04.2023 - 05.2024
License Practical Nurse
WVU Medicine
09.2021 - 04.2023
Lab Assistant
WVU Medicine
03.2020 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Virginia University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Davis And Elkins University
Certification - Nursing - LPN
Monongalia County Technical School
Master of Science - Nursing Leadership And Management
Salem International University