Alexa Launi RN, BSN, CBC RNC-NIC

Responsible for all the duties of a Registered Professional Nurser for premature infants as well as full term acutely ill or high risk infants. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Patient assessment, critical thinking and medication administration.
• Collaborating with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educating patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management.
• Monitoring and management of artificial airway and respiratory support
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Assisting physicians with bedside procedures
• Accessing and utilizing central and arterial lines
• Management of chest tubes
• Emergency resuscitation
• Cross trained to respond to neonatal Code 100 as well as be present for premature and high risk deliveries
• Trained to be Charge Nurse in the absence of a manager

Accepted and Completed the 2021 Critical Care Fellowship at North Shore University Hospital. Responsible fo rall the duties of a Registered Nurser for post cardiac surgery patients included but not limited to:

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained for charge nurse duties in the absence of a manager
• Cross trained to care for cardiac step down patients

Awarded the position of Nurse Extern and hired during the summer of 2011 prior to my senior year of nursing school. Duties included but were not limited to:

• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
• Maintained comfort and safety of each patient through careful monitoring and knowledge application.
• Attended medical procedures to increase nursing expertise and advance training.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
• Administered close patient care, checked vital signs, and monitored telemetry.
• Helped with care implementation for assigned caseload of patients.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Utilized Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems to record patient data.
• Monitored patient vital signs, reporting any changes to experienced nursing staff.