Alexandra Steinhauser
Columbia,MO
Summary
Highly motivated and skilled Registered Nurse since 2020, with almost two years of ICU experience and a total of three and a half years as a nurse working in various departments. Experience in medical surgical, Trauma Surgical ICU at a level 1 trauma center and Cardiothoracic and Vascular ICU. Comfortable in fast paced emergency situations, capable of working well under pressure while remaining calm. Flexible, quick learner who adapts easily to new situations, and continually strives to expand professional knowledge and responsibilities. Effective communicator and well versed in working with the interdisciplinary team to provide patient centered care that is individualized to patients of different backgrounds with different needs.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
University Of Missouri Hospital
12.2023 - Current
- Obtained and interpreted patient health data to initiate, implement, and revise plan of care to meet patient, physician and family needs by using excellent communication skills and developing trusting relationships.
- Conducted ongoing monitoring of vital signs, lab results, and diagnostic findings to promptly identify changes in patient condition.
- Administered medications safely and effectively, following established protocols and guidelines for dosage calculations and administration techniques.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, kidney failure, respiratory failure, multi-organ failure and other disease processes
Trauma-Surgical ICU, Staff RN
University Of New Mexico Hospital
05.2022 - 12.2023
- Resuscitated, stabilized and cared for patients in th states only level 1 trauma center.
- Provided assessment and interventions in emergent situations, including cardiac and respiratory arrest, and followed ACLS protocols.
- Managed ventilator settings, titrating oxygen levels for optimal respiratory support, while minimizing the risk of complications in intubated patients.
- Provided expert wound care management to trauma and surgical ICU patients with complex injuries, while promoting healing and reducing infection rates, with the use of Wound Vacs, Abtheras, Hemovacs and JP drains.
- Assisted providers with bedside procedures including intubation, tracheostomy placement, chest tube insertion, line placement, and many others.
- Utilized CRRT, ECMO, Impella, Massive Transfusion Protocols, Invasive and Non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring devices, permanent and temporary pacemakers, and many other devices to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
Medical Telemetry Unit Registered Nurse
Saint Luke's East Hospital
08.2020 - 08.2021
- Documented treatments delivered, medications administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to the interdisciplinary care team.
- Responded to patient call lights, addressed patients’ needs, and communicated these needs to the interdisciplinary team.
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding, and ambulating, as well as conducted routine checks on vitals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Olathe, KS08.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO08.2019
Skills
- Massive blood transfusion protocols
- Mechanical ventilation
- ABG/lab value interpretation
- Tracheostomy care
- Chest tube management
- Temporary & permanent pacemakers
- Brain death protocols with organ procurement process
- Non-invasive/invasive hemodynamic monitoring (iePA catheters)
- CRRT (Prisma Flex)
- ECMO
- Impella
- Wound care and wound vac management
- Palliative care awareness
Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Basic Life Support
- Trauma Nurse Core Course Certification
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
University Of Missouri Hospital
12.2023 - Current
Trauma-Surgical ICU, Staff RN
University Of New Mexico Hospital
05.2022 - 12.2023
Medical Telemetry Unit Registered Nurse
Saint Luke's East Hospital
08.2020 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Lindenwood University