Allison Cole
Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Lexington,SC
Summary
Skilled Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist bringing 2+ years of experience in Trauma and Rural facilities managing expert anesthesia care for diverse patients. Organizes materials, medications and equipment by type of procedure and specific patient requirements. Highly observant, decisive and knowledgeable about numerous inpatient and outpatient procedures. Looking to seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Staff Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Lexington Medical Center
7 2017 - Current
- Competent in providing care to the critical patient with life threatening multisystem medical conditions including medical, surgical, cardiac, neurological, and neurosurgical
- Utilization of advance assessment skills, data analysis, vitals interpretation, and evaluation of overall patient status to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary patient care team
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
- Initiation and management of ventilators and various modes (CMV, SIMV, PRVC, PCV, PSV, APRV, CPAP)
- Proficiency in advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Pulmonary Artery Catheters, Arterial lines, Central Venous Pressure, Cardiac Output, and Bladder Pressure)
- Initiation, titration, and management of vasoactive, inotropic, sedative, and paralytic drug therapies
- Full operation of Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, Impella, Transvenous Pacemakers and Arctic Sun Targeted Temperature Management
- Management and monitoring of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes including patient’s status post TPA and/or thrombectomy in accordance with AHA/ASH Stroke Guidelines
- Post-operative care of patients undergoing heart catheterizations, angiograms, and/or stenting
- Assist with bedside procedures including intubation, central line placement, arterial line placement, bronchoscopy, colonoscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE), chest tubes, paracentesis, thoracentesis, percutaneous tracheostomy, and lumbar punctures.
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
Lexington Medical Center
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Perform initial patient assessments and work with physicians to plan, implement, and evaluate plans of care for the adult patient
- Record patients’ medical history, vital statistics, and test results in electronic and physical medical charts
- Observe patients and actualize nursing interventions to expedite healing and recovery after surgery
- Monitored patients before, during, and after surgical operations to evaluate patient response
- Utilize clinical expertise to remove sutures, administer medications and injections, administer IV therapy, test glucose levels
- Perform venipuncture and provide wound care
- Managed patients’ pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions
- Educate patients and caregivers on diagnosis, treatment options, and disease process, and self-management
- Provide comprehensive instruction on discharge plans to sustain continuity of care upon discharge and drive recovery goals.
Education
Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC 05.2001 -
Nursing
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 05.2012 - 05.2016
Skills
Registered Nurse
- South Carolina License #235159
Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist
- Anesthesia Administration
- Advanced Life Support
- Airway Management
- Problem-solving abilities
Certification
CCRN Certified, 07/2019, Current
Professional Development
- Lexington Medical Center MICU, Unit Based Practice Council, Collaborate with Shared Governance team to influence decisions, discuss barriers, and improve workflow through research, leadership practice, professional development, quality, and safety.
- Union Methodist Church, Guatemala Medical Mission Trip, 08/2018, Traveled to several different cities in Guatemala and provided a week’s worth of basic vital sign assessment and minor treatment to the indigenous people of Guatemala.
Timeline
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
Lexington Medical Center
07.2016 - 07.2017
Nursing
College of Nursing, University of South Carolina
05.2012 - 05.2016
Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice - Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
05.2001 -
Staff Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Lexington Medical Center
7 2017 - Current