Amanda Chadwick
Alvin,TX
Summary
Hardworking and highly motivated ICU RN seeking an opportunity to apply skills in compassionate patient care, critical thinking, and continuous learning. Experience working under pressure and adapting to new or unfamiliar situations that require critical thinking about complex decisions. Adept at collaborating with care teams to optimize patients' outcomes by delivering quality holistic care. Organized, dependable, and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Surgical ICU
Memorial Hermann Southeast
02.2022 - Current
- Assess team members' workloads and pitch in to help in areas where need is most evident
- Provide a high level of individualized care to adult patients across multiple medical specialties
- Educate patients and families on illnesses, medications, and treatment plans
- Assess patient status during procedures to communicate abnormalities to physicians
- Provide wound care, dressing changes, and NG tube placement to maintain stable patient conditions
- Perform nursing assessments and develop patient-specific treatment plans to deliver comprehensive care
- Administer IV medications, monitor and document patient responses to address complications
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to facilitate comprehensive patient-centered care
- Administer blood products and monitor vital signs to address immediate concerns
- Evaluate patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms
- Communicate with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies
- Explain the course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms
- Manage patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures
- Provide skilled, timely, and level-headed emergency response to critically ill patients
Education
Bachelor's - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX05.2024
Associate - Nursing
Alvin Community College
Alvin, TX12.2021
Skills
- Post-operative care
- Ventilator Management
- Titrating critical drips and vasoactive infusions
- Caring for septic patients
- Post-cath lab patients
- DKA protocol
- Atlanta Protocol
- GI bleeds that include critical lab monitoring and administering critical medications
- Interpret and recognize abnormal lab values
- Dynamic and independent decision-making
- Collaborate with healthcare team to develop tailored care plan for each patient
Certification
- BLS
- ACLS
References
- Judy Moore MS RN OCN, Executive Director, Ambulatory Clinics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 713-794-1050, judmoore@mdanderson.org
- Caroline Bell BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Coordinator, Intensive Care and Cardiovascular Intensive Care Memorial Hermann Southeast, 713-584-3266, caroline.bell@memorialhermann.org
Additional Information
Graduate of the Wound Treatment Associate Program. Trained in best practices and standards of care for complex and non-responsive wounds.
Timeline
Medical Surgical ICU
Memorial Hermann Southeast
02.2022 - Current
Bachelor's - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Associate - Nursing
Alvin Community College
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