Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Shadowing Experience
Awards
Community Service
References
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ANNA VASTARDIS

Portsmouth,VA

Summary

Aspiring Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with over 3 years of high-acuity CICU experience, advanced critical care certifications, and strong academic background. Dedicated to providing compassionate, evidence-based care while pursuing excellence in anesthesia practice.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Charge Nurse, CICU

Sentara Heart Hospital
Norfolk, VA
03.2024 - Current
  • Rapid Response Team Leader.
  • Code Blue Responder.

Clinical Nurse, Level 1 Trauma Center

Sentara Heart Hospital
Norfolk, VA
01.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Norfolk, VA
  • Manage critically ill patients with cardiogenic shock, post-cardiac arrest, STEMI, advanced heart failure, sepsis, and complex OB cardiac cases.
  • Proficient in advanced devices: IABP, Impella, LVAD, CRRT, Swan-Ganz catheters, temporary pacing.
  • Perform and manage sedation, rapid sequence induction, and intubation.
  • Administer and titrate vasoactive and anesthetic agents: vasopressors, inotropes, sedatives, paralytics, antiarrhythmics.
  • CICU Mentor, Preceptor, and Unit Ambassador.
  • Member, Nursing Peer Review Council (2024).
  • Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Norfolk, VA

Rotational Clinical Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
08.2020 - 12.2021
  • Company Overview: Adult Health Nurse Residency Program (AHEART)
  • Rotated through high-acuity med-surg units including oncology, spine, and burn trauma.
  • NIH Stroke Scale Certified | Magnet Champions Council Member
  • Graduate of AACN Nurse Residency Program
  • Adult Health Nurse Residency Program (AHEART)

Education

Post-Baccalaureate Science Coursework - Organic Chemistry

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy And Health Sciences
Online
04.2025

Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Spanish

James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
05.2020

Skills

  • Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
  • ACLS, PALS, BLS
  • CSU-ALS (Cardiac Surgical Unit Advanced Life Support)
  • RN license – Virginia Compact, #1296780

Affiliations

  • American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Member since 2024
  • American & Virginia Nurses Associations (ANA & VNA), Member since 2024

Shadowing Experience

CRNA shadowing: 24 hours 

  • Natalie Rockwell, CRNA, Atlantic Anesthesia, Sentara Norfolk General
  • Chesapeake Regional Outpatient Surgery Center

Awards

  • CICU Employee of the Month, 01/25
  • Sentara Ambassador, 2023–Present
  • We/WOW Moment Awards, 10/23, 03/24, 08/24, 11/24

Community Service

Greek Orthodox Community Volunteer & Leader 

  • Greek Dance Director & Instructor, 2022–Present
  • Co-Founder, Orthodox Christian Fellowship, Chapter President, 2017–2020
  • Greek Festival Biannual Volunteer, 2016–Present
  • Camp Counselor: Camp Good Shepard, Annunciation Youth Camp
  • Project Mexico, Tijuana, Built homes for underserved families, 2017–2018

References

  • Georgianna Magnussen, Clinical Nurse Manager, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, gwhodgin@sentara.com, 336-601-9363
  • Janaia Smith, Patient Care Supervisor, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, jxsmit59@sentara.com, 206-265-9563

Timeline

Charge Nurse, CICU

Sentara Heart Hospital
03.2024 - Current

Clinical Nurse, Level 1 Trauma Center

Sentara Heart Hospital
01.2022 - Current

Rotational Clinical Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
08.2020 - 12.2021

Post-Baccalaureate Science Coursework - Organic Chemistry

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy And Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Spanish

James Madison University

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