Annie Cooley
Summary
I am a registered nurse with 27 years of experience, including telemetry and cardiovascular progressive care unit, cardiac catheterization lab, and outpatient recovery area as well as agency work with a wide variety of experiences, including acute care, rehabilitation, long term acute care facilities. I have provided compassionate and empathetic care to patients and their families, collaborating with ancillary departments for optimal recovery for patients.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cardiopulmonary/ Cardiovascular Unit
St. Luke's Chesterfield
06.2021 - 11.2023
- Managed care for postoperative coronary artery bypass and cardio-thoracic patients from second day post op through discharge
- Coordinating care of post operative needs
- Post myocardial infarction, post catheterizations and ablations, post pacemaker and defibrillator placement care and recovery
- Exceptional multi-tasking skills to maintain patient safety
- Close collaboration with physicians to provide exceptional care
- Provided education to patients and family members
- Provide compassionate and empathetic care to patients and their families to improve quality of life
- Closely monitored for acute complications
- Management of heparin, Cardizem, amiodarone, and dobutamine infusions
- End of life care.
Accountable healthcare staffing
01.2017 - 06.2021
- Long Term Acute Care Facilities
- Progressive Care Units
- Medical Surgical Units
- Rehabilitation Hospitals
- Management of heparin, diltiazem, amiodarone, dobutamine and immune globulin infusions
- Management of ventilated patients with assistance from respiratory therapy
- Close collaboration with physicians to provide exceptional care
- Cardiovascular progressive care
- Medical Surgical Units
- Management of post procedures including wound care, assistance with mobility and other discharge education
- Vaccine clinics.
Registered Nurse
HealthForce Staffing Agency
Victoria, Texas
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Provided patient care to complex patients in acute care facilities and rehabilitation centers
- Managed dressing changes and intravenous antibiotic therapy, and wound care
- PICC midline and central line maintenance
- Management of feeding tubes
- Lab draws
- Medication management and monitoring of side effects
- Management of patients with neurological and psychiatric diagnoses
- Provided discharge instructions
- Exceptional multi-tasking skills to maintain patient safety
- Close collaboration with physicians to provide exceptional care
- Educated patients and family members disease process
- Provided compassionate and empathetic care to patients and their families to improve quality of life.
Registered Nurse
Scott and White Healthcare
Temple, TX
11.2006 - 03.2015
- One year in Catheterization Lab
- Then transferred to the Outpatient pre and post operative area for catheterization and electrophysiology labs
- Cardioversions electrical and pharmacological performed with anesthesia and electrophysiologist
- Prepped patient for catheterizations, pacemaker insertions and ablations
- Occasionally floating to neighboring units to assist with stress test, echocardiogram (bubble studies), Transesophageal Echos
- Preparing charts ensuring proper lab work allergy verification history and physical and proper hydration is completed prior to procedure
- Follow up call and chart review to patients post procedure 24 hours after, one week later, then thirty days and year to track infections readmission and medication compliance
- Prepped pediatric and adult patient for catheterization and ablation
- Participated in quality improvement projects
- On call duty when in the catheterization lab
- In outpatient work late days till all patients were discharged home or transferred to the floor or VA
- Received VA patients preprocedural recovered and transferred back to VA
- Ordered and audited medications for expiration dates used in recovery in the outpatient area
- Ordered supplies as needed
- Discharge instructions with updating medication and insuring patient understanding of -platelet inhibitor therapy
- Provided instructions for aftercare of procedures.
Cardiovascular and Telemetry
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
St. Louis, Mo
09.1996 - 10.2006
- Managed care for postoperative coronary artery bypass and Cardio thoracic patients from second day post through discharge
- Instructed patients and family members on care including discharge care
- Closely monitored acute conditions
- Assisted doctors with non-invasive procedures
- Mentor for oncoming staff
- Charge nurse as needed for the CV unit
- Management of chest tubes, central lines, PICC lines, midlines temporary pacemaker, tube feeding
- Care provided for various other cardiac patients.
Education
Missouri Baptist School of Nursing
01.1996
Skills
- Epic Systems
- Decision-Making
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Care Assessment
- Health Information Systems
- Medication Dispensing
- Care Delivery
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Patient Advocacy
- HIPAA Guidelines
- Patient Education
Affiliations
Volunteer at food pantry.
volunteer service at church with online church.
on team for project management of e groups
Certification
- Register Nurse
- ACLS
- BLS
- Word certificate
- Excel certificate
- Power point certificate
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Cardiopulmonary/ Cardiovascular Unit
St. Luke's Chesterfield
06.2021 - 11.2023
Accountable healthcare staffing
01.2017 - 06.2021
Registered Nurse
HealthForce Staffing Agency
01.2016 - 01.2017
Registered Nurse
Scott and White Healthcare
11.2006 - 03.2015
Cardiovascular and Telemetry
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
09.1996 - 10.2006
Missouri Baptist School of Nursing