Annie Norris

• Deliver comprehensive nursing care for critically ill trauma, surgical, and medical ICU patients in a high-acuity Level I Trauma Center.
• Manage patients requiring advanced therapies including mechanical ventilation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, vasoactive infusions, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
• Serve as Charge Nurse, coordinating daily unit operations, prioritizing patient assignments, supporting staff, and ensuring safe, efficient patient flow.
• Function as a Preceptor for newly hired nurses and nursing students, providing clinical instruction, mentorship, and competency development.
• Serve as a Backup Rapid Response Team nurse, responding to deteriorating patients throughout the hospital and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams during emergency situations.
• Assist physicians with bedside procedures including bronchoscopy, endoscopy, intubation, central venous catheter placement, arterial line insertion, chest tube placement, and cardioversion.
• Active member of the Unit Practice Council and Shared Governance, contributing to evidence-based practice initiatives, quality improvement, staff engagement, and patient safety efforts.
• Collaborate with intensivists, surgeons, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, rehabilitation specialists, and case management to optimize patient outcomes.
• Deliver compassionate patient- and family-centered care, including education, complex care coordination, and end-of-life support.

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Loyola University Medical Center

Staff Registered Nurse – Medical/Surgical Unit

August 2010 – November 2014

• Managed care for 4–6 adult and geriatric patients on a vascular, trauma, orthopedic, transplant, and general surgery unit.
• Coordinated multidisciplinary care while providing comprehensive preoperative and postoperative nursing management.
• Educated patients and families regarding medications, disease management, recovery expectations, and discharge planning.
• Maintained high standards of patient safety, quality care, and evidence-based nursing practice in a fast-paced acute care environment