Anu Thomas
Saint Cloud,FL
Summary
I am a Registered Nurse with over 21 years of clinical nursing experience in which 3 years in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 1 year in Coronary Care Unit (CCU), 8 years of in Cath Lab, 6 years in Medical Telemetry Unit and 2 years post cardiac catheterization unit. I am very efficient and excel in bedside patient care.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
06.2022 - Current
- Assessed and monitored vital signs of critically ill patients.
- Provided care to a variety of complex medical and surgical patients.
- Performed bedside procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial lines, chest tubes and wound care.
- Analyzed laboratory results and other diagnostic tests in order to develop an appropriate plan of care for individual patients.
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
04.2021 - 06.2022
Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse
Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Hospital
04.2012 - 03.2021
- Assisted in the preparation of patients for cardiac catheterization procedures.
- Provided patient care during invasive diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular procedures.
- Performed scrub, circulating and hemodynamic duties to assist cardiologists with interventional cardiovascular procedures.
- Monitored hemodynamic parameters such as ECG signals, pressures and oxygen saturation levels throughout the procedure.
Registered Nurse
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
09.2005 - 05.2011
- Monitored patients on telemetry.
- Excellent in IV cannulation, IV therapy, venipuncture, wound care and dressing.
- Provided quality care for acute and chronically ill cardiac patients
Registered Nurse
CARE Hospitals
06.2003 - 08.2005
- Performed pre-operative patient preparation and education of the procedure.
- Provided post-operative nursing care for patients following invasive cardiovascular procedures.
- Initiated emergency resuscitation measures in response to life threatening situations or cardiac arrest.
- Assisted physicians with diagnostic and interventional catheterizations, angioplasties, pacemaker implantations.
Education
Associate of Science - Cardiovascular Nursing Courses 1-4
George Brown College
Ontario, Canada08.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences - BSN
Bangalore, India11.2002
Skills
- Lab result interpretation
- Ventilator support
- Intravenous therapy
- Nursing staff leadership
- Sheath removal
- Sterile scrubbing
- Diabetes management
- Telemetry monitoring
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Blood gas analysis
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Critical Care Nursing
Timeline
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
06.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
04.2021 - 06.2022
Cardiac Cath Lab Registered Nurse
Scarborough Health Network - Centenary Hospital
04.2012 - 03.2021
Registered Nurse
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital
09.2005 - 05.2011
Registered Nurse
CARE Hospitals
06.2003 - 08.2005
Associate of Science - Cardiovascular Nursing Courses 1-4
George Brown College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences - BSN