Arelta Dalipi
Pelham,New York
Summary
Compassionate neonatal intensive care nurse with extensive expertise in delivering exceptional care. Proven track record of improving patient outcomes through meticulous monitoring and decisive actions in high-pressure situations. Proficient in advanced nursing techniques while fostering collaboration within interdisciplinary teams to ensure comprehensive patient support. Committed to providing the highest standard of care and advocating for the needs of vulnerable patients and their families.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse
The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY
01.2017 - Current
- Serve as a bedside nurse for critically ill neonates as part of the micro-preemie core team. Provide developmentally appropriate, compassionate care focusing on patient safety, evidence-based care, and patient and family satisfaction. Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to optimize patient outcomes.
- Taught, mentored, and supported new nurses throughout orientation and beyond as a primary preceptor and member of the nursing navigator program.
- Manages the care of complex patients requiring the respiratory support of conventional ventilators, high frequency oscillators, and high- frequency jet ventilators.
- Experience in Therapeutic Hypothermia and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
- Member of the Transport Team.
- Acts as a resource nurse to support the unit as needed.
- Education Council member
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Recovery of the post-operative patient from cardiac, thoracic, gastrointestinal, and gynecological procedures. Including but not limited to; coronary artery bypass grafting, valve repairs and replacements, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, WHIPPLE, HIPEC, hypothermia, hysterectomy, exploratory laparotomy, colostomy placement and amputations.
- In depth knowledge of specialized equipment for the ICU including intra-aortic balloon pump, swan-ganz catheter, hypothermia, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and sustained low-efficiency dialysis (SLED)
- Proficient in working with high acuity patients with multiple comorbidities and post-operative complications.
- Initiative, training, and monitoring of intravenous medications.
- Maintaining continuous hemodynamic monitoring and support for the critically ill patients and their families, with a goal of delivering care to minimize mortality and morbidity.
- Facilitating optimal patient’s outcomes with the interdisciplinary care team and communicating any changes in patient’s condition.
- Maintaining hemodynamic monitoring and monitoring for post anesthesia complications.
Medical/Surgical Unit, Registered Nurse
Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Evaluate staffing requirements, floor assignment, and organize unit activities for 30 bed surgical unit, which provided services to vascular, gastrointestinal, urology, neurology, gynecology, general surgery, and medical patients.
- Implement total patient care through a team nursing process covering 6-7 high acuity patients per shift.
- Performed total patient assessment including neurologic, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, IV site/line, PICC lines, surgical /trauma wounds, nephrostomy tube, tracheostomy, urinary catheters, NG tubes, G tubes, ostomies, insulin therapy, wound vac care, and bladder irrigation.
- Experience in providing high quality care to ventilator dependent patients.
- Act as patient advocate, assess patient status, and notify physicians of clinical changes.
- Educate patients and their families on disease processes, medical surgical procedures, and broad aspects of therapeutic regimens, including medication and pain management techniques.
- I have gained critical and organizational skills and learned to complete my tasks in a timely manner along with assessment and care plans. I performed all my duties within the scope of the nursing practice.
- Participated in multidisciplinary team meetings to assess patients’ progress toward goals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Bronx, NY01-2010
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Manhattanville University
Purchase, NY05-2027
Languages
Albanian
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse
The Childrens Hospital at Montefiore
01.2017 - Current
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Registered Nurse
Montefiore Medical Center
01.2016 - 01.2017
Medical/Surgical Unit, Registered Nurse
Montefiore Medical Center
01.2011 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Master of Science - Family Nurse Practitioner
Manhattanville University