Ashley Hart
Avon Lake,OH
Summary
Nurse Practitioner with extensive experience supporting the Congenital Heart Collaborative through advanced clinical care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and quality-focused initiatives. Expertise in pediatric electrophysiology, interventional cardiology, and complex inpatient management, with active contributions to research, protocol development, and education within an academic pediatric healthcare environment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Nurse Practitioner - Congenital Heart Collaborativ
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
08.2023 - Current
Electrophysiology & Interventional Cardiology
- Provide inpatient and outpatient management for pediatric patients with congenital heart disease requiring cardiac devices and advanced electrophysiology care.
- Manage and interrogate cardiac devices (Abbott/St. Jude, Medtronic, Boston Scientific) supporting diagnostic evaluation and longitudinal follow-up.
- Utilize Abbott WorkMate Claris system for stimulation, recording, and analysis of intracardiac electrograms during electrophysiology procedures.
- Lead patient and family education, discharge planning, and care coordination for cardiac catheterization and EP patients.
- Partner with cardiologists, surgeons, nursing, and ancillary teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality care.
Nurse Practitioner - Cardiac Step-Down Unit
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
06.2020 - 08.2023
Inpatient Cardiac Stepdown Unit
- Managed inpatient cardiology patients with complex congenital and acquired cardiac conditions.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary care and discharge planning to support safe transitions of care.
- Served as an advanced practice resource within the Congenital Heart Collaborative.
Clinical Nurse
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH
11.2014 - 06.2020
- Delivered care across neonatal and pediatric units including NICU step-down, cardiology, pulmonary, neurology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, psychiatry, and cystic fibrosis services.
- Served as charge nurse for a 33-bed unit and precepted nursing externs, students, and new hires.
- Represented unit on safety initiatives as safety coach and BCMA task force member.
Education
Master of Science - Pediatric Primary And Acute Care NP
University of Akron
Akron, OHBachelor of Science - Nursing (Accelerated
Ursuline College
Pepper Pike, OHBachelor of Science - Sports Medicine
Mercyhurst University
Erie, PASkills
- Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- Cardiac Device Management
- Patient and Family Education
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Clinical Program & Qualify Improvement
- Research Participation
- Pediatric Electrophysiology & Interventional Cardiology
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner - Congenital Heart Collaborativ
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
08.2023 - Current
Nurse Practitioner - Cardiac Step-Down Unit
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
06.2020 - 08.2023
Clinical Nurse
Rainbow Babies And Children's Hospital
11.2014 - 06.2020
Master of Science - Pediatric Primary And Acute Care NP
University of Akron
Bachelor of Science - Nursing (Accelerated
Ursuline College
Bachelor of Science - Sports Medicine
Mercyhurst University
Licensure & Certifications
- Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (AC/PC)
- Registered Nurse
- BLS
- PALS
- ACLS
Conferences and Training
- Heart Rhythm Society Annual Conference: 2024, 2025
- PAC3 Conference: 2022
- Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society APP Bootcamp: 2022
- NAPNAP National Conference on Pediatric Healthcare: 2021
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Conference Acute Care Review: 2019
- Akron Children’s Hospital APRN/PA Pediatric Pharmacology Conference: 2018
Research, Quality and Education
- Case Report (Pending, 2025): Intraoperative Open-Chest Epicardial High-Density Mapping and Ablation for Refractory Premature Ventricular Complexes and Ventricular Tachycardia in a Pediatric Patient Undergoing Aortic Valve Repair.
-Anjan S. Batra MD, Roderick Yang MD, Aaron
McKinely, Dan Labahn, Ashley Hart NP, Daniel
Nento MD
- HRS Abstract (2025): Isoproterenol induced delayed afterdepolarization and ventricular arrhythmia in a rare progressive conduction disorder in a pediatric patient
-Priyanka Patel MD, Ashley Hart APRN, Martin
Bocks MD, Harinder Singh MD
- Guest Lecturer (2025) – Akron Children’s Pediatric Cardiac Pharmacology
- PAC3 Quality Team (2022) :Lasix Weaning Protocol, Hearts to Home
- CHEWS (2021): Children’s Cardiac Early Warning Scoring Tool for Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital
Community Affiliations
- Heart Walk of Cleveland
- Avon Lake Early Childhood PTA