Ashley Stewart
Bowling Green,KY
Summary
Advanced practice provider with experience managing acute, critically ill patients at a Level I trauma center and providing comprehensive treatment plans. Utilizes advanced clinical skills to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – Trauma ICU
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
01.2022 - Current
- Provide comprehensive care for critically ill trauma patients in collaboration with trauma and surgical critical care teams.
- Utilize evidence based guidelines to treat complex conditions such as sepsis, shock, renal failure, complex orthopedic injury and neurological injury.
- Arterial Line Placement
- Central Venous Catheter Insertion
- Therapeutic and Diagnostic bronchoscopy
- Finger thoracostomy with formalization and chest tube placement.
- Chest Tube Placement/Removal
- Complex Wound Management
- Laceration Repair
- Manage complex patients , multi-organ failure, and continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
- Utilize evidence based trauma and surgical critical care practice management guidelines
- Assist with bedside cannulation for ECMO
- Assist with multiple bedside procedures including: celiotomy, ICP monitor/EVD placement, fracture reduction, PEG tube placement, tracheostomy placement.
- Order medications and assist with rapid sequence intubation
- Lead rapid response and code situations
- Manage ventilator settings for critically ill patients
- Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and implement evidence-based interventions to optimize patient outcomes.
- Precept NP students
- Complete critical care progress notes, transfer summaries, death notes, and procedural notes.
- Consult and collaborate with multiple specialty services
Registered Nurse CC 2 Trauma ICU
Vanderbilt Medical Center
06.2015 - 06.2021
- Providing nursing care within the scope of practice as a Registered Nurse in Tennessee, including, but not limited to, taking care of individuals who have sustained major trauma to the head, neck, spinal cord, abdomen, and/or orthopedic injuries.
- Provide pre-operative and post-operative care to critically ill patients.
- Implement protocols for vasoactive medications and electrolyte replacement therapy.
- Care for patients receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)/Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
- Manage invasive monitors, including pulmonary artery catheters and arterial lines.
- Assist in invasive procedures, including tracheostomies, bronchoscopies, celiotomies, thoracotomies, ventriculostomies, PEG tube placement, and intubations.
- Serve as a preceptor for new employees and nursing students.
Registered Nurse – CVICU
Medical-Surgical/Respiratory Unit & Open-Heart Recovery Unit Medical Center
09.2013 - 05.2015
- Provides nursing care within the scope of practice of a Registered Nurse in Kentucky including, but not limited to, recovery of patients after cardio-thoracic surgery, titration of vasoactive medications, monitoring and adjusting ventilator settings, reading and interpreting data provided by invasive hemodynamic monitors, monitoring and adjustment of intra-arterial balloon pumps, adjustment and monitoring of internal pacemakers, monitoring of lab values and administering medications per protocol.
- Provide pre- and post-operative teaching and assist in discharge planning.
- Incorporation of evidence-based practice, compliance with facility policy and procedures, and maintenance of required and complementary certifications.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, Kentucky05.2021
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing - undefined
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky12.2014
Associate of Science in Nursing - undefined
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky08.2013
Licences/Certifications
Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner :
AACN Certification Reference Number: 2000314374
APRN License Numbers:
Kentucky: 3016461
Tennessee: 29968
Registered Nurse:
Kentucky 10/31/2025 License Number: 1137639
DEA Registration: Active, MS6817007
NPI: 1669147948
Advanced Trauma Life Support: Current, Expires 2026
BLS for Healthcare Providers: 7/2026 ACLS: 7/2026
Accomplishments
Bill Riordan patient advocacy award - Vanderbilt Medical Center
Timeline
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – Trauma ICU
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
01.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse CC 2 Trauma ICU
Vanderbilt Medical Center
06.2015 - 06.2021
Registered Nurse – CVICU
Medical-Surgical/Respiratory Unit & Open-Heart Recovery Unit Medical Center
09.2013 - 05.2015
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing - undefined
Western Kentucky University
Associate of Science in Nursing - undefined
Western Kentucky University
Master of Science in Nursing - Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Northern Kentucky University
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