Evaluated patients recovering from surgeries and coming out of anesthesia
Ensure a patent airway and assist with oxygenation and ventilation as needed
Assess and manage surgical wounds and surgical drains/devices
Administered IV medications and monitored patient reactions
Assessed post-anesthesia complications such as nausea, vomiting, pain, airway obstruction and bleeding
Recorded patient condition, vital signs, and recovery progress
Medical/Trauma/Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont, TX
07.2023 - 12.2024
Comprehensive nursing care that includes best practices such as early mobility to optimize patient outcomes
Care, monitoring, and assessment of patients requiring advanced life support therapies such as Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrisMax machine
ICP monitoring experience using Camino monitor
Assessment and monitoring External Ventricular Drain (EVD)
Chest tube/Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain monitoring and management
Medical ICU Registered Nurse
Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center
Winston-Salem, NC
06.2023 - 07.2023
Travel assignment
Care, monitoring, and assessment of patients who are hemodynamically unstable
Care and monitoring of patient on ventilator
Administered and monitored patients who are receiving blood products
Provided care, monitoring, and assessment of patients in acute and critical care settings
Tended to burn patients and those on the medical surgical floor
Administered titratable blood pressure medication and monitored chest tube management.
Medical/Trauma/Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital
Beaumont, TX
01.2022 - 02.2023
Care, monitoring, and assessment of patients requiring advanced life support therapies such as Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) using the Baxter PrisMax machine
Care of the donor patient including coordination with Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA) and hemodynamic monitoring
Chest tube/Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain monitoring and management
ICP monitoring experience using Camino monitor
Assessment and monitoring External Ventricular Drain (EVD)
Monitored and managed patients who were hemodynamically unstable and titrated medications per orders
Licensed Vocational Nurse
The Medical Center of Southeast Texas
Port Arthur, TX
10.2020 - 01.2022
Assist RN and ER staff with patient care
Administered medications and cared for patients within scope of practice
Emergency Room Tech
The Medical Center of Southeast Texas
Port Arthur, TX
07.2018 - 10.2020
Coordinate and assist with assigned charge-nurse in emergency care across all departments
Performed EKG's, vital signs, and splint application
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
05.2024
Associates Degree - Nursing
Lamar State College Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX
12.2021
Vocational Nursing -
Lamar State College Port Arthur
Port Arthur, TX
08.2020
Skills
Experience in Cerner, Epic, and Meditech documentation
Proficient in the management of CRRT using Baxter PrisMax
Hemodynamic monitoring
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
Care of the patient on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) with titratable medications