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Bessie Labros

Meridian,ID

Summary

Dynamic Critical Care Registered Nurse with six years of experience. Excels in high-pressure care, monitoring and treatment platforms, working closely with surgeons, physicians and nursing team in critical care cases. Impassioned by the recent personal expansion of critical care experience from adults into the world of pediatrics. Driven by acquisition of knowledge and advancement of skills. Eager to grow further in the PICU setting, especially at an institution as well renowned as Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse

St. Lukes Regional Medical Center
07.2023 - Current
  • Provided high-quality care for critically ill adult and pediatric patients in various clinical settings and departments.
  • Enhanced team collaboration by working closely with interdisciplinary healthcare teams for six different units across three hospitals within the St. Lukes System.
  • Occasionally served as the hospitals "resource nurse." Which involved rounding on all the adult and pediatric inpatient units as well as the ED. Mostly assisting the staff with procedures such as IV starts (with or w/o US guidance), EKGs, NGTs, foley insertions, conscious sedations, and more.

Travel RN

Aya Healthcare
09.2022 - 07.2023
  • Managed critical care patients with complex medical conditions, often requiring mechanical ventilation and multiple types of titratable infusions.
  • Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses in both the MICU and SICU.
  • Provided emotional support to patients'' families while maintaining open lines of communication regarding treatment plans and progress updates.

ICU Staff Registered Nurse

Ascension - Elmbrook Memorial Hospital
05.2021 - 09.2022
  • Served as charge RN most nights, directing patient admissions and transfers from the unit while also caring for my own patient assignment.
  • Code team/RRT lead: responded to and directed care during medical emergencies across the hospital.
  • Education Committee: Assisted with implementing and providing ongoing and annual education to ICU staff.

Medical Surgical Staff Nurse

Ascension- Columbia St. Mary's
05.2018 - 05.2021
  • Cared for five to eight patients at a time, recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
  • Charge Nurse coordinating care of a 32 bed medical surgical floor.
  • Promoted to Nurse Lead and was head of the education/compliance committee.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Columbia College of Nursing
Milwaukee, WI
05.2018

Skills

  • Experience caring for adult and pediatric ICU patients
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • Strong IV skills including ultrasonography
  • CRRT experience
  • EVD experience
  • DKA management
  • Chest Tube Management
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Telemetry monitoring
  • Basic pediatric trauma experience
  • Charge/leadership skills
  • RRT/code team experience

Certification

  • PALS,
  • BLS & ACLS certified

Timeline

Critical Care Float Pool Registered Nurse

St. Lukes Regional Medical Center
07.2023 - Current

Travel RN

Aya Healthcare
09.2022 - 07.2023

ICU Staff Registered Nurse

Ascension - Elmbrook Memorial Hospital
05.2021 - 09.2022

Medical Surgical Staff Nurse

Ascension- Columbia St. Mary's
05.2018 - 05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Columbia College of Nursing
Bessie Labros