Brendan O'Flaherty
Wilmington,Massachusetts
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center - Adult ICU/CCU
06.2023 - Current
- Provide care in a 16 bed unit serving acute medical and cardiac ICU patients
- Monitor patient's vital signs and notify providers of changes
- Help assist providers in emergent bedside procedures and situations
- Titrate critical medications to the unstable patient
- Management of invasive monitoring devices for the critically ill patient
- Management of devices such as CVVH, IABP, and Impella
- Educate patient's and their families in an empathetic way
- Participated in a group project to assess for and intervene on post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).
Registered Nurse
Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Emergency Department
12.2021 - 06.2023
- Provided care to upwards of 10 patients simultaneously in a level one trauma center
- Delivered and assisted in emergent procedures such as airway management, life support, massive transfusions, and open thoracotomies
- Accurately documented all elements of patient care including assessments and treatments
- Educate patients on their diagnosis and expected treatments.
Registered Nurse
Anna Jaques Hospital - Emergency Department
12.2020 - 11.2021
- Learned to prioritize nursing care in an assignment caring for upwards of 10 patients as a newly graduated RN
- Became proficient in triaging patients and identifying acute illness based on the patient's presentation and vital signs
- Developed IV insertion and management skills
- Developed foundational nursing skills such as advocacy, collaboration, documentation, and prioritization
- Learned to care for the pediatric patient in a highly dense pediatric population.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA, 05/2020Skills
- FCCS: Fundamentals of Critical Care Support
- PFCCS: Pediatric Fundamentals of Critical Care Support
- Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation
Certification
- CEN, Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing
- CCRN, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- ACLS, American Heart Association
- BLS, American Heart Association
- PALS, American Heart Association
- TNCC, Emergency Nurses Association
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center - Adult ICU/CCU
06.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Beth Israel Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Emergency Department
12.2021 - 06.2023
Registered Nurse
Anna Jaques Hospital - Emergency Department
12.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Fitchburg State University
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