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Briana Brandenburg

Lebanon,IN

Summary

Highly trained critical care nursing professional accomplished in managing patients' conditions and delivering key treatments. Seeking to move into a position at Indiana Donor Network to expand upon clinical and academic experiences. Expert in monitoring health and care to proactively meet individual patients' needs. Fully qualified and certified to care for patients with wide range of histories and care requirements. Versed in Joint Commission standards and nursing process.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Organ Recovery Coordinator

Indiana Donor Network
Indianapolis, IN
03.2024 - Current
  • Facilitated communication between hospitals, transplant centers, and other organizations involved in the organ recovery process.
  • Provided technical assistance when needed during surgical procedures involving donated organs or tissues.
  • Coordinated donor families and medical teams to ensure a successful organ recovery process.
  • Assessed potential donors to determine if they met criteria for organ donation.

Critical Care Resource Nurse

Ascension St. Vincent
Indianapolis, IN
06.2023 - 03.2024
  • Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient conditions to achieve optimal outcomes.
  • Treated patients with broad range of acute, life-threatening diagnoses.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare professionals to create, implement and adapt individualized care plans.
  • Managed PA catheters and arterials, vasoactive drug administration and titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation and chest tube management.

Cardiothoracic ICU Nurse

IU Health Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
01.2021 - 06.2023
  • Magnet Certified Level One Trauma Center, 800 bed hospital, 36 bed Cardiovascular ICU
  • Successfully provides care to complex patient populations including pre and post cardiovascular surgeries, heart and lung transplants, and patients requiring cardiac assistive devices.
  • Experience with titration of a variety of pharmacologic agents including vasopressors, vasodilators, antiarrhythmics, analgesics, sedatives, and paralytics.
  • Practices therapeutic communication using a holistic approach with patients and family members.
  • Collaborates with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified patient needs and assessments

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
12.2020

Certifications and Professional Skills

  • Registered Nurse, – License # 28264878A
  • American Heart Association: Advance Cardiovascular Life Support and Basic Life Support - certified through August 2024
  • Certified devices: continuous renal replacement therapy, ventricular assistive device (HeartWare, HeartMate 2 and 3, Intra-Aortic Balloon pump
  • Cerner and Sunrise EMR charting
  • Microsoft Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
  • Acquired nursing skills: Interpreting vitals and advanced hemodynamics, Swan-Ganz catheters, arterial lines, mechanical ventilators, transvenous pacemakers, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
  • Highly dependable, values integrity, thinks critically, compassionate, and professional.

Timeline

Organ Recovery Coordinator

Indiana Donor Network
03.2024 - Current

Critical Care Resource Nurse

Ascension St. Vincent
06.2023 - 03.2024

Cardiothoracic ICU Nurse

IU Health Methodist Hospital
01.2021 - 06.2023

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis

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