Brianna Coogan
Ewa Beach
Summary
Versatile Registered Nurse with over 10 years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients in acute care. Proven leader skillful in uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals and improving satisfaction. Focused on continuously driving innovation and improving patient outcomes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
House Supervisor
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Honolulu
07.2024 - Current
- Oversee hospital operations across departments, ensuring policies and procedures are followed.
- Monitor bed management and patient flow (admissions, transfers, and discharges).
- Coordinate staffing needs hospital wide to balance patient care needs.
- Round on units to ensure quality of care and staff support.
- Handle patient/family concerns or complaints during off-hours.
- Ensure regulatory and safety standards are met.
- Assume a lead role in hospital-wide emergencies (e.g., codes, disasters, rapid responses)
- Act as the liaison between physicians, nurses, administration, and ancillary departments.
Charge Registered Nurse, Pediatric ICU
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
Honolulu
07.2017 - 07.2024
- Provide critical care in Pediatric ICU 14 bed with a nurse to patient ratio of 1:1 unstable and 1:2 stable.
- Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and their loved ones.
- Assisted MDs with intubation and airway management with a proper understanding of ventilator setting and modes.
- Practiced unit based extubation readiness protocols for successful extubations.
- Accessed and managed central, arterial and PICC lines using proper sterile.
- Administered and titrated intravenous infusions such as sedation, opioids, benzodiazepines. paralytics and vasoactive drugs.
- Recovered and managed patients post operatively by closely monitoring vital signs, clinical presentation and surgical wounds sites.
- Delegated assessments, coordinated admission and discharges, and collaborated with the multidisciplinary team.
Registered Nurse
Straub Clinic & Hospital
Honolulu
01.2014 - 07.2017
- Experience in providing direct patient care within departments such as Medical surgical, Telemetry, Emergency and Post Anesthesia Recovery (PACU)
- Provide outstanding patient-centered and family-centered care in various units throughout the hospital.
- Demonstrate leadership, initiative and willingness to learn by seeking out opportunities to cross train in various units throughout the hospital
- Trained new RN hires and ancillary staff members to meet patient service goals, champion standards of care and improve patient overall satisfaction.
Education
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
American Heart Association
Honolulu, HI 06.2025 - 06.2027
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
American Heart Association
Honolulu, HI 11.2024 - 11.2026
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Hawaii At Manoa
Honolulu, HISkills
- Telemetry and Advanced Cardiac
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- Emergency response such as rapid responses, code blues and trauma
- Post op cardiac recovery care
Timeline
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
American Heart Association
06.2025 - 06.2027
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
American Heart Association
11.2024 - 11.2026
House Supervisor
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
07.2024 - Current
Charge Registered Nurse, Pediatric ICU
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children
07.2017 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse
Straub Clinic & Hospital
01.2014 - 07.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Hawaii At Manoa