Bryana Craft
Baton Rouge,LA
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse – Med Surg/Stepdown Unit
East Jefferson General Hospital
LA, USA
01.2024 - Current
- Manage high-acuity post-operative and trauma patients requiring close monitoring
- Manage high-acuity cardiac telemetry patients with complex cardiovascular conditions
- Titrate heparin infusions per protocol and monitor lab values
- Recognize and respond to acute dysrhythmias and cardiac instability
- Monitor for early signs of sepsis, bleeding, and respiratory compromise
- Provide respiratory support including High-Flow, BiPAP, and CPAP
- Respond to surgical emergencies, Code Blue, and participate in rapid response events
- Collaborate with surgical and multidisciplinary teams for patient stabilization
- Collaborate closely with cardiology and respiratory therapy teams
Travel Registered Nurse – Stepdown/Telemetry
Multiple Facilities
01.2022 - Current
- Adapted rapidly to high-acuity hospital systems across multiple states (LA, CA, TX, MI, MN)
- Managed various of complex patients during high-volume assignments
- Maintained safe, efficient patient care in fast-paced environments
- Selected Assignments: University Medical Center — New Orleans, LA (Trauma / Acute Surgery / Tele), Essentia Health St. Mary’s — Duluth, MN (Med Surg / PCU / Tele), Alta Bates Summit Medical Center — Oakland, CA (Stepdown / Tele), Ascension Rochester — Troy, MI (Ortho / Tele), Kaiser Permanente — San Leandro, CA (ER Support / Tele), Los Robles Regional Medical Center — Thousand Oaks, CA (Stepdown), Ascension Seton Medical Center — Austin, TX (Ortho / Tele), St. Louise Regional Hospital — Gilroy, CA (Med Surg / Tele), Baton Rouge General — Baton Rouge, LA (Stepdown)
Registered Nurse – Med Surg/ PCU/Stepdown/Telemetry
Tulane Medical Center
LA, USA
07.2020 - 01.2024
- Managed complex post-operative, cardiac, and medical patients
- Cared for CHF, sepsis, AKI, respiratory failure, and anticoagulation therapy patients etc.
- Recognized clinical deterioration and escalated appropriately
- Participated in Code Blue and Rapid Response events
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern University And A&M College
05-2020
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Licensed RN
- Wound care
- Patient monitoring
- Lab result interpretation
- Maintaining privacy
- Procedure preparations
Accomplishments
- Registered Nurse- Louisiana (Compact), California, New York, Michigan, and Minnesota
- ACLS (Current)
- BLS (Current)
- NIH Stroke Scale (Current)
- ECG Dysrhythmia Interpretation
- CPI (Current)
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Louisiana (Compact), California, New York, Michigan, Minnesota
- ACLS, Current
- BLS, Current
- NIH Stroke Scale, Current
- ECG Dysrhythmia Interpretation
- CPI, Current
Timeline
Registered Nurse – Med Surg/Stepdown Unit
East Jefferson General Hospital
01.2024 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse – Stepdown/Telemetry
Multiple Facilities
01.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse – Med Surg/ PCU/Stepdown/Telemetry
Tulane Medical Center
07.2020 - 01.2024
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern University And A&M College
Selected Assignments
- University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, Trauma / Acute Surgery / Tele
- Essentia Health St. Mary’s, Duluth, MN, Med Surg / PCU / Tele
- Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA, Stepdown / Tele
- Ascension Rochester, Troy, MI, Ortho / Tele
- Kaiser Permanente, San Leandro, CA, ER Support / Tele
- Los Robles Regional Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA, Stepdown
- Ascension Seton Medical Center, Austin, TX, Ortho / Tele
- St. Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy, CA, Med Surg / Tele
- Baton Rouge General, Baton Rouge, LA, Stepdown
Activities And Volunteerism
- Donnita Craft Scholarship Foundation, Founder, 2021-01-01, Present
- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., 2023-01-01, Present
- Tutor/ Mentor at Cherbonnier-Rillieux Elementary, 2021-01-01, Present
- National Student Nurses Association, 2018-01-01, Present
- Student Nurses Association, 2016-01-01, 2020-01-01
- Community Outreach (nursing homes, public schools), 2016-01-01, Present
Personal Information
Title: Registered Nurse