Caroline Barnes

Huntsville

Summary

Driven Registered Nurse from Huntsville Hospital, excelling in critical care. Demonstrated effective ability to improve patient outcomes through effective collaboration and critical thinking, ensuring high quality care and support for families during critical times.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Outpatient PACU Registered Nurse

Huntsville Hospital

10.2024 - Current

Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs.
Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
Utilized BiPAP, CPAP, and ventilator support to protect patient's airways and allow for a safe recovery from anesthesia.

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Huntsville Hospital Main

06.2023 - 10.2024

Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
Managed devices such as ventilators, vasoactive medications, central and arterial lines, continuous renal replacement therapy, balloon pumps, and Swann-Ganz catheters.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

The University of Alabama At Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

05-2023