Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline

CATHERINE SUSIE BARNETTE

Lexington,Kentucky

Summary

Highly skilled healthcare professional with specialized expertise in interventional radiology procedures. Demonstrates strong clinical skills in patient care, vascular access, and imaging techniques. Known for effective teamwork, adaptability, and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and flexible, ensuring seamless integration into dynamic healthcare environments.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work History

Interventional Radiology Nurse

Baptist Health Lexington
07.2025 - Current
  • Conducted patient assessments to determine suitability for interventional procedures.
  • Promoted kind, compassionate environment, utilizing active listening and effective communication skills when interacting with patients.
  • Assisted in the training and orientation of new nursing staff members, sharing valuable expertise in interventional radiology practices.
  • Administered medications and monitored vital signs during complex interventional radiology procedures.
  • Educated patients and families on procedures, risks, and post-procedure care requirements.
  • Assuming Charge Nurse Role as Needed. Assuming Charge Nurse role in October.

Travel Nurse Interventional Radiology

Aya Healthcare
07.2022 - 07.2025
  • Delivered comprehensive patient care in diverse clinical settings, ensuring adherence to best practices.
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop tailored patient treatment plans and improve outcomes.
  • Conducted thorough assessments and evaluations of patients' health status, identifying critical needs promptly.
  • Adapted quickly to varying healthcare environments, maintaining high standards of care under pressure.
  • Developed training materials for onboarding new nursing staff, promoting consistency in patient care practices.
  • Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
  • Mentored junior nurses, providing guidance on clinical procedures and fostering professional development.

Procedural Nurse

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
08.2014 - 07.2022
  • Collaborates and communicates with other services lines throughout the Enterprise
  • Responsible for the monitoring of patients undergoing diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures such as thrombectomy/thrombolysis, coiling, stenting, angiogram, abscess drainage, and embolization.
  • Establishes and maintains interpersonal relationships based on communication, honesty and trust.
  • Able to communicate across all patient population and establish relationships that are conducive to desired outcome.
  • Completed comprehensive assessments to determine needs, document medical information and communicate findings with healthcare team to ensure continuum of care.
  • Reduced patients' anxiety and enhanced cooperation by educating on procedure details, instructions and expectations.
  • Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
  • Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
  • Liaised between patients and doctors, completing comprehensive assessments and recording medical information to achieve recovery goals.
  • Check labs and act according to protocol when not NLs.
  • Arranged patient disposition after procedure when on call.
  • Triaged patients by phone and provided general assistance for basic and advanced needs.
  • Assist Rad Tech with sterile prep and circulate as needed.
  • Skills.

Adjunct Faculty

BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL CO
08.2013 - 12.2014
  • Clinical rotation with Practicum students, all levels.
  • Set up clinical setting.
  • Setting and getting approval from clinical liaison and BCTC.
  • Maintained working relationship between facility and school.
  • Clinical rotations are still active in my scout locations.
  • Including Northpoint Nursing Home and CHR spinal cord injury and head injury unit.
  • Clinical responsibilities include teaching, motivation, monitoring and grading assignments while meeting criteria set for by BCTC.
  • Lab skills check offs.
  • Sourced appropriate course materials to support variety of student learning needs and styles and deliver content in relevant, distinctive ways.
  • Created lesson plans and developed instructional materials covering all required topics and learning objectives.
  • Evaluated and supervised student activities and performance levels to provide reports on academic progress.

Trauma Nurse

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
02.2012 - 08.2014
  • Cross for Trauma patients in all setting from Acute care, progressive and ICU.
  • Population of patients with complex medical conditions resulting from trauma and acute care surgical procedures.
  • Patient area which focuses on all surgical subspecialties (Orthopedic, Vascular, ENT, Plastics, gyn-onc), continuous cardiac monitoring, and extensive wound care.
  • Including burns, graphs, wound vacs.
  • License for TNCC, but currently lapsed.
  • Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
  • Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.

Med Surg/Trauma Registered Nurse

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL
08.2008 - 05.2012
  • Demonstrated high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills and adaptability in fast-paced and unpredictable medical environment.
  • Participated in bedside reporting and handoff at change of shift and for patient transfers.
  • Performed comprehensive assessments to identify patient needs, devise care plans, modify care solutions and support patient rights.
  • Discussed surgical patients with healthcare team to address and resolve concerns.
  • Educated patients and families on medical and surgical procedures, medication regimens and pain management.

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
05.1995 - 06.1997
  • Nursery/ Labor and Delivery/Ante and Post, Started in Ante partum as a SNAP while in my senior year of nursing school.
  • Maintained a positioned after my internship as a CNA and was eventually hired on as an RN.

Education

ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE - ADN

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - BSN

Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
05.2020

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Lexington Community College, Lexington, KY
05.1996

Skills

  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Empathy and Compassionate Care
  • BLS
  • ACLS
  • Working collaboratively
  • Skilled in multiple modalities of Acute, Progressive and ICU care
  • Experienced in multiple disease processes and comorbidities, Trauma, Surgical, Ortho, OB, Dialysis, Education, Certified Grievance Counselor
  • Able to communicate across all patient population, healthcare peers, other service lines to establish relationships that are conducive to desired outcome
  • Collaborate with peers and establish relationships based on respect, teamwork, work ethics and desire for improved patient outcome
  • Proven ability to quickly establish rapport with patients, families, and staff
  • Consistently demonstrates attention to detail, compassion, and perseverance

Timeline

Interventional Radiology Nurse - Baptist Health Lexington
07.2025 - Current
Travel Nurse Interventional Radiology - Aya Healthcare
07.2022 - 07.2025
Procedural Nurse - UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
08.2014 - 07.2022
Adjunct Faculty - BLUEGRASS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL CO
08.2013 - 12.2014
Trauma Nurse - UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
02.2012 - 08.2014
Med Surg/Trauma Registered Nurse - UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY HOSPITAL
08.2008 - 05.2012
- UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
05.1995 - 06.1997
Eastern Kentucky University - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, BSN
Lexington Community College - ,
- ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE, ADN

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