Christopher Ryan
Prairieville,LA
Summary
Louisiana Board-Certified Registered Nurse with extensive ICU experience. Specializes in providing exceptional care to patients in both Covid-19 and Neurosurgery units. Skilled in leading and uniting nursing teams to achieve optimal patient care outcomes, enhance satisfaction levels, and drive healthcare system initiatives. Committed to continuously advancing expertise in current treatment modalities while fostering innovation in care delivery and advocating for patients with compassion. Able to provide preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care to patients managing a variety of procedures, conditions, and affects.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pain Management Registered Nurse
Spine Hospital of Louisiana
06.2022 - Current
- Facilitated support groups for patients coping with chronic pain conditions, fostering a sense of community and shared understanding among participants.
- Improved patient satisfaction scores by consistently providing empathetic, compassionate care and addressing concerns about pain management.
- Conducted research on emerging therapies for pain management, contributing to organizational knowledge and clinical practice improvements.
- Streamlined documentation processes to ensure accurate tracking of pain levels, interventions, and outcomes.
Covid-19 ICU
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
03.2020 - 12.2021
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Monitored and stayed up-to-date on current CDC recommendations for PPE, as well as assisting in training inexperienced nurses on proper PPE protocols
- Coordinated best practice recommendations on the ever changing care of Covid-19 patients and the treatment regimen's prescribed.
- Collaborated with healthcare workers from every department in order to help supervise and open new Covid units and ensure maximum success
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Kept optimal supply levels in treatment rooms, triage and other areas to meet typical patient loads.
Neuro Critical Care Unit
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
06.2019 - 03.2020
- Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
- Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
- Managed complex drips, such as 23% sodium, 3% hypertonic saline, cardene, precedex, propofol, and a multitude of pressors.
- Managed extraventricular drains, lumbar drains, tPA administrations, irraflow devices, spinal precautions, and aneurysm clipping/coilings.
ICU Residency
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities to prevent further disability.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented interventions, including medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, management of ventilators/tracheostomies, and routine wound care.
- Provided exceptional care to multiple high-acuity patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Adapted to working in different units and serving multiple patient populations with a multitude of different issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Freed-Hardeman University
Henderson, TN05.2018
Skills
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Patient Assessments
- Sanitation
- Conflict Resolution
- Patient Coping Mechanisms
Certification
- BLS/ACLS Certified
- BSN
- CAPA certified
Education
Henderson, TN
Timeline
Pain Management Registered Nurse
Spine Hospital of Louisiana
06.2022 - Current
Covid-19 ICU
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
03.2020 - 12.2021
Neuro Critical Care Unit
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
06.2019 - 03.2020
ICU Residency
Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
07.2018 - 06.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Freed-Hardeman University
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