Dynamic Charge Nurse with extensive experience in managing complex ICU patient needs. Skilled in precepting new staff and ensuring high standards of care. Focused on improving patient outcomes in a high-pressure environment.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ECMO Specialist RN
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
09.2024 - Current
Monitoring ECMO patients' vital signs and adjusting flow, sweep gas levels, and parameters as needed.
Collaborating with Critical Care Fellows to manage the totality of ECMO patient's care "Perfusion-Free".
Conducted routine assessments to identify complications early in treatment.
Participated in quality improvement initiatives to enhance ECMO practices.
Registered Nurse, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Hennepin Healthcare
Minneapolis, Minnesota
07.2021 - Current
Providing direct patient care in a 24-bed, large academic safety-net Level 1 Trauma Center, with a focus on multi-organ failure and respiratory failure.
Managing patients in need of intravenous medications, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, mechanical ventilation, and devices, including Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices (Impella), Intra-aortic Balloon Pumps (IABP).
Assisting Providers with procedures such as Rapid Sequence Intubation and assessing fluid resuscitation status.
Training new nursing staff of varying experience levels on unit protocols and best practices for patient care.