Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Assisted care team in emergent situations including rapid sequence intubation, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac tamponade, and cardiac arrest.
Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Kent State University
Kent, OH
05.2022
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
Skills
Monitor post-operative open heart patients for surgical and hemodynamic complications and abnormalities
Manage invasive hemodynamic monitoring including central venous catheters, Swan-Ganz catheters, and arterial lines and interpret values
Titrate continuous vasoactive drips
Manage intubated and sedated patients and collaborate with respiratory therapy and physician to adjust ventilator settings
Start and troubleshoot peripheral intravenous catheters
Read abnormal telemetry rhythms and manage temporarily paced rhythms
Anesthesia Related
Prepare and administer medications for intubation including sedatives and paralytics
Obtain and interpret arterial blood gas values and advocate for ventilator changes
Wean and initiate sedation
Monitor vital signs and hemodynamics during intubation and extubation and procedures that require sedation such as bronchoscopies and chest tube insertion