EDINAH NYAGWENCHA
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Professional healthcare provider with strong background in Critical care and Emergency department. Skilled in patient assessment, emergency response, and advanced life support. Focused on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Flexible and dependable, ready to adapt to evolving clinical needs.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care RN
Medical City Alliance
10.2022 - Current
- Provide targeted care and treatment to pre and post-surgical patients in 18-bed ICU and respond to emergent calls on other units.
- Precept new employees on unit protocols and best practices for optimal patient outcomes.
- Monitor and interpret telemetry for cardiac patients.
- Manage equipment such as arterial lines, Impella, chest tubes, CRRT and mechanical ventilators to maintain support for ICU patients.
- Titration of vasoactive, sedation, thrombolytic, and antiarrhythmic drugs.
- Assist physicians with bedside procedures and treatments; coordinate assessments, evaluation, and monitoring of hemodynamically unstable patients by utilizing multi-disciplinary care.
Pediatric Clinician
Connect Pediatrics
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Conducted comprehensive assessment to identify and address family and patient learning needs for over 20 clients.
- Provided in-home education to client's family on tracheostomy and ventilator management, and administration of treatments such as IPV and chest physiotherapy.
- Implemented creative techniques that engaged pediatric patients and minimized anxiety and distress during treatment procedures.
- Reduced infection incidents by 30% by providing excellent aseptic technique for ventilator, tracheostomy, and foley catheter care.
- Enhanced family satisfaction with personalized, compassionate nursing care for pediatric patients.
- Collaborated with patient's healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
LVN
Corinth Rehab
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Educated patients and families on health promotion, disease prevention and chronic disease management strategies.
- Coordinated with multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless patient transfers, appointments, and discharge planning in a 60-bed rehabilitation facility.
- Reduced readmission rates by 20% through comprehensive patient education, discharge planning, and follow-up care coordination.
- Demonstrated excellent skills in medication administration, wound and ostomy care, IV therapy administration, foley catheter management, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams and social services to identify and address patients' needs.
- Supervised ancillary staff, developed appropriate patient care assignments and facilitate patient admissions, transfer and discharges.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
ArlingtonAssociates Degree - Nursing
Tarrant County Community College
Fort Worth, TXBachelor of Science - Molecular Biology
UT Dallas
Dallas, TXSkills
- Telemetry interpretation
- Impella; IABP; CRRT management
- Vasoactive and sedatives management
- Central line management
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Airway management
- Targeted temperature management
- Head to toe assessment
- Post cardiac catheterization interventions
Certification
- BLS: 12/31/2027
- ACLS: 12/31/2027
- TCAR: 01/03/2028
Timeline
Critical Care RN
Medical City Alliance
10.2022 - Current
Pediatric Clinician
Connect Pediatrics
01.2021 - 01.2023
LVN
Corinth Rehab
01.2019 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At Arlington
Associates Degree - Nursing
Tarrant County Community College
Bachelor of Science - Molecular Biology
UT Dallas