Elizabeth Weiford

Intensive Care Unit

• Titrated Vasopressors including: Norepinephrine, Phenylephrine, and Vasopressin for patients with low blood pressures.
• Assisted Critical Care Physician in intubating patients requiring ventilator support.
• Maintain adequate Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale and Behavioral Pain Scale for ventilated patients on Fentanyl and Propofol Intravenous drips.
• Proned ventilated patients on Intravenous Nimbex (Cisatracurium).
• Assisted Advanced Practice Provider to insert a Radial Arterial line and Central Venous Catheter; ensuring sterile technique is maintained.
• Cared for critically ill patients with a Swan-Ganz Catheter and calculated cardiac output using the Fick Principle.
• Perform hourly neurological checks on Stroke patients.
• Collaborate with Respiratory Therapist in addressing a ventilated patient's needs.
• Performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation for pulseless patient and achieved a return of spontaneous circulation.
• Provided care to a patient requiring Transvenous Cardiac Pacing.

Progressive Care Unit

• Calculate and titrated cardiac drips including: Diltiazem, Amiodarone, Nicardipine, Furosemide, and Nitroglycerin
• Monitored patient's oxygen saturation on Optiflow and continuous BIPAP.
• Initiate Morphine drips for Comfort Care measures.
• Assisted Pulmonologist in bedside thoracentesis.
• Cared for patients post-op chest tube placement.
• Documented and measured patient's cardiac strips.
• Maintained and titrated insulin drips for patients in Diabetic Ketoacidosis.
• Perform frequent vital signs and neurovascular checks on Post-cath patients with TR bands and Femoral Sheaths.
• Cared for patients post-op endarterectomy and pacemaker placement.
• Conducted chart auditing on Catheter and Central Line Care and Education.
• Collaborate with colleagues and improve nursing practice in Core Measure Committee.

Cardiac Med-Surg

• Performed assessments on Cardiac Medical Surgical patients with congestive heart failure.
• Collected frequent vital signs from patient’s after cardiac catheterization and monitor for bleeding or hematomas.
• Assist and care for both patient’s and their family members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Perform and don proper personal protective equipment for contact, droplet and airborne precautions.
• Care for surgical patient’s after hip replacement.
• Hang and administer fresh frozen convalescent plasma to COVID-19 patients.
• Proficient in wound care and ostomy management.
• Care for patient’s with nasogastric and PEG tube nutrition support.
• Managed patient’s with TPN and maintaining electrolyte balance per protocol.
• Performed blood and blood product transfusions and intravenous infusions to address patient symptoms or underlying causes.
• Oversaw licensed practical nurses on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.

• Obtained blood sugars and recorded urinary output from Foley catheters from patients in the intensive care unit.
• Provided aseptic baths to patients who had central lines.
• Reported and documented critical vital sign and blood sugar values to registered nurse.