Glenisha Williams, BSN, RN, CCRN
Katy
Summary
Dedicated Critical Care Registered Nurse with over 16 years of comprehensive experience in multiple specialties, including Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), Cardiovascular Operating Room (CVOR), Adult Congenital Heart Disease ICU, Level-One Trauma/Burn ICU, and Surgical Liver Transplant ICU. Highly adaptable and experienced travel nurse, skilled in delivering exceptional patient care across diverse clinical environments. Proven leadership abilities demonstrated through roles as a Charge Nurse and Preceptor, where I have successfully mentored nursing staff and fostered a collaborative team atmosphere—currently seeking an opportunity to advance in my career as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), driven by a strong sense of purpose and commitment to improving patient outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Registered Nurse- CVICU/CTICU/CVRR
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Houston
06.2025 - Current
- Provide austere critical care to patients on a high-paced cardiovascular and cardiothoracic intensive care recovery unit.
- Manage advanced cardiovascular therapies for high-acuity patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, IABP, and Impella therapy in the intraoperative phase and immediate CVOR/ICU recovery unit.
- Utilize advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, and HemoSphere Alta monitor.
- Titrate critical vasopressor drips: Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Dopamine, Phenylephrine.
- Manage Cardizem drip and Amiodarone drip for A-fib RVR patients.
- Manage vasodilator agents: Esmolol drip, Cardene drip, Nitroglycerin drip, Nitroprusside drip, and Metoprolol drip.
- Manage inotropic agents: Milrinone, Dobutamine.
- Manage Heparin Protocol.
- Titrate insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition patients.
- Safely manage sedation agents and opioids: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Sublimaze.
- Monitor for insidious changes and take evasive action for STAT diagnostic scans (CT, MRI, CTA, EEG).
- Assist with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, bedside thoracentesis and paracentesis, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Collect and monitor lab values, including blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC lines, implanted ports), arterial line, and arterial and venous sticks.
- Perform tracheostomy care and assist in mechanical ventilation monitoring and weaning- VAP prevention.
- Utilize the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilize the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
- Document total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the EPIC EMR system.
Travel Contract- Certified Registered Nurse at Level-One Trauma
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Los Angeles
11.2024 - 05.2025
- Provided compassionate and competent critical care to patients in the burn trauma ICU.
- Managed sedation and vasoactive drips.
- Initiated and managed full resuscitation for severely burned patients with up to 80% TBSA.
- Provided specialized daily dressing changes while the patient received bedside conscious sedation.
- Assisted with emergent escharotomies.
- Monitored patients under mechanical ventilation.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the Cerner EMR system.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Staff RN/ Charge RN/ Preceptor RN- Adult Congenital Heart Disease ICU
Texas Children’s Hospital - Texas Medical Center - Legacy Tower
Houston
05.2023 - 03.2025
- Provided meticulous critical care necessary for a specialized population of adult patients with adult congenital heart disease.
- Manage advanced cardiovascular therapies for high-acuity patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, IABP, and Impella therapy in the intraoperative phase and immediate CVOR/ICU recovery unit.
- Utilize advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, and HemoSphere Alta monitor.
- Titrate critical vasopressor drips: Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Dopamine, Phenylephrine.
- Managed Cardizem drip and Amiodarone drip for A-fib RVR patients.
- Manage vasodilator agents: Esmolol drip, Cardene drip, Nitroglycerin drip, Nitroprusside drip, and Metoprolol drip.
- Manage inotropic agents: Milrinone, Dobutamine.
- Manage Heparin Protocol.
- Titrate insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition patients.
- Safely managed sedation agents and opioids: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Sublimaze.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the EPIC EMR system.
- Assist with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, bedside thoracentesis and paracentesis, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Lab value monitoring and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line- arterial and venous stick.
- Perform tracheostomy care and assist in mechanical ventilation monitoring and weaning- VAP prevention.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
Local Contract- Certified Registered Nurse-NeuroSurgical Trauma Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
Kingwood
05.2024 - 11.2024
- Provided culturally competent critical care nursing on a neurosurgical trauma unit at a Level II Trauma Hospital, utilizing hemodynamic monitoring devices, such as the EV1000-Hemosphere and Swan-Ganz catheter, and titrated critical vasopressors.
- Operated devices: CRRT, IABP, Impella, BIS/ peripheral nerve simulator, LVAD, Belmont rapid infusion pump, and external ventricular drains.
- Monitored for insidious changes and took evasive action for STAT diagnostic scans (CT, MRI, CTA, EEG).
- Monitored lab values, electrolyte replacement, and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line, and arterial and venous stick.
- Titrated insulin drip utilizing the ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition.
- Safely managed sedation agents, opioids, and reversal agents: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Morphine, Hydromorphone, Sublimaze, Flumazenil, Naloxone.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
- Advocated for patient and family needs and concerns.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the Meditech EMR system.
Travel Contract- Critical Care Registered Nurse
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest
12.2022 - 05.2023
- Provided critical care to adult patients at a regional hospital with various comorbidities and newly diagnosed critical conditions, requiring meticulous monitoring for insidious changes, or transferred to a higher level of care.
- Titrated critical vasoactive drips.
- Tracheostomy and Mechanical Ventilation Monitoring and Weaning - VAP Prevention.
- Assisted with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Management of heparin drips.
- Lab value monitoring, electrolyte replacement, and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line, and arterial and venous stick.
- Titrated insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the Allscripts EMR system.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- CVRR/CVICU/CTICU Local Contract RN
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
Houston
08.2022 - 11.2022
- Provided austere critical care to patients on a high-paced cardiovascular and cardiothoracic intensive care recovery unit.
- Manage advanced cardiovascular therapies for high-acuity patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, IABP, and Impella therapy in the intraoperative phase and immediate CVOR/ICU recovery unit.
- Utilized advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, and HemoSphere Alta monitor.
- Titrated critical vasopressor drips: Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Dopamine, Phenylephrine.
- Managed Cardizem drip and Amiodarone drip for A-fib RVR patients.
- Manage vasodilator agents: Esmolol drip, Cardene drip, Nitroglycerin drip, Nitroprusside drip, and Metoprolol drip.
- Managed inotropic agents: Milrinone, Dobutamine.
- Manage Heparin Protocol.
- Titrated insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition patients.
- Safely managed sedation agents and opioids: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Sublimaze.
- Monitored for insidious changes and took evasive action for STAT diagnostic scans (CT, MRI, CTA, EEG).
- Assisted with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, bedside thoracentesis and paracentesis, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Lab value monitoring and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line- arterial and venous stick.
- Performed tracheostomy care and assisted in mechanical ventilation monitoring and weaning- VAP prevention.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
Travel Contract-Critical Care Registered Nurse- Adult Congenital Heart Disease ICU
Texas Children’s Hospital - Texas Medical Center - Legacy Tower
Houston
12.2021 - 06.2022
- Provided meticulous critical care necessary for a specialized population of adult patients with adult congenital heart disease.
- Manage advanced cardiovascular therapies for high-acuity patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, IABP, and Impella therapy in the intraoperative phase and immediate CVOR/ICU recovery unit.
- Utilize advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, and HemoSphere Alta monitor.
- Titrate critical vasopressor drips: Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Dopamine, Phenylephrine.
- Managed Cardizem drip and Amiodarone drip for A-fib RVR patients.
- Manage vasodilator agents: Esmolol drip, Cardene drip, Nitroglycerin drip, Nitroprusside drip, and Metoprolol drip.
- Manage inotropic agents: Milrinone, Dobutamine.
- Manage Heparin Protocol.
- Titrate insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition patients.
- Safely managed sedation agents and opioids: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Sublimaze.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the EPIC EMR system.
- Assist with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, bedside thoracentesis and paracentesis, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Lab value monitoring and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line- arterial and venous stick.
- Performed tracheostomy care and assist in mechanical ventilation monitoring and weaning- VAP prevention.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Surgical Liver Transplant ICU - Staff RN/ Charge RN/ Preceptor RN
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston
07.2020 - 11.2021
- Provided specialized critical care to patients undergoing liver transplant, liver-kidney transplant, and liver-kidney transplant surgeries during the acute pre-operative phase, intra-operative phase (including CRRT management during transplant surgery), and immediate post-operative phase.
- Utilized advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, Hemosphere device- Monitoring for insidious systemic changes for early treatment/therapy for improved recovery and outcomes.
- Titrated critical vasoactive drips and inotropic drips.
- Operated the Nxstage CRRT system.
- Operated the Belmont rapid infusion pump device.
- Initiated blood/blood product transfusion, monitoring for adverse reactions related to the transfusion.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Medical ICU/Covid Unit - Local Contract
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
Houston
08.2021 - 10.2021
- Provided clinical and culturally competent critical care to adult patients with COVID-19.
- Collected and interpreted arterial blood gas values, monitored lab values and electrolyte levels, and collected blood specimens via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC lines, implanted ports), arterial lines, and arterial and venous sticks.
- Titrated critical vasoactive drips.
- Titrated insulin drip utilizing ordered sliding scale for total parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, and oral nutrition.
- Safely managed sedation agents and Nimbex drip utilizing the Peripheral Nerve Stimulator or BIS monitor device.
- Tracheostomy/Mechanical Ventilation Monitoring and Weaning (ABGs, in-line Flolan mgmt. and VAP prevention).
- Assist with the Rotoprone therapy system and manual prone positioning for patients with exacerbated COVID-19 disease process.
- Advocated for patient and family needs and concerns.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the Cerner EMR system.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Neurosurgical Trauma ICU -Travel Contract
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Houston
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Provided meticulous critical care necessary for adult patients during the preoperative neurological workup phase and the immediate post-operative phase.
- Safely managed critical care drips.
- Monitored for insidious changes and took evasive action for STAT diagnostic scans (CT, MRI, CTA, EEG).
- Operated the Belmont rapid infusion pump device.
- Initiated blood/blood product transfusion, monitoring for adverse reactions related to the transfusion.
- Assisted during the lumbar puncture procedure.
- Managed external ventricular drains- CSF and Lumbar drains.
- Monitored and managed intracranial pressure.
- Managed hypertonic solutions and TPA medication administration.
Critical Care Registered Nurse- COVID-19 ICU- Travel Contract
HCA West Houston Hospital
Houston
05.2020 - 07.2020
- Managed patients diagnosed with COVID-19 complicated by multiple comorbidities.
- Pronation management of a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome/COVID-19.
- Tracheostomy/Mechanical Ventilation Monitoring and Weaning (ABGs, in-line Flolan mgmt. and VAP prevention).
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
- Monitored for insidious systemic changes to facilitate early treatment/therapy, thereby improving recovery and outcomes.
- Advocated for patient and family needs and concerns.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing the Meditech EMR system.
Critical Care Registered Nurse - Level 1 Burn Trauma- Seasonal RN contract
Medical City Plano
Plano
09.2019 - 04.2020
- Provided austere critical care to patients that experienced traumatic injuries such as: multiple gunshot wounds, traumatic vehicle collisions, lacerated wounds, and vascular damage due to blunt force trauma, inhalation burn injuries, electrical burn injuries, chemical burns and third degree burns over 50% of body mass.
- Provided specialized daily dressing changes while the patient received bedside conscious sedation.
- Assisted with emergent escharotomies.
- Monitored patients under mechanical ventilation.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
- Advocated for patient and family needs and concerns.
- Documented total patient care/assessments, critical alerts, and patient/family education utilizing Meditech EMR system.
Critical Care Registered Nurse - CVICU
University of Texas Southwestern - Clements University Hospital
Dallas
12.2019 - 02.2020
- During the orientation phase, I provided meticulous care for the patient immediately post-op heart transplant, valve repair, and replacement.
- Monitored for insidious systemic changes for early treatment/therapy, leading to improved recovery and outcomes.
Critical Care Registered Nurse-CVICU, Neuro-ICU - Staff RN
Saint Thomas West Hospital
Nashville
09.2018 - 09.2019
- Provided austere critical care to patients on a high-paced cardiovascular and cardiothoracic intensive care recovery unit.
- Managed advanced cardiovascular therapies for high-acuity patients requiring ECMO, CRRT, IABP, and Impella therapy in the intraoperative phase and immediate CVOR/ICU recovery unit.
- Utilized advanced hemodynamic monitoring (Swan-Ganz catheter), FloTrac- EV1000 device, and HemoSphere Alta monitor.
- Titrated critical vasopressor drips: Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, Vasopressin, Dopamine, Phenylephrine.
- Managed Cardizem drip and Amiodarone drip for A-fib RVR patients.
- Manage vasodilator agents: Esmolol drip, Cardene drip, Nitroglycerin drip, Nitroprusside drip, and Metoprolol drip.
- Manage inotropic agents: Milrinone, Dobutamine.
- Manage Heparin Protocol.
- Titrate insulin drip utilizing an ordered sliding scale for total parenteral, enteral, and oral nutrition patients.
- Safely managed sedation agents and opioids: Precedex, Propofol, Diazepam, Midazolam, Hydromorphone, Morphine, Sublimaze.
- Monitored for insidious changes and took evasive action for STAT diagnostic scans (CT, MRI, CTA, EEG).
- Assisted with bedside intubation, arterial line placement, central line placements, bedside thoracentesis and paracentesis, and bedside emergent chest tube insertions.
- Lab value monitoring and blood specimen collection via central venous catheters (tunneled and non-tunneled CVC PICC line, implanted ports), arterial line- arterial and venous stick.
- Performed tracheostomy care and assist in mechanical ventilation monitoring and weaning- VAP prevention.
- Utilized the Cortrak device for post-pyloric placement of an enteral feeding tube and stabilized the feeding tube with a bridle pro device.
Trauma and Burn ICU staff RN - Patient Care Coordinator of Trauma
Regional One Medical Center
Memphis
05.2017 - 10.2018
- Company Overview: Elvis Presley Level I Trauma center
- Elvis Presley Level I Trauma center
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, TN12.2014
Associate Degree - Nursing
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, Arkansas05.2009
Skills
- High emotional intelligence
- Quickly acclimate to new environments while maintaining high standards of care
- Foster a positive work environment
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Active member
- Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program, Active member
- American Association of Nurse Anesthesia (AANA), Active member
Certification
- Compact Multistate RN License, Texas Board of Nursing, 08/01/09, 986210
- ACLS, American Heart Association, 03/01/27
- BLS, American Heart Association, 03/01/27
- CCRN, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 05/01/28
- ABLS, American Burn Association, 09/01/26
Timeline
Critical Care Registered Nurse- CVICU/CTICU/CVRR
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
06.2025 - Current
Travel Contract- Certified Registered Nurse at Level-One Trauma
Los Angeles County General Hospital
11.2024 - 05.2025
Local Contract- Certified Registered Nurse-NeuroSurgical Trauma Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood
05.2024 - 11.2024
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Staff RN/ Charge RN/ Preceptor RN- Adult Congenital Heart Disease ICU
Texas Children’s Hospital - Texas Medical Center - Legacy Tower
05.2023 - 03.2025
Travel Contract- Critical Care Registered Nurse
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
12.2022 - 05.2023
Critical Care Registered Nurse- CVRR/CVICU/CTICU Local Contract RN
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center
08.2022 - 11.2022
Travel Contract-Critical Care Registered Nurse- Adult Congenital Heart Disease ICU
Texas Children’s Hospital - Texas Medical Center - Legacy Tower
12.2021 - 06.2022
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Medical ICU/Covid Unit - Local Contract
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital
08.2021 - 10.2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Neurosurgical Trauma ICU -Travel Contract
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
02.2021 - 04.2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse- Surgical Liver Transplant ICU - Staff RN/ Charge RN/ Preceptor RN
Houston Methodist Hospital
07.2020 - 11.2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse- COVID-19 ICU- Travel Contract
HCA West Houston Hospital
05.2020 - 07.2020
Critical Care Registered Nurse - CVICU
University of Texas Southwestern - Clements University Hospital
12.2019 - 02.2020
Critical Care Registered Nurse - Level 1 Burn Trauma- Seasonal RN contract
Medical City Plano
09.2019 - 04.2020
Critical Care Registered Nurse-CVICU, Neuro-ICU - Staff RN
Saint Thomas West Hospital
09.2018 - 09.2019
Trauma and Burn ICU staff RN - Patient Care Coordinator of Trauma
Regional One Medical Center
05.2017 - 10.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Baptist Health Sciences University
Associate Degree - Nursing
East Arkansas Community College
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