Heather Yopp
Plano,Texas
Summary
Dynamic Registered Nurse with extensive experience at HCA Medical City Dallas, excelling in critical care environments. Proven ability to advocate for patients while utilizing strong communication skills and advanced nursing techniques. Committed to delivering exceptional care and developing effective education plans, ensuring optimal patient outcomes in high-pressure situations.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
HCA Medical City Dallas
Dallas, Texas
05.2024 - Current
- I am currently working as a Registered Nurse on the Transplant/Surgical Intensive Care Unit. This unit is a 24 bed unit serving the solid organ transplant candidates and their families. Kidney and pancreas are the most common, however the facility has now expanded to liver transplants over the past 8 months.
- Duties that are my responsibility include: collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and identifying patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.
- Direct patient care responsibilities include patient assessments, CPR, ACLS and BLS skills, managing medications, placing IV lines, caring for intubated and sedated patients, monitoring and titrating drips, performing bedside procedures within scope of practice, charting in various types of electronic medical records, and advocating for the best care of the patients.
Registered Nurse
Lewis-Gale Medical Center
Salem, Virginia
01.2020 - 03.2024
- I began on the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit as a Nurse Extern in January 2020 and then transitioned into a core staff registered nurse position on day shift. In the beginning of my employment the 12 bed unit was strictly the Covid ICU and only until recently have we become more of a cardiac unit.
- Duties that are my responsibility include: collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and identifying patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.
- Direct patient care responsibilities include patient assessments, CPR, ACLS and BLS skills, managing medications, placing IV lines, caring for intubated and sedated patients, monitoring and titrating drips, performing bedside procedures within scope of practice, charting in various types of electronic medical records, and advocating for the best care of the patients.
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
Durham, North Carolina
05.2023 - 08.2023
- I worked on the Cardio-Thoracic Stepdown unit. This unit consisted of 30 beds and the patient population included bilateral lung transplants, heart transplants, ventricular assisted device patients, coronary artery bypass patients, and other less critical patients with lung and heart issues.
- Duties that are my responsibility include: collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and identifying patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.
- Direct patient care responsibilities include patient assessments, CPR, ACLS and BLS skills, managing medications, placing IV lines, managing chest tubes, managing JP drains, ambulating patients three times a day, monitoring and titrating drips, performing bedside procedures within scope of practice, charting in various types of electronic medical records, and advocating for the best care of the patients.
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
Charlottesville, Virginia
11.2022 - 05.2023
- I began as a travel nurse in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at UVA. The MICU was a two floor unit, 16 beds on one floor and 12 beds on the sister floor.
- Duties that are my responsibility include: collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families, and identifying patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and their families.
- Direct patient care responsibilities include patient assessments, CPR, ACLS and BLS skills, managing medications, placing IV lines, caring for intubated and sedated patients, monitoring and titrating drips, performing bedside procedures within scope of practice, charting in various types of electronic medical records, and advocating for the best care of the patients.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN08-2025
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
New River Community College
Dublin, VA05.2021
BSN -
Radford University
Radford, VA05.2019
Master of Education - Elementary Education
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA01.2009
Bachelor of Science - Physical Education with a Concentration in Athletic Training
Roanoke College
Salem, VA01.1999
Skills
- Organization skills
- Strong work ethic
- Preparation of education plans
- Modification of education plans
- Nursing care plans
- Intellectual abilities
- Quick learner
- Communication skills
- Passion for education
- Nursing skills
- Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Timeline
Registered Nurse
HCA Medical City Dallas
05.2024 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
05.2023 - 08.2023
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
11.2022 - 05.2023
Registered Nurse
Lewis-Gale Medical Center
01.2020 - 03.2024
Master of Science - Nursing
Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
New River Community College
BSN -
Radford University
Master of Education - Elementary Education
University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science - Physical Education with a Concentration in Athletic Training
Roanoke College
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