Jaymie Respecki

Compassionate and highly skilled trauma, surgical, and burn ICU nurse experienced with delivering patient-centered care in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment

• Ventilator management, monitor vital signs and EKGs
• Hemodynamic monitoring and advanced fluid resuscitation
• Multi-organ dysfunction management
• Fracture, amputation and orthopedic care
• Charge nurse and preceptor
• Burn grafting and skin substitutes
• Pain management and moderate sedation
• Burn wound assessment, dressing changes and management
• Infection control and sepsis management
• Patient and family education, emotional and psychiatric support
• Management of invasive lines and appliances, including central venous catheters, arterial lines, chest tubes, drains, foley catheters, PICC lines, naso-gastric decompression/feeding tubes, FMS, wound vacs, epidural catheters, ostomy appliances, EVDs and IVs
• CRRT
• EPIC documentation

Dedicated and knowledgeable Neuroscience RN, providing high-quality care to patients with neurological disorders, brain/spinal cord injuries, and post-operative neurological conditions.

• Neurological assessments, GCS, NIHSS
• Seizure recognition and interventions
• ICP, EVD monitoring
• Post-op monitoring, TBI management, stroke care and thrombolytic protocols
• Charge nurse and preceptor
• Spinal injury and lumbar drain monitoring and care
• Monitored patients pre and post-op from brain tumor resections, craniotomies, spinal fusions, shunt and DBS placement
• Participated in the pilot "Step-Up" program that trained selected nurses to transition to ICU nursing during COVID epidemic. Successfully supplemented the COVID ICE, NSICU, CVICU, and MSICU