Jessica Hughes

Ambitious ICU nurse with 2+ years experience caring for critically ill patients in CVICU, Trauma ICU, SICU, and MICU. Successfully provides prompt, thorough assessments and efficiently implements not only physician instructions, but evidence based nursing practices as well. Adept at closely monitoring critical patients and assessing when to escalate patient medical needs appropriately. Calm and resourceful under pressure, skilled at handling emergent situations confidently and diligently. Dedicated to being a proactive member of the patient's healthcare team and advocating for the patient from admission to discharge

• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified
• CCRN
• NIH Stroke Scale
• Advanced competencies include: LVAD, RVAD, IABP, ECMO, CRRT, Impella

• Intensive patient monitoring and management of EVDs, PAC, transvenous pacemaker, chest tubes.
• Management of patients on ECMO, CRRT, LVAD, RVAD, IABP, Impella.
• Management of multiple vasopressors and inotropes.
• Multidisciplinary coordination of care.
• Process improvement related to nursing driven initiatives.
• Facilitating collaboration between multiple patient care teams to improve patient outcomes.

· Basic Life Support (BLS)

· Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified

· CCRN

· NIH Stroke Scale

· Advanced competencies include: LVAD, RVAD, IABP, ECMO, CRRT, Impella