Jonathan Reece BSN, RN, CCRN

Admission of patients into the intensive care unit with various different medical conditions requiring critical care focusing on trauma. Sound, ethical and collaborative decision-making ability consistent with medical protocols.

• Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
• Monitoring of hemodynamics; titration of vasoactive medications according to hemodymaic readings
• responsible for recognizing life threatening arrhythmias; accurate recording and reporting of lab values following the medical treatment; maintenance of various different IV lines, cardiac monitors, chest tubes, ventilators, and endotracheal tubes, etc..
• Treatment and monitoring patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
• Treatment and monitoring patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
• Demonstrated sound clinical judgment when making decisions about patient interventions under rapidly changing circumstances.
• Assisted physicians with invasive procedures such as central line insertions, intubations, and chest tube placements to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

• Optimized patient flow within the Emergency Department by collaborating with charge nurses in coordinating bed assignments and discharges according to capacity constraints.
• Upheld professional nursing standards and ethical principles when advocating for patients'' rights, respecting their autonomy, and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.

• Performed timely resuscitation and stabilization of acutely ill patients.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams for optimal patient care delivery and treatment planning.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Managed complex ventilation settings and titrated vasoactive medications in accordance with established protocols and physician orders.
• Oversaw various aspects of telemetry by administering pa catheters and arterials, vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation, and chest tubes.