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Jonathan Reece BSN, RN, CCRN

Elkton,MD

Summary

Accomplished Critical Care Nurse with a proven track record at Christiana Care Health System, specializing in emergency medicine and trauma critical care. Demonstrates exceptional decision-making and patient care. Compassionate professional with experience in managing needs of medically complex patients. Expert in assessing and managing treatments, administering medications, and developing individualized care plans. Proven record of responding quickly to changing patient needs and delivering positive outcomes. Dedicated Critical Care Registered Nurse with four years of direct patient care experience. Adept at doctor communication and patient education with extensive knowledge of trauma and surgical patients.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Critical Care Nurse

R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
05.2024 - Current

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.

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Christiana Care Health System
05.2024 - Current
  • 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.

Registered Nurse Surgical/Trauma ICU Nurse

Christiana Care Health System
05.2021 - 05.2024
  • 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.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Drexel University
Philadelphia, United States
10.2018

Skills

  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Intravenous therapy
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring
  • Shock Symptom Identification
  • Medical Device Monitoring
  • Emergency Interventions
  • Initial Trauma Life Support
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
  • Preceptorship

Certification

Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland (Compact)

Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification

Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Trauma Intensive Care

Emergency Department

Timeline

Critical Care Nurse

R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
05.2024 - Current

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Christiana Care Health System
05.2024 - Current

Registered Nurse Surgical/Trauma ICU Nurse

Christiana Care Health System
05.2021 - 05.2024

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Drexel University

Registered Nurse in the State of Maryland (Compact)

Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)

Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification

Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Certification

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)

Trauma Intensive Care

Emergency Department

Jonathan Reece BSN, RN, CCRN