Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
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Accomplishments
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JUDITH CUTITTA

Tolleson,AZ

Summary

Highly trained Registered Nurse with strong clinical abilities and a successful career in both ICU, telemetry, and home care. Proactive and organized, with passionate commitment to first-rate patient care. Licensed in Arizona with expertise in critical thinking and problem solving.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

ICU Staff RN

Banner Health (Banner Estrella Medical Center)
03.2014 - 03.2025
  • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
  • Frequent assessments of critically ill patients.
  • Controlled ventilation and regulated drip medications to optimize patient hemodynamic outcomes.
  • Oriented to fresh open heart patients. Classroom time also complete.
  • Assess and address patient wounds including surgical wounds.
  • Maintain wound vac stability.

ICU Staff RN - Clinical Manager

Banner Health (Del E. Webb Medical Center)
01.2009 - 03.2014
  • Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
  • Clinical manager in the ICU for a total of 2 years along with filling in as resource nurse and running unit when not in that position.
  • Managed thru put of unit and 16 nurses as direct reports to myself at one time.
  • Regular ICU nursing duties including: Rotoprone beds, patients on hypothermia protocol, and managing balloon pumps.
  • ICU frequency in assesement and documentation of patients

ICU Staff RN

Sun Health Corp (Del E. Webb Hospital)
12.2004 - 01.2009
  • See other ICU experience
  • Sun Health bought out by Banner Health

RN - telemetry

Sun Health Corp (Del E. Webb Hospital)
11.2001 - 12.2004
  • Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
  • Monitor patients cardiac rhythms and treat as ordered
  • Charge nurse for 2 1/2 years on unit

RN - Case Manager

Hospice of Arizona
09.2000 - 11.2001
  • Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
  • Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
  • Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
  • Inform physician of any change in patients condition and treat as ordered.
  • Collaborate with other disciplines as needed to insure patients spiritual, social, and personal needs are met.
  • Set up medications for patient as needed. Order medication and equipment including oxygen as required. Follow up to ensure delivery.
  • Patient and family education on procedures, vital sign interpretation, and the dying process as needed.

LPN - RN

Vanguard Corporation (Maryvale Hospital)
06.1997 - 09.2000
  • Woman and Infant Services
  • As LPN, started out as a postpartum nurse responsible for mother and baby assessment and care post delivery.
  • Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
  • Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
  • Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
  • Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.
  • As RN was trained as an L&D nurse and assisted patients from start of birthing of baby until delivery and immediate post delivery care.
  • Also, as an RN, was trained to transition babies; this may have included multiple babies at the same time. Full care of newborn in mother's room from birth up to four hours later.
  • Assist in circumcision's.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
05.2006

Associate of Science - Nursing

Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
05.1998

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Active Listening
  • Monitoring
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • End of life specialist

Accomplishments

At this point in my career, I am looking for a part time position in pre op, post op, preferably outside of a hospital setting. Also open to a clinical setting.


Timeline

ICU Staff RN

Banner Health (Banner Estrella Medical Center)
03.2014 - 03.2025

ICU Staff RN - Clinical Manager

Banner Health (Del E. Webb Medical Center)
01.2009 - 03.2014

ICU Staff RN

Sun Health Corp (Del E. Webb Hospital)
12.2004 - 01.2009

RN - telemetry

Sun Health Corp (Del E. Webb Hospital)
11.2001 - 12.2004

RN - Case Manager

Hospice of Arizona
09.2000 - 11.2001

LPN - RN

Vanguard Corporation (Maryvale Hospital)
06.1997 - 09.2000

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Phoenix

Associate of Science - Nursing

Phoenix College

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