Julia DallaRiva, BSN, RN, PCCN
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
The majority of my nursing career has resonated around the direct care of cardiac and thoracic surgical patients, and the advanced heart failure population. My career began at Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, on the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit. During those initial years as a nurse, I completed the AACN nurse residency, cardiac nursing fellowship, and cared for a variety of cardiothoracic and vascular surgical patients. Over the last seven years, I have continued working with the advanced heart failure and post cardiac and thoracic surgery population at Mayo Clinic on the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit. Within the last two years, I have functioned as a Team Leader on 3West. I have demonstrated dedication to the role by the renewal of my Progressive Care and NIHSS certifications, attendance of the Heart Rhythm and ECG Conference, participation in staff education and monthly chart auditing.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Leader
Mayo Clinic Hospital
10.2022 - Current
- Participates and collaborates with management of staff
- Delegates and assigns appropriate patient care according to patient acuity, RN skill level, staff availability, and budget constraints
- Accountable for delegation of nursing care amongst inpatient care continuum
- Supports nursing staff by acting as a primary resource for all high acuity patient types
- Instruct nursing staff in various educational opportunities to enrich and expand knowledge of the 3West patient-specific population
- Assist in Relief Team Leader training
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic Hospital
01.2017 - 10.2022
- Relief Team Leader
- Precepted new employees, nurse residents, and students
- Participated as Resource RN for 3West
- Provide acute post surgical care for patients following cardiac, thoracic, and pectus excavatum surgery
- Care for patients with circulatory assist devices (Heartmate II, Heartware, Heartmate III)
- Manage inotropic, anti-arrhythmic, and anticoagulant intravenous drips
- Assess and implement advanced heart failure therapies
- Obtain central venous, pulmonary artery pressures, cardiac output and index via SWAN Ganz catheters
- Manage arterial lines, chest tubes, and various post surgical drains
- Educate patients and families on heart failure concepts, post heart transplant and LVAD lifestyle modifications and medications
- Analyze telemetry and provide interventions for arrhythmias
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to maximize positive patient outcomes.
Registered Nurse
Banner University Medical Center
07.2016 - 01.2017
- Administered medications safely according to policy while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Evaluated discharge healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
Registered Nurse
Nebraska Medical Center
02.2015 - 06.2016
- Cared for cardiothoracic post surgical patients
- Collaborated with case management, physical, speech, and occupational therapies
- Assessed and provided interventions for patients in an acute cardiac healthcare setting
- Collaborated in multidisciplinary team to provide care to heart failure patients and patients receiving Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery, Pacemaker Placement/Extraction/Interrogation, Video Assisted Thoracotomies, Ablation, Cardioversion, STEMI, and Valve replacement
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Discontinued venous and arterial femoral sheaths following heart catheterizations
- Managed arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, tracheotomies, epidurals, patient-controlled anesthesia, and urinary devices
- Educated Heartmate II patients and family on activity level, life-style changes, and medications
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Creighton University
Omaha, NE12.2014
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of The Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX05.2013
Skills
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Attention to Detail
- Staff education and training
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Quality Improvement
- Conflict Resolution
- Daily workflow improvement
- Chart Auditing
Certification
- Registered Nurse, RN#201419, February 2015-Present
- Progressive Care Certified Nurse, October 2018- Present
- Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 2015, Present
- NIHSS Certification, 2020-Present
Professional Development
- Pulmonary Artery/Ultrafiltration/Pulmonary Hypertension Class Instructor 2023-present
- Assisted with Education Auditing 2023
- Acuity Plus Unit Monitor 2022-present
- Sleep Enhancement Workgroup 2023
- 3West UBC Member 2021-present
- 12th Annual Heart Rhythm and ECG Conference 2023
- Relief Team Leader, June 2022
- Assisted with Skills Day Education, March 2020, 2023
- AACN Critical Care Course, Mayo Clinic Hospital, March-June 2019
- End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, Mayo Clinic Hospital, April 2019
- Care, Innovation, and Transformation Team, Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
- Falls Quality Committee, Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
- Nurse of the Quarter Honorable Mention, Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
- HCAHPS Recognized Nurse, Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
- Cardiac Nursing Fellowship, Nebraska Medical Center, 2016
- AACN Nurse Residency Program, Nebraska Medical Center, 2015-2016
Research
- Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, Nurse Residency/ Falls Research Project and Presentation/, 02/2016
- University of Texas Health Science Center; Greehey Children's Cancer Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, Student Researcher/ Summer 2012
Timeline
Team Leader
Mayo Clinic Hospital
10.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse
Mayo Clinic Hospital
01.2017 - 10.2022
Registered Nurse
Banner University Medical Center
07.2016 - 01.2017
Registered Nurse
Nebraska Medical Center
02.2015 - 06.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Creighton University
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of The Incarnate Word