Julie Davis MSN, RN, CV-BC

Educate and train nursing professionals in the clinical setting.

• Provide clinical support to 150 nurses working on various nursing units.
• Introduce new equipment and procedures through both in person and on-line training platforms.
• Participate in onboarding and orientation programs for both graduate nurses and experienced RNs.
• Program and curriculum development.
• Policy and procedure review and development.
• Establish and maintain educational records for nursing staff.
• Development and lecturer Dysrhythmia Course
• Development and lecturer Preceptor Workshop
• Participation in multiple hospital committees (i.e Nurse Quality and Practice Committee, Stroke Committee, Special Cares Committee, Collaborative Falls Committee, Executive Quarterly Education Committee).

• Provide pre-procedural and post-procedural patient care and teaching
• Perform circulating nurse and scrub nurse duties
• Participate as member of Hospital Informatics Committee
• Preceptor to new staff and students
• Charge nurse duties

• Provided pre-procedural and post-procedural patient care and teaching.
• Performed circulating nurse duties.
• Administered conscious sedation during cardiac and radiological procedures.
• Participated as member of Education and Best Practice councils.
• Preceptor to new staff and students.

• Provided continuous monitoring and assessment of assigned patients and their response to various treatments.
• Monitored and maintained patients while receiving advanced life support treatments such as Ventilator support, CVVH and IABP.
• Implemented nursing interventions based on critical thinking and assessment skills.
• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures such as central line placement, chest tube placement, thoracentesis and intubation.
• Provided education and emotional support to patients and families.

• Monitored patient status and interpreted pertinent data (EKG, vital signs, lab results); reported any changes to physician.
• Performed hemodynamic monitoring and titrated vasoactive and inotropic medications accordingly.
• Participated in morning grand rounds with physician and interdisciplinary team members to provide updates on patient condition and collaborate on plan of care.
• Prepared patients for procedures such as Cardiac Catheterization and Open Heart Surgery.
• Provided patient and family education and support regarding disease processes, procedures, medications and treatments.