Kasey Gardner
Snow Hill,MD
Summary
Current Interventional Radiology nurse of three years with three and a half years of Critical Care experience. Adept at collaborating with interdisciplinary medical teams. Dedicated to delivering high quality patient care and individualized plans for families and patients. Experienced in high level nursing skills such as: scrubbing in for sterile procedures, sedating and monitoring patients for both comfort and safety, and working collaboratively with radiologist, neurosurgeons, and vascular surgeons in over 100 different procedures. Both ACLS and BLS certified. Preceptor for new nurses in the unit. Always willing to work together as a team with fellow coworkers and loves to learn new things every day.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Interventional Radiology
Tidal Health PRMC
03.2020 - Current
- Work side by side with interventional radiologist, vascular surgeons, and neurosurgeons for procedures via vein and artery access
- Sedate and monitor patients in a high acuity environment
- Assist radiologist with scrubbing a variety of procedures including: drain placements, biopsies, paracentesis, thoracentesis, and chest tube placement.
- Respond on call to emergency cases such as clot retrieval strokes, embolization of ruptured aneurysms, dialysis catheters, nephrostomy tube placements, ivc filter insertions, lysis of upper and lower extremity clots.
- Precept new nurses to Interventional Radiology and teach them how to be a successful nurse in our department
Registered Nurse, ICU
Tidal Health PRMC
06.2016 - 02.2020
- Use critical thinking to care for patients who require a higher level of nursing care.
- Closely monitor patients for deterioration in status and remain in close contact with doctors to facilitate the best patient care.
- Assist with placing specialized lines at the bedside such as arterial lines, central venous lines, and dialysis catheters in a sterile manor with APP, PA, and MD
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Titrate specialized intravenous medications to appropriately treat patients with life threatening illnesses.
- Trained to run continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) on patients at the bedside who are too sick for regular dialysis.
Technician
Chesapeake Eye Center
11.2014 - 01.2016
- Collected patient's history, medications, and personal information to update charting at each eye visit.
- Provided specialized testing for patients with diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration to assess for progression.
- Worked patients up and prepared them for specialized surgeries such as laser treatments, lasik, and cataract removal.
- Checked vision, eye pressures, and refract for new glasses
- Served as a scribe for physicians
Education
High School Diploma -
Holly Grove Christian School
Westover, MD05.2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury, MD05.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University College of Nursing
Downers Grove, IL01.2018
Skills
- Patient and family advocacy
- Proper sterile field technique
- IV setup and IV medication management
- Emergency procedures at the bedside
- Ventilator management
- Sedating and monitoring patient for adverse reaction
- Critical thinking
- Professional bedside manner
Certification
BLS Certified
ACLS Certified
CRRT Certified
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Interventional Radiology
Tidal Health PRMC
03.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, ICU
Tidal Health PRMC
06.2016 - 02.2020
Technician
Chesapeake Eye Center
11.2014 - 01.2016
High School Diploma -
Holly Grove Christian School
Associate of Science - Nursing
Wor-Wic Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University College of Nursing
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