KELLY ANNE GALLAGHER
AdventHealth
Palm Harbor,FL
1
Certification
8
years of professional experience
Compassionate healthcare professional with exceptional clinical, didactic and leadership skills. Comfortable in a fast pace medical environment, able to handle emergency situations and adapt in crisis management. Successful in time management, prioritizing tasks, and exercising sound judgment to improve the quality of patient care. Excellent team player, with exceptional communication skills.
Work History
Registered Nurse, PACU
2 Years 7 Months- Administered post-anesthesia care, monitoring vital signs and patient recovery progress ensuring patients are hemodynamically stable and their airways are secure
- Rapid assessments and interventions implemented as needed
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive patient care plans.
- Educated patients and families on postoperative recovery protocols and pain management strategies.
- Relief charge in the afternoons, worked with OR supervisor for add-on cases and staffing
- Preceptor to new nurses to the department in the PACU area
- Communicates effectively with Physicians to ensure patient care and orders are appropriate
Registerd Nurse, Interim Team Lead Preop/PACU/PAT
6 Months- Coordinate daily PACU operations, staff assignments and workload distribution
- Serve as the primary clinical resource for the department
- Monitor PACU and Preop to facilitate timely transfers and discharges
- Provide leadership during patient emergencies
- Collaborate closely with anesthesia, OR staff and inpatient units
- Ensure proper discharge criteria are met prior to discharge or transfer
- Promote compliance with hospital policies, anesthesia standards, infection prevention as well as medication safety
- Act as a liaison between the bedside staff and nursing leadership
Registered Nurse, PCU & ICU
1 Year- Administered medications and treatments per physician orders in a fast-paced PCU environment.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to healthcare team promptly to ensure timely interventions.
- Educated patients and families on care plans, fostering understanding and compliance for improved health outcomes.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient care strategies.
- Precepted new nursing staff, enhancing onboarding process and promoting adherence to best practices in patient care
- Conducted comprehensive assessments, ensuring accurate documentation and continuity of care for complex patient cases.
- Promoted a positive work environment within the PCU/ICU team through collaboration, mutual respect, and proactive problem-solving approaches.
- Expedited critical medical interventions through timely recognition of early warning signs of patient deterioration or complications.
- Charted nurses' notes to reflect care provided to residents and residents' responses to care and intervention.
- Fostered strong relationships with other healthcare professionals, including physicians, therapists, and case managers, to facilitate coordinated care strategies.
Charge Registered Nurse, ICU
2 Years 2 Months- Administers medications and manages patient care
- Collaborated with doctors to implement individualized plans of care
- Manages patients on ventilators with the Respiratory therapist
- Manages and titrates medications and maintains patient records
- Assists with bedside procedures
- Guided new nurses through training and orientation processes
- Advised nurses transitioning from residency to independent practice
- Oversaw daily operations as relief charge nurse in PCU, ICU, and Med Surge units
- Responded to emergency situations as Rapid Response and CODE nurse
Registered Nurse CVICU
2 Years 11 Months- COVID-19 ICU Rota Prone unit member of 12 nurses
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for diverse patient populations.
- Ventilator, ECMO & CRRT management
- Rapid Response Team member
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Implemented and upheld all Covid-19 protocols
- Assisted with bedside procedures and provided IV sedation (tracheostomies, chest tubes, thoracentisis, paracentisis, endoscopies and colonoscopies)
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Associate in Nursing - Nursing
Bachelor of the Arts - Music (opera performance)
Skills
Medication management
Patient assessments
Documentation and charting
Patient documentation
Clinical judgment
Anesthesia monitoring
Emergency response
Team coordination
Precepting
Patient education
Certification
- Registered Nurse #9550933
- BLS
- ACLS
Timeline
Registerd Nurse, Interim Team Lead Preop/PACU/PAT
AdventHealth
02.2026 - 08.2026Read More
Registered Nurse, PACU
AdventHealth
01.2024 - CurrentRead More
Registered Nurse, PCU & ICU
AdventHealth
04.2023 - 04.2024Read More
Charge Registered Nurse, ICU
Advent Health Connerton
01.2021 - 03.2023Read More
Registered Nurse CVICU
Baycare Morton Plant Main
04.2018 - 03.2021Read More
The University of Hartford
Bachelor of the Arts from Music (opera performance)
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Keiser University
Associate in Nursing from Nursing
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Advent Health University
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
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