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Lauren McVey

Baldwinsville,NY

Summary

Enthusiastic, compassionate and detail-oriented Registered Travel Nurse with experience in advanced perioprative surgical settings, emergency medicine, and critical care environments that include post anesthesia care of adults and children, advanced life saving measures, critical care management and collaboration with various team members for exceptional patient outcomes.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Peri-op Travel Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2022 - Current

-Level 1 Trauma Center

-Charge Nurse

-Experience with Pre-op, Intra-op, Phase I and Phase II

-Frequent float to emergency department to assist with transition of patient from arrival to surgical procedures

Peri-op Travel Nurse

Mission Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022

Level 1 trauma center

-High acuity surgical procedures/post operative management including : craniotomies, open AAA, open belly whipple, radial neck ENT, radical breast reconstructions, multi-trauma orthopedic surgery, etc...

-Collaborated with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and various speciality team members

Peri-op Adult/Pediatric Travel Nurse

Palmetto Health Richland
01.2021 - 07.2021

-Level 1 Trauma center

-Specialized in vascular trauma procedures and neuro vascular emergencies

-Post operative management of pain and hemodynamics in both adult and pediatric populations

-Worked side by side with interdisciplinary teams to develop impactful treatment plans

Endoscopy Travel Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
08.2020 - 12.2020

-Recovery of endoscopy patients both outpatient and critical care level

-Assisted and recovered bronchoscopy, ERCP, EGD and colonoscopy procedures and assisted with discharge and education

Surgery Center/ED/SICU/ COVID ICU Travel Nurse

Yale New Haven Hospital Bridgeport
01.2020 - 08.2020

-Level 1 Trauma center

-Out patient surgical center/ inpatient PACU procedures

-Frequent ED float to triage and stabilize large number of critically ill patients

-ICU management of COVID patients, life saving measures, emergent intubations, continuous hemodialysis, ventilator management, etc..

-Post operative monitoring of burn, open heart, multi-trauma patients

PACU Registered Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2018 - 01.2020

-Level 1 Trauma center

-Intense case loads with frequent management of hemodynamics and unstable post operative patients

-Use of continuous pressors, cardiac medications, MTP, and re-intubation

Medical ICU Registered Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2016 - 07.2018

-Ventilator management, ECMO, CRRT, life saving measures.

-In depth collaborating with multidisciplinary team members of critical care team and various other specialties.

Education

Accelerated Bachelors - Nursing

Utica University
Utica, NY
06-2016

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT
09-2014

Skills

  • Organization
  • Critical thinking
  • Leadership and mentoring
  • Emergency response
  • Adaptable to new environments
  • Problem solving
  • Teamwork
  • ACLS
  • BLS
  • PALS
  • NISSH stroke scale
  • Moderate sedation

Timeline

Peri-op Travel Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2022 - Current

Peri-op Travel Nurse

Mission Hospital
07.2021 - 07.2022

Peri-op Adult/Pediatric Travel Nurse

Palmetto Health Richland
01.2021 - 07.2021

Endoscopy Travel Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
08.2020 - 12.2020

Surgery Center/ED/SICU/ COVID ICU Travel Nurse

Yale New Haven Hospital Bridgeport
01.2020 - 08.2020

PACU Registered Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2018 - 01.2020

Medical ICU Registered Nurse

Upstate Medical University Hospital
07.2016 - 07.2018

Accelerated Bachelors - Nursing

Utica University

Bachelor of Science - Public Health

Southern Connecticut State University
Lauren McVey