LAUREN WILKERSON
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Hardeeville,SC
11
years of professional experience
Caring, hardworking and service-oriented Registered Nurse with more than 11 years of Critical Care experience. Well-versed in offering evidence-based, therapeutic care for patients dealing with sepsis, multi-system organ failure, strokes and post-surgical situations. Collaborative and motivational leader with expertise in training new nursing staff and taking Charge of 40+ Bed ICU while providing top-notch service to teen through geriatric patient populations.
Work History
Medical ICU Registered Nurse
4 Years 8 Months- Assessed critically ill patients, prioritized care plans, and adjusted interventions based on continuous bedside monitoring.
- Served as a Charge nurse, preceptor, RRT lead
- Managed ventilator support, vasoactive drips, and invasive lines for complex medical ICU patients.
- Coordinated interdisciplinary rounds, communicating changes in patient status and advancing timely treatment decisions.
- Administered high-risk medications accurately while verifying compatibility, dosage, and infusion parameters
- Served as a preceptor for new nurses, facilitating orientation and integration into the ICU setting.
- Responded efficiently to medical emergencies within the hospital setting, providing life-saving interventions as needed.
Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
2 Years 5 Months- Monitor neurologic status and respond rapidly to changes in intracranial pressure, seizures, and stroke symptoms.
- Administer vasoactive drips, sedation, and complex IV therapies while maintaining critical hemodynamic stability.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary care plans with intensivists, neurologists, respiratory therapists, and rehabilitation teams.
- Perform comprehensive neuro assessments, ICU charting, and evidence-based interventions for critically ill patients.
- Mentor new nurses on ICU protocols, neuro monitoring, and high-acuity patient safety practices.
- Prioritize rapid interventions during neurological emergencies, ensuring timely escalation and continuity of care.
Neuro/Medical-Surgical ICU
9 Years- Performed nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
- Functioned as charge nurse of a 40+ bed ICU
- Managed all facets of telemetry including vasoactive drug administration and titration, thrombolytic therapy, and dysrhythmia interpretation
- Served as Team Leader during Codes in unit
- Instructed patients, families and caregivers on diagnoses, chronic disease management and medication self-management.
- Managed Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT), Balloon Pumps, Ventriculostomies, Craniotomies, Craniectomies
- Managed all facets of a critical care patient including but not limited to management of ventilator, sedative administration and titration, head to toe comprehensive assessments
- Served at Resource RN and Critical Care Outreach RN both of which are responsible for tending to emergencies both in and out of the ICU
ICU Step Down
2 Years 2 Months- Performed nursing care following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
- Established and implemented nursing care plans for each patient through assessment, development, activation and evaluation
- Managed and titrated vasopressors and mild sedatives
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary ICU team who oversaw ICUSDU
- Trained new RN staff
- Provided care to a plethora of populations, ethnicities and disease processes
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Skills
ACLS certified
BLS certified
NIHSS certified
CRRT certified
IABP certified
Management of Ventriculostomies
Peripheral line insertions
Ultrasound guided IV insertions
Timeline
Medical ICU Registered Nurse
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
02.2022 - CurrentRead More
Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
Memorial Health University Medical Center
07.2021 - 12.2023Read More
Neuro/Medical-Surgical ICU
Lee Health
10.2017 - 2021Read More
ICU Step Down
Lee Health
08.2015 - 10.2017Read More
University Of South Carolina
Bachelor of Science from Nursing
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