Lina Benetis

Registered Nurse Highly skilled Critical Care professional with >16 years practical experience in ICU and CCU; Provided care for patients with strokes, ICH, post-op craniotomies, post cardiac arrest, respitory failures, asthma, COPD, acute MI, arrhythmias, CHF, Hospice patients; Administered and titrated paralytics, sedatives, vasoactive drugs, analgesics, PCA, TPN, blood products. Provided care, monitoring, and maintenance to patients receiving mechanical ventilation, BIPAP, tracheostomies, post TPA administration, central lines: TLC, PICC, porta-Cath, A-lines, EVD, Arctic Sun devise; Monitored and documented ICP, CVP, EKG changes, applied knowledge of National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS); Performed physical and neurological assessments, evaluation, education regarding medications and treatment; phlebotomy, Foley catheter insertion, peripheral IV insertions; created, individualized care plans; assisted doctors with intubating patients, central lines, and EVD insertion procedures. Acted as preceptor to new hired nurses in ICU, participated in PI projects, educated nurses on ETCO2 set up and monitoring.

• Licenses, States of New Jersey and New York 2008-current
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 2005-current
• Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) 2016-current
• Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) 2015-current