Nurse Coordinator in a virtual Emergency Department
This position is responsible for delivering exceptional nursing care to patients by utilizing strong organizational and leadership skills to assess patient status, implement clinical nursing interventions, develop and implement care plans to enhance and improve outcomes, and ensure a safe and therapeutic environment.
Registered Nurse
Vassar Brother Medical Center, Poughkeepsie NY
01.2021 - 05.2023
Staff RN in a busy level II Trauma Center and teaching hospital in the Critical Care and Cardiothoracic Critical Care Unit.
Provided quality care for a wide variety of acute level patients including COVID patients, post-op patients, fresh open heart patients, stroke and neuro patients and medical patients.
Comfortable and experienced in managing critical patients, including: intubated and sedated patients, CCRT, IABPs, EVDs, TTM, Swan- Ganz catheters, OR to ICU CABGs and open heart patients, proning ARDS patients, titrating a large variety of pharmaceutical drips.
Collaborated and communicated with interdisciplinary teams and peers to ensure desired patient outcomes.
Travel Nurse
Triage Staffing, NY
12.2019 - 12.2020
Completed 12-week travel contracts in Health Alliance Hospital (Kingston, NY) Vassar Brothers Medical Center (Poughkeepsie, NY) Westchester Medical Center (White Plains, NY).
These were contracts for the Critical Care Units, however I frequently worked in the Emergency department and Cath Labs in addition to contracted work in the Critical Care Units.
Traveling Nursing required a great deal of flexibility and adaptability. I did not receive my assignment until the beginning of every day and then would adapt to flexible daily assignments as needed.
Registered Nurse
Saint Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis IN
02.2016 - 08.2019
Staff RN in a busy Level I Trauma Center in the Cardiovascular/Thoracic Transplant Unit.
Provided quality care to acute patients primarily in advanced heart failure who required VADs, heart transplant and/or heart and kidney transplants.
This position required competency in caring for LVADs, Impella, IABP, ECMO, OR to ICU open hearts, fresh post op thoracic operations, Swans-Ganz Catheters, a vast variety of pharmaceutical drips, most commonly inotropes and vasopressors.
Registered Nurse
Reid Hospital, Richmond IN
09.2014 - 02.2016
Staff RN in a rural Level II Trauma Center on a medical surgical floor.
Provided high quality care of a large variety of low acuity patients.
In this position I learned the basics of nursing and interacting and communicating with interdisciplinary teams and physicians.
Registered Nurse
Bethany Village Rehabilitation Center, IN
04.2013 - 08.2014
After working as a CNA through nursing school, I started my career in a rehabilitation and long-term care center.
Providing care for mainly geriatric patients and patients requiring long term care.
In this position I learned the basics of nursing and interacting and communicating with interdisciplinary teams, physicians and peers.