Mallory Airhart
Long Beach,USA
Summary
Critical care professional with strong background in pediatric and neonatal critical care transport nursing. Strong background in teaching with many experiences including providing lectures, precepting, and many years of being a clinical instructor. Expertise includes advanced patient care, emergency response, and life support protocols. Known for effective team collaboration, adaptability, being a team player and maintaining high standards in dynamic environments. Skilled in patient assessment, critical decision-making, and comprehensive patient support during transport. Recognized for reliability, honesty, positive attitude and consistent achievement of positive patient outcomes.
Overview
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Certification
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19
years of professional experience
Work History
Critical Care Transport Nurse
CHOC
Orange, CA
07.2025 - Current
- Managed critical care transport for pediatric and neonatal patients using advanced life support techniques from outside facility ERs or NICUs back to CHOC via ambulance or helicopter transportation methods.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient-centered care protocols while in the field on calls with primarily one respiratory care practitioner and an EMT, and occasionally a physician.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to determine patient needs during transport, ensuring optimal stability. Operated with much autonomy via the use of standing medication orders provided to the team.
- Management of IV drip medications, advanced airways and insertion of them, chest tubes, IOs, needle thoracentesis, UV and UA lines and insertion of them.
Critical Care Transport RN
Miller Children’s Hospital
Long Beach, CA
12.2019 - 07.2025
- Responsible for total care and management of one critical pediatric or neonate patient while in transport via ambulance or helicopter from outside facilities back to Millers Children's.
- Responsible for performing various skills – which includes, but is not limited to; thoracentesis, IO placement, PIV placements with and without ultrasound, OG, NG tube placements and medication administration including many drip medications.
- Acts as the team leader on calls and collaborates with various members of the health care team. When on a call, the team consists of one RN, one RCP, one EMT and occasionally an MD.
- Ultrasound IV access trained and respond to all the units at Millers to place difficult IV sticks
- Trained in PICC pullbacks or removals if needed
Mentor for LBUSD/Long Beach Memorial Partnership
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
Long Beach, CA
07.2023 - Current
- Participate as a mentor/instructor to groups of 16 high school students that are participating in a career pathway internship type program that exposes them to the health care industry and the various careers within it.
- Teach and evaluate basic hands on RN skills to the students using demonstration and return demonstration.
- Prepare, plan and instruct the students in a trauma simulation and inpatient simulation.
Registered in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
11.2015 - 12.2019
- Responsible for total care and management of 1-2 patients for 12 hour shifts – continuous head to toe assessments and monitoring. Cared for medical, surgical, chronic, acute, oncology, trauma, CVVH and ECMO patients.
- Responsible for management of life sustaining equipment such as; multiple drip medications, ventilators including oscillators, chest tubes, EVDs, bolts, submandibular airways, nasal airways, tracheostomies, and CVVH.
- Implementation of many skills such as, but not limited to; PIV placement, in and out catheterizations, foley catheterizations, NGT placement, tracheostomy changing and management, arterial and central line care.
- Performing the role of team leader for the unit, which includes responding to codes the occur throughout the hospital and being a resource to coworkers during the entire shift.
- Responsible for communication between all members of patient care team and for acting as a team player.
- Precepted multiple new grad nurses and new hire nurses for years on the unit.
Clinical Instructor at Concordia University
Concordia University
Irvine, CA
10.2013 - 07.2018
- Responsible for 6-8 students during a 12 hour clinical shift at participating facilities. Instructed students in medication administration, formulating care plans, gave a one hour didactic on main pediatric ailments every shift and performed mid and end of the quarter evaluations.
- Implementing multiple teaching techniques and introducing multiple skills and concepts to the students
- Evaluations of students performances and conveying feedback – as well as grading care plans and case studies.
- Coordination of curriculum with fellow instructors at the University.
Registered in Emergency Department
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
10.2013 - 09.2015
- Responsible for total care and management of 4 patients at a time while they are in the ED.
- Provide family centered care to patients and family and collaborate with all members of the health care team.
- Implementation of many skills such as, but not limited to; PIV placement, in and out catheterizations, foley catheterizations, NGT placement, code participation, trauma participation, obtaining labs, advanced airway insertions and management, and medication administration including drips.
- Implements therapeutic communication techniques when speaking with families and patients and providing discharge instructions and education.
Registered on Pediatric Med/Surg Unit – 5 East
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
10.2011 - 10.2013
- Responsible for total care and management of patients for 12 hours on an inpatient acute care unit that focuses on respiratory illnesses.
- Provide family centered care to patients and family and serve as a collaborator between all members of the patient care team.
- Responsible for head to toe assessment and notice of change in patient’s condition throughout the twelve hour shift.
- Intravenous, oral and NGT or GT medication administration utilizing the five rights.
Registered Nurse in Endocrine Clinic
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA
03.2011 - 09.2011
- Responsible for screening patients, obtaining vitals and downloading insulin pump data.
- Responsible for administering IM injections weekly, operating A1C machines, refilling prescriptions via fax and phone, and providing diabetic education to patients and their families.
Registered Nurse on Pediatric Acute Unit
Miller Children’s Hospital
Long Beach, CA
07.2008 - 03.2010
- Responsible for total care and management of 3-4 patients and their families and collaborating with entire health care team.
- Responsible for head to toe assessment and notice of change in patient’s condition throughout the twelve hour shift
- Perform medication administration given via various routes such as; intravenous, oral, NGT and GT.
- Implementation of various skills such as; tracheostomy care, foley insertion, in and out catheterizations, PIV placement, and lab collections.
Clinical Career Extender Trainer
COPE Health Solutions
Los Angeles, CA
04.2007 - 04.2009
- Responsible for presenting a one hour power-point presentation on vital signs and their interpretations to a group of 200-400 pre-medical and pre-nursing students in an internship program
- Performs a question and answer session that pertains to various elements regarding applying to nursing programs and nursing as a career.
Patient Care Assistant
Miller Children’s Hospital
Long Beach, CA
06.2007 - 07.2008
- Responsible for making sure all patients on unit have basic needs such as water, meals, blankets, pillows and any other comfort items.
- Works side by side with nursing and hospital staff to assist with various challenges throughout day.
- Baths, feeds, and changes diapers of babies on unit, changes linen, restocks supplies for the unit, and is responsible for obtaining weights on all patients.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
California State University
Carson, CA05-2012
Associates Degree of Science - undefined
Long Beach City College
Long Beach, CA05-2008
Skills
- Critical care pediatric and neonatal nursing
- Teaching
- Advanced life support
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Trauma nursing
- Life-sustaining machines
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Family-centered care
- Problem-solving
- Critical thinking
- Multitasking
- Honest and dependable
- Time management
- Technology: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet
Certification
Registered Nurse, State of California (BRN# 732314), CCRN, ACLS, PALS, NRP, BLS
Timeline
Critical Care Transport Nurse
CHOC
07.2025 - Current
Mentor for LBUSD/Long Beach Memorial Partnership
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
07.2023 - Current
Critical Care Transport RN
Miller Children’s Hospital
12.2019 - 07.2025
Registered in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
11.2015 - 12.2019
Clinical Instructor at Concordia University
Concordia University
10.2013 - 07.2018
Registered in Emergency Department
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
10.2013 - 09.2015
Registered on Pediatric Med/Surg Unit – 5 East
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
10.2011 - 10.2013
Registered Nurse in Endocrine Clinic
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters
03.2011 - 09.2011
Registered Nurse on Pediatric Acute Unit
Miller Children’s Hospital
07.2008 - 03.2010
Patient Care Assistant
Miller Children’s Hospital
06.2007 - 07.2008
Clinical Career Extender Trainer
COPE Health Solutions
04.2007 - 04.2009
Associates Degree of Science - undefined
Long Beach City College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
California State University