Maria Mattison
Summary
Patient-oriented Nurse with 23 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with Cardiovascular specialty.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, CVICU
AdventHealth Waterman
06.2012 - Current
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, ECMO, impella and ballon pump
- Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
- Preceptor to nursing, graduate nurses and transition nurses
- Previous Creation Health Coach
- Spiritual Ambassador
- Previous Nurse Practice Council Co-Chair
- Specialized Recovery of Cardiac Bypass, Valvular disease, thoracotomy, ECMO, EKOS, ablation and post catheterization patients
Registered Nurse, Vascular ICU
AdventHealth
02.2003 - 06.2012
- Relief Charge Nurse
- Primary preceptor to nursing, graduate nurses and transition nurses
- Diabetic Resource Nurse
- Previous Nurse Practice Council Chair with poster presentation at NTI
- Unit Mentor 2007-2012
- Specialized in the recovery of Thorocoabdominal aortic aneurysm, Thoracotomy, EKOS, femoral popliteal bypass, carotid endarterectomy and post vascular repair patients
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
Orlando, FL05.2001
Skills
American Heart Association Health Care Provider-ACLS and BLS
ECMO
Impella
Intra Aortic Ballon Pump
EKOS
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Removal of chest tubes
Neuromuscular blockade
Sheath removal
Affiliations
AACN Member
Philippine Nurses Association National and Local Chapter
Timeline
Registered Nurse, CVICU
AdventHealth Waterman
06.2012 - Current
Registered Nurse, Vascular ICU
AdventHealth
02.2003 - 06.2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences
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