Mark Bleich
Kansas City,MO
Summary
Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and dynamic Registered ICU Nurse with 6+ total years of critical care experience in a high-volume, urban, level-one trauma center, pursuing a lifelong goal of a career in the field of anesthesia. Specialized with the ability to critically think within a fast-paced workflow while prioritizing and managing critically ill patients.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
University Health Truman Medical Center
05.2023 - Current
- Monitoring and managing patient's hemodynamics, airway, and level of sedation.
- Titrating vasoactive, sedative, and analgesic medications to desired outcomes.
- Utilizing special devices such as arterial lines, central venous pressure monitor, intracranial pressure monitor, cerebral perfusion monitor, and waveform capnography.
- Assisting in bedside procedures such as arterial line placement, central line placement, and emergent intubations.
- Monitoring patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Collaborating with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Monitoring critical patients requiring immediate surgical interventions and high acuity patients recovering from surgery.
- Providing exceptional care to highly acute patients needing complex care such as airway monitoring, ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
University Health Truman Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
- Providing care to patient's acutely suffering from penetrating and blunt trauma, stroke, STEMI, and other conditions requiring immediate medical care.
- Responding to codes quickly as a part of an orchestrated, efficient, skilled medical care.
- Providing exceptional care to high-acuity patients needing complex care such as ventilator management and titrating IV medications.
- Collaborating with physicians and other members of the medical team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Providing didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
Patient Care Technician
University Health Truman Medical Center
10.2018 - 08.2020
- Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
- Completed ADL's for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Maximized patient safety by Monitoring patients suffering from suicidal ideations, homicidal ideations, or elopement risks.
- Performed point of care testing and reporting result to nursing staff.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Saint Mary
Leavenworth, KS07.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Ottawa University
Ottawa, KS05.2016
Skills
- Arterial blood gas interpretation
- Interpreting EKG rhythm strips
- Waveform capnography interpretation
- Arterial line management
- Ultrasound-guided IV placement
- External Jugular IV placement
- ICP monitoring
- CVP monitoring
Certification
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
- Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC)
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
- Complex Behavior Management Training (CBMT)
Activities and Leadership Roles
- Complex Behavioral Management Training Instructor
- Member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses National and Local Chapter
- Captain of the Ottawa University Men's Soccer Team
- Eagle Scout
- Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Atlantis Project Study Abroad Alumni
- Zoll defibrillator Super User
- Cerner Infusion Suite Super User
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Surgical Intensive Care Unit
University Health Truman Medical Center
05.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
University Health Truman Medical Center
08.2020 - Current
Patient Care Technician
University Health Truman Medical Center
10.2018 - 08.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Saint Mary
Bachelor of Arts - Biology
Ottawa University
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