Maxwell Lay
Grand Rapids,OH
Summary
Compassionate intensive care unit (ICU) Registered Nurse with 2 years and 9 months experience caring for critically ill patients at a Level 1 Trauma Center. People-oriented with a steadfast commitment to human service.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
ProMedica Toledo Hospital- Coronary ICU
Toledo, OH
08.2021 - Current
- Admit and care for critically ill patients with ailments such as cardiac arrest, acute coronary syndromes (Angina/STEMI/NSTEMI), congestive heart failure, sepsis, multi-organ failure, and more.
- Act as the hospital's STEMI RN assisting both the catheterization lab team during STEMI alerts and the hospital's code team during code blues.
- Monitor patients continuously and educate patients and their families on various health conditions, medical therapies, equipment used, medications, and strategies for health maintenance post-hospital.
- Coordinate consults between physician groups and communicate any and all concerns.
- Manage ventilators, continuous renal replacement therapy, Swan-Ganz catheters, intra-aortic ballon pumps, therapeutic hypothermia protocol, central lines, and arterial lines.
- Titrate IV vasopressors and sedation.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Promedica Flower Hospital - Hickman Cancer Center
Sylvania, OH
05.2019 - 08.2021
- Assigned RNs their patients, brought patients from waiting room to treatment room, gathered vital signs, answered call lights, and responded to adverse reactions.
- Communicated with patients to determine feelings of pain and fatigue, current medications, changes in health history, and concerns prior to treatment.
- Kept supplies stocked within patient rooms.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to provide high-quality patient care and documented information in patient charts to communicate status updates to medical staff.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lourdes University
Sylvania, OH05.2021
Skills
- Commitment to patient and family member advocacy through therapeutic communication and patient-centered care
- Adaptability and critical thinking
- Collaboration and teamwork with interdisciplinary healthcare team
- Management of complex health conditions
Certification
- BLS Provider; American Heart Association - Issued 8/2022 (Valid through 2024)
- ACLS Provider; American Heart Association - Issued 9/2023 (Valid through 2025)
- RN License Valid in Ohio
- Ultrasound IV Certified
Additional Information
- Excellence in Clinical Nursing Practice Certificate (2024)
- Employee of the Quarter Award for Compassion (2nd & 3rd Quarters of 2022)
- Finalist for "Rising Star-New Nurse Resident" (2022)
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Member- 9/2023-present
Timeline
Registered Nurse
ProMedica Toledo Hospital- Coronary ICU
08.2021 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Promedica Flower Hospital - Hickman Cancer Center
05.2019 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Lourdes University
- BLS Provider; American Heart Association - Issued 8/2022 (Valid through 2024)
- ACLS Provider; American Heart Association - Issued 9/2023 (Valid through 2025)
- RN License Valid in Ohio
- Ultrasound IV Certified
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