MILESSA BARTHOLOMEW, BSN, RN, CCRN-CSC
Ardmore,PA
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Heart and Vascular ICU
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04.2022 - Current
- Managed patients on multiple devices at a time.
- Managed pre and post-operative care for those undergoing procedures such as CABG, TEVAR, TAVR, valve replacements, PPM, and ECMO cannulations.
- Assisted during emergency events, including open chest codes and emergent ECMO cannulation.
- Participated in device management for CRRT, balloon pump, Impella, LVAD, RVAD, and VA/VV ECMO.
- Collaborated with providers to wean VV and VA ECMO settings effectively.
- Titrated vasoactive drips and sedation to stabilize patient conditions.
- Monitored hemodynamics via arterial lines and Swan-Ganz catheters.
- Initiated the TTM protocol for post-cardiac arrest patients.
- Clinical lead and preceptor.
Cardiothoracic ICU
Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest
Allentown, Pennsylvania
06.2024 - 11.2025
- Provided comprehensive care for pre and post-operative patients undergoing cardiac procedures including CABG, TAVR, PPM, and RVAD.
- Followed mass transfusion protocols for patients experiencing significant bleeding post-cardiac surgery.
- Assisted in stabilizing coding patients requiring urgent intervention in the operating room.
- Collaborated with respiratory therapists to enhance patient safety during ventilator weaning trials.
- Titrated vasopressors to sustain hemodynamic stability.
- Monitored patient lab values to better lead clinical decisions and treatment modifications.
- Charge nurse and preceptor.
Short Stay Unit
Henry Mayo Medical Center
Santa Clarita, CA
12.2021 - 03.2022
- Prepared patients for diagnostic testing, including CT, MRI, and stress tests.
- Facilitated admission and discharge processes for multiple patients each shift.
LTAC
Barlow Respiratory Hospital
02.2020 - 12.2021
- Monitored patients during ventilator weaning trials and conducted daily tracheostomy care.
- Performed wound care for stage IV pressure injuries and managed wound vacs effectively.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA05.2019
Skills
- Recovery of open heart surgery patients
- Extracorporeal Membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
- Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
- Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): HeartMate II and III
- Valve replacements
- Septic, hemorrhagic, and cardiogenic shock
- Targeted Temperature Management (TTM)
- Ventilator management
- Card coordination and advocacy
- Assisted with:
- Bedside chest tube insertion
- Pulmonary artery catheter and central line insertion
- Open chest blood clot evacuation
- Emergent Ecmo cannulation/ emergent exchange of ECMO circuit
Certification
- Pennsylvania RN License: RN740583 expires: 2026-04
- California RN License: 95204095 expires: 2027-06
- CCRN expires: 2027-10
- CSC expires: 2027-10
- ACLS expires: 2025-12
- BLS expires: 2025-12
Professional Enrichment/ Anesthesia Related Experience
- 2024-2025
- AACN CCRN score evaluation committee member
- Completion of 17 hours of CRNA shadowing experience
- New graduate mentor
- IV Ultrasound teaching volunteer
- American Associate of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)- Member and Ambassador
- 2023-2025
- Unit based council voting member
Timeline
Cardiothoracic ICU
Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest
06.2024 - 11.2025
Heart and Vascular ICU
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
04.2022 - Current
Short Stay Unit
Henry Mayo Medical Center
12.2021 - 03.2022
LTAC
Barlow Respiratory Hospital
02.2020 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
La Salle University