Hardworking Intensive Care Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, ICU
Fairview Range - Level IV Trauma Center
05.2021 - Current
Proficiently manages up to 2 ICU patients in a 4-bed ICU while taking up to 3 medical-surgical patients on a 24-bed floor.
Successful insertion and management of peripheral lines.
Consistently manages central and picc lines.
Monitors wound healing and assesses for signs and symptoms of infection while performing non-sterile/sterile dressing changes.
Proficiently utilizes Epic to complete charting.
Provides efficient, direct care to high-acuity patients.
Assists with intubation.
Works in tandem with respiratory therapy to manage cpap and bipap machines.
Advocates for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners and verifying interventions meet treatment goals.
Works in tandem with respiratory therapy to manage ventilators via suctioning, titration of FiO2 as needed, and monitoring ET/OG/NG tubes for displacement.
Monitors and manages patient restraints when utilized.
Monitors patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
Administers and manages high risk medication drips to maintain and/or improve patient stability.
Administers medications via oral, IV, subcutaneous, and intramuscular injections while monitoring responses.
Successfully inserts and manages female and male catheters.
Facilitates therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention.
Delivers outstanding care to patients with acute and chronic conditions and manages care from treatment initiation to patient discharge.
Performs 4 hour and as needed assessments to evaluate individualized patient care needs and works with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.
Evaluates healthcare needs and goals for treatment while maintaining constant communication with interdisciplinary team.
Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Partners with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documents all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
Travel Registered Nurse - Cardiac Unit
Primetime Healthcare
12.2021 - 07.2022
Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
Conducted initial assessments, reassessments, documented findings in patient records and notified physicians of abnormal findings.
Administered medication, pain management and analysis of patient responses to interventions to improve individual performance.
Prioritized and revised patient care activities based on acuity of symptoms and patient preferences.
Maintained dressings for post-op cardiac surgeries.
Managed Bipap machines.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Fairview Range - Level IV Trauma Center
07.2019 - 05.2021
Proficiently manages up to 6 patients on a 24-bed floor.
Successful insertion and consistent management of peripheral lines.
Monitors wound healing and assesses for signs and symptoms of infection while performing non-sterile/sterile dressing changes.
Proficiently utilizes Epic to complete charting.
Successful sterile insertion and management of women/male catheters.
Facilitates therapeutic communication, conflict resolution, and crisis intervention.
Delivers outstanding care to patients with acute and chronic conditions and manages care from treatment initiation to patient discharge.
Performs ongoing assessments to evaluate individualized patient care needs and works with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.
Advocates for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners and verifying interventions met treatment goals.
Evaluates healthcare needs and goals for treatment while maintaining constant communication with interdisciplinary team.
Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Provides direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
Partners with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documents all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Registered Nursing
Minnesota State University Mankato
Mankato, MN
07.2023
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
Hibbing Community College
Hibbing, MN
07.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Hibbing Community College
Hibbing, MN
05.2019
Skills
Personal and professional integrity
Therapeutic communication
Medication administration
High-risk medication administration
Patient assessments
Direct patient care
Efficient detail-oriented charting
Ventilator management
BiPAP management
Chest tube management
OG/NG management
Central line, PICC line, Peripheral line management
EKG monitoring
Certification
Minnesota nursing license - expires June 2025
ACLS
BLS
PALS
Timeline
Travel Registered Nurse - Cardiac Unit
Primetime Healthcare
12.2021 - 07.2022
Registered Nurse, ICU
Fairview Range - Level IV Trauma Center
05.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Fairview Range - Level IV Trauma Center
07.2019 - 05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Registered Nursing
Minnesota State University Mankato
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts And General Studies
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