OBINNA OGBUAGU
Grand Prairie,TX
Summary
Compassionate and highly competent ICU nursing professional dedicated to providing high-quality and individualized patient care with a focus on safety and evidence-based practices to improve overall treatment outcomes for complex critical adult patients in Intensive Care Units. Recognized for providing exceptional quality service. CCRN, ACLS, and BLS certified.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Nurse – Medical and Cardio-Thoracic ICU
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
02.2022 - Current
- Cares for pre/post-op CABG, valve replacement, endarterectomy, thoracotomy, and pacemaker patients while managing hemodynamic monitoring and titrating intravenous vasoactive medications accordingly.
- Participates in Code situations; BLS/ACLS Certified.
- Manages ventilated/sedated patients, arterial lines, central lines, continuous ECG monitoring, BIS monitoring, chest tubes and drains.
- Manages all pharmacological drips, including vasoactive/sedative drips.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members and assists with bedside procedures like CVC, chest tubes, and tracheostomy insertions/placement.
- Collaborates with and educates patient/family as appropriate in a critical care setting.
- Provides end-of-life care for patient/family as appropriate in a critical care setting.
- Serves as mentor for rotating students and new unit staff, providing training and guidance on nursing best practices within the intensive care unit.
Staff Nurse – Trauma and Surgical ICU
Baylor University Medical Center
08.2021 - 12.2021
- Provided trauma-specific patient care such as stabilizing critical patients, performing mass transfusion and fluid resuscitation, titrating intravenous critical drips by interpretation of non-invasive and invasive hemodynamic monitoring values, assist providers with chest tube, line insertions, and life saving bedside procedures, wound care, brain death protocols while working w/ organ procurement specialist, RSI, and following protocols to prevent VAP, CAUTI, and CLABSI.
- Provided care for patients with spinal cord injuries, acute head injuries, cerebral aneurysm, acute/chronic C.V.A/T.I.A.
- Assessed and monitored patients’ neurological statuses, including calculating and maintaining desired ICP and CPP values while reporting critical changes in patient clinical status to appropriate providers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Arlington
United States2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Adult -
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses(AACN)
2023
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) -
American Heart Association
2023
Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) -
American Heart Association
2023
Skills
- Massive blood transfusion protocols
- Hypothermia therapy
- External ventricular drain
- Mechanical ventilation
- ABG/lab values interpretation
- Tracheostomy care
- Chest tube management
- Cardiac rhythm strip interpretation
- Pacemaker management
- Brain death protocols with organ procurement process
- CRRT (Prisma Flex)
- Rotoprone therapy
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Timeline
Staff Nurse – Medical and Cardio-Thoracic ICU
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center
02.2022 - Current
Staff Nurse – Trauma and Surgical ICU
Baylor University Medical Center
08.2021 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas Arlington
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) Adult -
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses(AACN)
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) -
American Heart Association
Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) -
American Heart Association
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