Pamela D. Anstead, RN MSN, CVRN-BC
La Porte
Summary
Healthcare professional with strong background in patient care and medical support which provides the foundation for other roles. Dedicated to the education and advancement of nurses to provide high, quality care. Experienced in quality initiatives, regulatory compliance and clinical documentation review collaborating with others to ensure best practices. Experienced with nursing supervision and team leadership utilizing strong organizational skills with a track record of effective communication and problem-solving.
Overview
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1
Certification
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare
01.2025 - 11.2025
- Provide emergency care to the adult and pediatric population using nursing skills and protocols in the Emergency Department
- Provide nursing care to critical care patients in the MICU using the protocols and policies based on the Texas Board of Nursing Standard of Practice
- Experienced with multiple critical care patients, ventilator patients, multiple titratable medications, chest tubes, and critical care nursing.
Registered Nurse Cath Lab Prep/Recovery
UTMB Clear Lake
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Provide care to outpatient and inpatient cardiac catheterization patients using the protocols and policies outlined per facility.
- Experienced with the following Prep/Recovery Cardiac Catheterization Procedures: Left Heart Catheterizations, Right Heart Catheterization, PVI Ablations, SVT Ablations, Intracardiac Monitoring via Loop Recorder, Intracardiac Defibrillator implantation, Pacemaker Implantation, Watchman Implantation.
- Performed TEE.
- Monitored ICU patients post procedure.
Registered Nurse, CVICU/MICU
HCA Medical Center
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Provide nursing care to critical care patients in the MICU using the protocols and policies based on the Texas Board of Nursing Standard of Practice.
- Experienced with multiple critical care patients, ventilator patients, multiple titratable medications, chest tubes, and critical care nursing.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
CHI St. Lukes Patients Medical Center
12.2021 - 12.2023
- Provide nursing care to critical care patients in the ICU using the protocols and policies based on the Texas Board of Nursing Standard of Practice.
- Experience with COVID patients, medical ICU patients, ventilator patients, multiple titratable medications, chest tubes and critical care nursing care.
- Charge nurse for the ICU.
- ICU Unit Educator.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland-A Campus of Clear Lake
06.2021 - 12.2021
- Graduated from the Star Plus ICU program: A program for experienced nurses who want to work in the ICU setting.
- Provide nursing care to critical care patients in the ICU using the protocols and policies based on the Texas Board of Nursing Standard of Practice.
- Experience with COVID patients, medical ICU patients, ventilator patients, chest tubes, critical care patient.
Adjunct Faculty School of Nursing
College of the Mainland
08.2019 - 12.2021
- Taught Foundations of Nursing to first year nursing students.
- Taught Clinicals to a clinical group of 10 first semester nursing students.
- Taught online classes using Zoom and Blackboard during COVID.
- Graded all homework assignments through the education system, Blackboard.
Clinical Professional Development Educator
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake/Mainland
12.2016 - 05.2021
- Managed the education department prior to transitioning to the corporate model in 2019. Participated in the monthly director/leadership meetings.
- Met with surveyers for accreditation surveys for Chest and Primary Stroke Center.
- Hospital Educator (2019 – 2021) for the Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Medical Surgical Unit, Rehabilitation Unit and all of the ancillary staff.
- Managed the student placement system for the colleges/universities.
- Primary Healthstream Administrator.
- Managed the Nurse Residency Program.
Registered Nurse – Nurse Education Specialist II
Houston Methodist St. John
Houston, TX
10.2013 - 11.2016
- Nurse Residency Program Coordinator – Organize, coordinate and manage the Vizient Nurse Residency Program.
- Participated in the CCNE Accreditation.
- Develop curriculum and coordinate teaching for nursing staff clinical learning needs/bedside teaching to all nursing staff.
- Work with managers, directors on clinical related initiatives.
- Teach BLS and ACLS for staff.
- Serve on Houston Methodist System Committees.
- System Education Council.
- Nurse Residency Coordinator Committee.
- Evidence Based Practice Council.
- Research Assistant CITI.
- System Preceptor Committee.
- Serve on Houston Methodist St. John Committees.
- Professional Nurse Engagement Committee.
- Forms Committee.
- Manage the Preceptor Program.
- Teach Nursing Practice Act/Informed Consent/Impairment for Nursing Orientation.
- Mentor/Preceptor for employees/students seeking MSN at designated colleges/universities.
Registered Nurse – Clinical Documentation Specialist
Houston Methodist
10.2013 - 08.2014
- Conducted concurrent reviews of patient charts, including communicating with physicians through queries for documentation to comply with ICD standards and requirements.
Registered Nurse
Christus Santa Rosa Health System
San Antonio, TX
01.2010 - 08.2013
- Regional Education Coordinator, January, 2012 – 2013
- Managed orientation for newly hired nurses (nursing orientation) that included: Infection Control, Advance Directives, Core Measures, National Patient Safety Goals, Risk Management, Laboratory, Sepsis Screening, Modified Emergency Warning System (MEWS), Rapid Response Team, Crash Cart, Code Blue preparedness, Restraints, and Shared Governance.
- Taught, developed curriculum, and revised curriculum, as needed, for the following classes:
- Sepsis Screening Tool/MEWS.
- Critical Thinking for Nurses.
- Versant Critical Thinking.
- Preceptor Critical Thinking.
- CNA Orientation – Wound Care and Risk Management.
- Primary Administrator for the Kaplan Critical Thinking Assessment.
- Versant Nurse Residency Debriefing member.
- Versant Nurse Residency Critical Thinking Presenter.
- Member of the Professional Development Committee.
- Reviewed revised clinical policies for accuracy to nursing practice.
- Assisted in the reorganization of the Nursing Orientation Program to include the Family Patient Centered Care Model.
- Clinical Documentation Specialist, January, 2011 – 2012
- Formerly trained through 3M to conduct concurrent reviews of patient charts, including communicating with physicians through queries for documentation to comply with ICD standards and requirements.
- Cardiac Cath Lab and Stress Lab, January, 2010 – 2011
- Provided patient care to the heart catheterization patients in pre-op and holding areas.
Registered Nurse
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
San Antonio, TX
07.2005 - 12.2010
- Worked as a Registered Nurse in an agency setting which included traveling to various hospitals in the San Antonio area and performing the duties of a Registered Nurse. Areas of work included: Primarily Emergency Room, Intermediate Care Unit, Progressive Care Unit, and Telemetry.
Registered Nurse, Interim Manager/Charge Nurse
HCA Methodist Healthcare
San Antonio, TX
03.2009 - 12.2009
- Interim Manager/Charge Nurse in the Telemetry/Intermediate Care Unit - Supervised the daily operations of a 46-bed cardiac unit including staffing schedule, bed control and assignments for the floor, along with conducting leadership rounding for patient satisfaction. Provided nursing care to patients.
Registered Nurse, Supervisor
Spectrum Healthcare
San Antonio, TX
10.2007 - 05.2008
- Brooke Army Medical Center in the Family Medicine Clinic - RN supervisor where duties included supervising the team of LVNs and CNAs along with managing the day-to-day operation of the clinic. Maintained the telephone consult listing between the patients and providers on a daily basis. Team Leader for “Mock Code Blue Training Team” for the clinic and coordinated mock code blue training for staff. Taught BAMCs Code Blue procedure monthly during nursing orientation.
Registered Nurse, Supervisor Cardiac Stress Lab
UT Medicine
San Antonio, TX
05.2005 - 10.2007
- Cardiac Stress Lab Nurse – Conducted cardiac stress tests that included exercise and pharmacological tests. Interpreted all EKG tracings and consulted with the cardiologist on duty.
- Wrote and revised policies and procedures for the stress lab, nuclear medicine lab, and the echocardiography lab to prepare for ICANL Accreditation document.
- Maintained the ACLS education for the Heart Station and conducted monthly mock code blue situations.
Registered Nurse, School Nurse
Southside School District
San Antonio, TX
07.2002 - 06.2003
- School Nurse - Directed and operated the in-school clinic where the school was the designated school for the medically fragile and special needs children who required tube feedings throughout the school day.
- Managed staff that included one LVN and maintained the budget and ordering for the clinic.
Registered Nurse
McKenna Memorial Hospital
New Braunfels, TX
10.2001 - 07.2002
- Provided nursing care according to the Texas Board of Nursing Standard of Care in the following areas: Emergency Department, Telemetry, Intermediate Care Unit, Admissions Unit, Infusion Therapy Clinic and Bed Control.
EMT-Paramedic
San Antonio, TX
01.1988 - 08.1996
- Worked as a EMT – Paramedic in San Antonio, TX and Jasper County, IN.
- Administered emergency care to all age groups according to the medical or trauma protocol. Taught ACLS, BLS, ATLS, BTLS.
Education
Masters of Science in Nursing - Nursing Education
University of Texas – El Paso
El Paso, TXBachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Texas – El Paso
El Paso, TXAssociate of Science in Nursing - undefined
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TXClinical Simulation MOOC Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
Washington DCSkills
- Acute care and critical care expertise
- Critical thinking
- Strong clinical judgment
- Regulatory compliance/Quality Compliance
- Medical records management
- Charting and clinical documentation
- Student precepting
- Documentation
- Nursing performance assessment
- Decision-making
- Training staff
- Diabetes management
Certification
- Texas Registered Nurse License #682876
- Cardiovascular Registered Nurse – Board Certified (CVRN-BC)
- Basic Life Support Certification
Honors/Professional Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Golden Key International Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Texas Nursing Association, American Nurses Association, Presidential Honors, San Antonio College
Timeline
Registered Nurse Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare
01.2025 - 11.2025
Registered Nurse Cath Lab Prep/Recovery
UTMB Clear Lake
08.2024 - 01.2025
Registered Nurse, CVICU/MICU
HCA Medical Center
01.2024 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
CHI St. Lukes Patients Medical Center
12.2021 - 12.2023
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland-A Campus of Clear Lake
06.2021 - 12.2021
Adjunct Faculty School of Nursing
College of the Mainland
08.2019 - 12.2021
Clinical Professional Development Educator
HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake/Mainland
12.2016 - 05.2021
Registered Nurse – Nurse Education Specialist II
Houston Methodist St. John
10.2013 - 11.2016
Registered Nurse – Clinical Documentation Specialist
Houston Methodist
10.2013 - 08.2014
Registered Nurse
Christus Santa Rosa Health System
01.2010 - 08.2013
Registered Nurse, Interim Manager/Charge Nurse
HCA Methodist Healthcare
03.2009 - 12.2009
Registered Nurse, Supervisor
Spectrum Healthcare
10.2007 - 05.2008
Registered Nurse
Favorite Healthcare Staffing
07.2005 - 12.2010
Registered Nurse, Supervisor Cardiac Stress Lab
UT Medicine
05.2005 - 10.2007
Registered Nurse, School Nurse
Southside School District
07.2002 - 06.2003
Registered Nurse
McKenna Memorial Hospital
10.2001 - 07.2002
EMT-Paramedic
01.1988 - 08.1996
Clinical Simulation MOOC Certificate - undefined
George Washington University
Associate of Science in Nursing - undefined
San Antonio College
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
University of Texas – El Paso
Masters of Science in Nursing - Nursing Education
University of Texas – El Paso