Paula Barakos
Port Saint Lucie,FL
Summary
Passionate and knowledgeable ICU Nurse with 12 years of nursing experience including 5 years of ICU, and 7 years in urology, medical surgical, telemetry, and progressive care units. Excellent people, problem solving and clinical skills . Strong critical care knowledge including caring for neuro, surgical and medical ICU patients, continuous renal replacement therapy and, targeted temperature management , and team lead skill. Love working with challenging patients, and families.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Intensive Care Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital
Port Saint Lucie, FL
02.2010 - Current
- Oversee delivery of care for all patients on 20-bed SICU, MICU, and Neuro ICU, and 12 bed Progressive Care Unit, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of nurses, patient care technicians, cardiac monitor technicians , collaborate with critical care team, nursing supervisor, etc
- Lead team huddles twice a shift on changes in hospital policies, standards of care, staff and patient issues, completing nursing assignment's based on patient acuity , complete safety checks per shift on ICU equipment, coordinate bed assignments with nursing supervisor, assist with challenging family dynamics and escalated issues, and staff concerns
- Respond and participate in majority of codes including rapid responses, code blue/hypothermia (determining inclusion/exclusion), and stroke alerts and coordinate their transfer to ICU or PCU
- Direct patient care assignments including assisting critical care doctors, and neurosurgeons with bedside procedures such as arterial, lines, central lines, ventriculosyomy, chest tube placement, deliver and titrate medications, critical care thinking, including patient assessments,treatment implementations, wound care, collaboration with ICU team to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions promoting stabilization
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center
Fort Pierce, Fl, FL
01.2007 - 01.2009
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL06.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Ft. Pierce, FL05.2009
Master of Arts - Social Work
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA05.1995
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA05.1992
Skills
- Current Florida licensure with State Board of Nurse Examiners
- Proficient in EPIC
- Critical Care Nursing
- Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- NIHSS
- ECG
- Neurological monitoring
- Organ donor procedures
- Respiratory maintenance
Timeline
Intensive Care Nurse
Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital
02.2010 - Current
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Lawnwood Regional Medical Center
01.2007 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Associate of Science - Nursing
Indian River State College
Master of Arts - Social Work
Temple University
Bachelor of Arts - Social Work
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
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