Carina Innocentini
Summary
Compassionate nursing professional with 6+ years of experience dedicated to providing quality patient care. I am now seeking a registered nurse position that will allow me to utilize my strong nursing skills, educational background, and ability to work well with others.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Perioperative Services Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
03.2021 - Current
- Draw labs, start IVs, and administer medications per anesthesia protocol.
- Postoperatively, receive patients from anesthesia.
- Maintain the airway, monitor vital signs, the surgical site, and pain.
- Determine patient readiness for discharge home or in-hospital wings.
- Communicate discharge instructions verbally and in writing, ensuring that the patient and caretaker understand post-op care.
- Provide sedation using Versed, fentanyl, and pentobarbital to patients for medical imaging procedures, under the supervision of an MD.
- Act as a relief charge nurse
Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL
10.2018 - 03.2021
- Provide comprehensive care to general medicine, acute care, post-surgical, and respiratory patients in a 48-bed unit.
- Effectively communicate with patients, families, unit staff, and all members of the multidisciplinary team as a patient and family advocate.
- I took on the role of the second charge nurse, assisting the charge nurse and staff nurses throughout the shift.
- Use of practical skills, but not limited to: management of tubes and lines (NG/OG/G tubes, PIV CVCs, Foley catheters, insulin pumps, fecal management systems).
- Drain management, blood product administration, PCA/pain management, medication, and TPN/lipid/fluid administration.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
09-2018
Skills
- Patient education
- Pain management
- IV insertion
- Post-anesthesia care
- Cardiac monitoring
Membership
- Transition session facilitator for RN residency program
- BLS Instrcutor
- Member - Sigma Theta Tau National Nurses Honors Society
- Member- MAGNET Champion
- Member- Rewards, retention and recognition committee
Certification
- Registered Nurse, License no #041470621
- ACLS
- BLS
- PALS
Timeline
Perioperative Services Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
03.2021 - Current
Registered Nurse
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
10.2018 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain College of Nursing
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