Sarah Gross
Washington Heights,NY
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse
NY Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NY, NY
- Current
- Providing high quality, evidence-based patient care and patient advocacy in critical care setting in partnership with interdisciplinary care team, adding a human touch to care with concern and compassion
- Managing high acuity critical care patients requiring vital signs and neurological assessment every 4 hours, with high oxygenation requirements (high flow nasal cannula, continuous BiPAP, and tracheostomy to ventilator) continuous IV drips (cardiac medications, insulin, heparin, and PCA), and drains (IR placed gravity drain, Wound Vac, and chest tube)
- Escalating to and participating in emergency response scenarios as needed, such as rapid response, STAT intubation, stroke code, and cardiac arrest
- Precepting new graduate and experienced nurses to providing high quality, evidence-based patient care in Step Down level critical care medicine, creating instructive mentorship relationships tailored to individual learning and emotional support needs
- Assuming leadership role as charge nurse, providing support and guidance to nursing and support staff, managing patient flow in partnership with medical team, ICU triage and patient placement operations center, creating balanced nursing assignments on large high acuity unit, advocating for needs and safety of patients and staff.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Hunter College
Affiliations
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- American Nurses Association
- New York State Nurses Association
Certification
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support
- Narcan Certified
- Fundamentals of Emergency Preparedness
- End of Life Nursing Education — Consortium Core Training Certified
- New York State Registered Nursing License, 08/2019
Professional Practice Committees
Unit Practice Council Recorder, NYPH CUMIC, Medicine Step Down, NY, NY, NY, 07/2021 - Present, Participating in the conception and implementation of unit initiatives aimed at improving quality and patient safety, patient experience and staff experience, recording and disseminating important information about UPC and hospital wide initiatives.
Planning unit staff events to celebrate staff member life events and promote outside of workplace bonding, team cohesion, engagement, and job satisfaction.
Volunteer Experience
- NY Presbyterian / Columbia University Medical Center Cardiac Care Unit, NY, NY, NY, 2019
- Weill Cornell Clinical / Translational Science Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, NY, NY, NY, 2019
- Volunteers Around the World, Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic / Cusco, Peru, 2017 & 2018
Languages
English, Spanish, Hebrew
Timeline
Clinical Nurse
NY Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- Current
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Hunter College
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support
- Narcan Certified
- Fundamentals of Emergency Preparedness
- End of Life Nursing Education — Consortium Core Training Certified
- New York State Registered Nursing License, 08/2019
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