Shanna Lockhart
Moyock,NC
Summary
Experienced registered nurse with 15 years of practice across high-acuity settings including cardiac stepdown, PICU, PACU, cardiac device management, and emergency care. Proven leader serving as charge nurse and unit coordinator, recognized for clinical expertise, rapid decision-making, and the ability to guide teams through complex patient situations. Brings a strong commitment to patient safety, interdisciplinary collaboration, and delivering high-quality care in fast-paced environments.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
05.2025 - Current
- Administered critical care to diverse patient populations in high-pressure environments.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes and streamline workflows.
- Monitored patient vital signs, identifying changes to initiate timely interventions.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans, enhancing understanding and compliance.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PACU
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Provides care for pediatric patients recovering from anesthesia.
- Continuous monitoring, assessment, intervention, and reassessment.
- Manages post-operative pain and surgical sites.
- Educates patients and/or responsible guardians of post-operative instruction, including infection, post-operative complications, preventative measures, and medication administration.
- Provides family-center care to create a positive and healing environment.
Cardiac Device Nurse
Sentara Cardiology Specialists
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Monitored and reviewed cardiac rhythms in person.
- Collect and triage the information from remote transmissions.
- Input information into electronic health records.
- Elevate and program the cardiovascular implantable electronic devices in clinic under the supervision of a physician.
- Interpret devices for basic threshold and intracardiac measurements and make necessary program changes under the supervision of the electrophysiologist.
- Assess wounds post device implant on the initial visit of all post op patients.
- Educate patients on how their pacemaker/AICD works and instructed instructions on the function of the device they have.
- Educate patients and families regarding device function, schedule follow up appointments and schedule remote monitor appointments.
- Instruct patients on home monitoring and what they can expect from home monitoring.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PACU
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Provides care for pediatric patients recovering from anesthesia.
- Continuous monitoring, assessment, intervention, and reassessment.
- Manages post-operative pain and surgical sites.
- Educates patients and/or responsible guardians of post-operative instruction, including infection, post-operative complications, preventative measures, and medications.
- Provides family-center care to create a positive and healing environment.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PICU
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Provided nursing care to patients and families in the pediatric intensive care unit.
- Managed medical emergencies resulting from a variety of events (not limited to post-operative surgery for congenital cardiac defects, trauma, sepsis, and respiratory failure).
- Assessed and stabilized patients of a variety of age demographics.
- Provided care to patients requiring endotracheal tubes, tracheostomies, ventilators.
- Monitored patients during conscious sedation and administered appropriate medications.
- Administered variety of medications and intravenous drips while monitoring vital signs.
- Supported staff in a variety of roles such as critical care nurse and preceptor.
Registered Nurse
Sentara Heart Hospital- Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care
01.2008 - 01.2017
- Served as a Unit Coordinator, Charge Nurse and Unit Skin Champion
- Delivered responsive, compassionate, and patient-centered care to patients with multiple, chronic comorbidities.
- Assessed, developed, implemented, and evaluated patient treatment plans while adhering to practice guidelines and standards of care.
- Communicated with the multidisciplinary team to collaborate on patient care.
- Collaborated, educated, scheduled, and mentored newly hired nurses to meet the intrinsic need of high acuity patient population.
- Evaluated and organized staffing daily staffing ratios based on patient acuity.
- Became responsible for the scheduling of up to 20 staff members.
- Processed improvement opportunities to improve workflow, patient satisfaction, and staff satisfaction.
- Collaborated daily with team to ensure hospital-wide quality indicators are met.
- Was responsible for creating and implementing successful unit-based pressure injury prevention program.
- Assumed responsibility for daily bed flow of patients presenting to Sentara Heart Hospital needing placement.
- Reviewed patient charts to ensure appropriate patient care and documentation was being delivered.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
01.2021
Leadership Series - undefined
Foundations of Leadership
01.2015
Registered Nurse Program - undefined
Tidewater Community College
01.2009
Skills
- Emergency care
- Patient assessments
- IV insertion
- Trauma nursing
- Patient stabilization
- Condition monitoring
- Critical thinking
Timeline
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
05.2025 - Current
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PACU
09.2023 - 04.2024
Cardiac Device Nurse
Sentara Cardiology Specialists
01.2022 - 01.2023
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PACU
01.2019 - 01.2022
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Children’s Hospital of King’s Daughter- PICU
01.2017 - 01.2019
Registered Nurse
Sentara Heart Hospital- Cardiac Medicine Intermediate Care
01.2008 - 01.2017
Leadership Series - undefined
Foundations of Leadership
Registered Nurse Program - undefined
Tidewater Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Capella University
SKILLS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND HONORS
Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, PALS, Electronic Health Records: Epic, Cerner, Paceart, and Pace Mate, Nursing Excellence Award recipient (2017)