Tara Gearhart

• Manage a caseload of 60+ patients, providing education on chemotherapy regimens and comprehensive side effect management.
• Partner with providers daily to minimize delays in care and support timely prior authorizations for treatment.
• Coordinate with hospital discharge planners to ensure smooth transitions to home, including home health services and durable medical equipment needs.

• Deliver safe and effective outpatient chemotherapy care for 5–10 patients daily, ensuring accurate administration and close clinical monitoring.
• Educate patients and families on chemotherapy agents, expected side effects, and home care instructions, with follow-up communication after treatment.
• Coordinate with physicians to keep appointments, treatment plans, and medications current and aligned.
• Serve in charge nurse role, troubleshooting clinical issues, managing treatment room flow, and determining placement for up to 70 patients daily.

Provided critical care to high-acuity medical ICU patients in a 1:1 to 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio.

• Managed complex care involving central lines, ventilators, endotracheal tubes, CVVH, multiple IV infusions, intra-aortic balloon pumps, hypothermia protocol, and vasoactive and sedative infusions.
• Responded to emergencies and supported patients through post-ablation and post-cardiac catheterization recovery.
• Partnered with care managers and physicians on discharge planning, post-acute transfers, and appropriate placement in rehabilitation, long-term acute care, and skilled nursing facilities.

• Provided high-acuity cardiac ICU care in a 1:1 to 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio.
• Managed complex cardiac patients undergoing heart transplant workups, pre- and post-cardiac catheterizations, ablations, intra-aortic balloon pump support, CVVH, hypothermia protocol, and treatment for congestive heart failure.
• Utilized advanced critical care skills with arterial lines, pulmonary artery catheters, and other hemodynamic monitoring and support devices.
• Coordinated with the heart transplant team to provide post-transplant education and support patient compliance with treatment plans.

Managed complex patient needs involving ventilators, tracheostomy tubes, chest tubes, central lines, dialysis, PEG tubes, wound care, dressing changes, and intravenous medications to ensure effective treatment and recovery.

• Cared for patients with diverse diagnoses, including congestive heart failure, pneumonia, COPD, renal failure, respiratory distress, severe burns, fractures, and other traumatic injuries, facilitating tailored care plans.
• Provided care in a 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio for medical, surgical, and trauma patients in an intermediate care setting.
• Developed expertise in caring for diverse surgical patients, enhancing clinical judgment and fostering multidisciplinary collaboration.