Overview
Work History
Education
Objective
Certification
References
Timeline
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Tara Schnacker

Lakewood,CO

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Staff RN/Charge RN

Castle Rock Adventist Hospital
Castle Rock, CO
01.2014 - Current
  • Prepped and recovered surgical patients
  • Acted as charge nurse for a 8 bed, mixed unit ICU
  • Preceptor for new graduates and new hires
  • Respond to Rapid Responses, Code Blues, and Cardiac Alerts
  • Expert with EPIC and Meditech charting system
  • Worked collaboratively with physicians, physicians assistants, nurse practitioners and staff to provide quality patient care
  • Assist physicians with : intubations, placing central lines, alines, Bronchoscopies, Tracheotomy's chest tubes, dialysis catheters, difficulty foley insertions, wound care and etc
  • Care of patients with: multi-system organ failure, sepsis, ARDS with or without being proned ARF, COPD with / without Bipap needs, Pre/Post Caths ( with or without interventions), STEMI, NSTEMI, DKA, CVA, PNA, post- cardiac arrest with hypothermia protocol, Pancreatitis, all varieties of surgical patients, isolations patients, ETOH withdrawal, massive transfusion with Level One , Acute Poisoning, and etc
  • Balanced the schedule every 6 weeks through At- Staff and Clairvia

Assistant Nurse Manager/ICU Educator/ICU RN

Castle Rock Adventist Hospital
Castle Rock, CO
06.2017 - 03.2019
  • Organized and led the Unit Based Council meetings for ICU
  • Designed and Implemented competencies after researching best practice and reviewing policy and procedures ie : TTM, bladder pressure monitoring, WHO hand hygiene, ABG interpretation, blood administration, pain management
  • Educated staff on requested topics for the unit
  • Organized in-services for staff on required education for the unit
  • Balanced the schedule for the unit every 6 weeks and became proficient with At Staff and Clairvia for staffing needs and scheduling
  • Managed conflict between associates
  • Evaluated staff yearly for raises through goal performance and proficiency
  • Attended Leadership classes ie: LEAP, LEAN
  • Created and Implemented a new process in ICU through LEAN that decrease ED admission time to ICU
  • Main preceptor for all new associates and helped to organize the residency program
  • Helped to implement change in unit by starting bedside report
  • Conducted interviews and hired new staff

Clinical RN/Relief ANM

St. Anthony's North
Westminster, CO
01.2005 - 12.2013
  • Staff nurse on a 13 bed, mixed unit ICU and 9 bed PCU
  • Head Clinical RN for 7 years, orienting most new staff to ICU/PCU. Relief ANM
  • See description of care of patients and collaboration for unit above in addition to balloon pump and CRRT patients

Traveling RN

Medical Express
Westminster, CO
06.2001 - 01.2005
  • Traveled all around the country taking care of a variety of patients in the ICU setting
  • Mixed unit ICUs, primarily: SICU, CICU, and MICUs

RN

Largo Medical Center
Largo, FL
01.1997 - 06.2001
  • Worked as a staff nurse/charge nurse on a post-op open heart floor with ratio of 4:1 patient to nurse the 1st year
  • In 1998, transferred to a 16 bed medical surgical ICU where I worked as a staff nurse/charge nurse

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Florida State University
1996

Associate of Science - Nursing

St. Petersburg Junior College
1994

Objective

Seeking an Admit/Discharge/Transfer nurse position at Common Spirit St. Anthony's Hospital .

Certification

  • Colorado RN License
  • ACLS
  • BLS
  • CCRN
  • NIHSS
  • TCAR

References

  • References provided upon request

Timeline

Assistant Nurse Manager/ICU Educator/ICU RN

Castle Rock Adventist Hospital
06.2017 - 03.2019

Staff RN/Charge RN

Castle Rock Adventist Hospital
01.2014 - Current

Clinical RN/Relief ANM

St. Anthony's North
01.2005 - 12.2013

Traveling RN

Medical Express
06.2001 - 01.2005

RN

Largo Medical Center
01.1997 - 06.2001

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Florida State University

Associate of Science - Nursing

St. Petersburg Junior College
  • Colorado RN License
  • ACLS
  • BLS
  • CCRN
  • NIHSS
  • TCAR

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