Vanessa Coyle
Downers Grove,IL
Summary
Nursing experience in emergency room, medical-surgical ICU, cardiac ICU, neruo-ICU, and pediatrics. Responsible for relief charge role in medical surgical unit, intensive care unit, and emergency room. Proficient in post cath lab patient care. Experienced with telemetry interpretation and external pacemaker management. Skilled in administration of cardiac drips, sedation, insulin drip, and alcohol withdraw medication drips. Ventilator, BiPap, CPAP, and vapotherm assessment and patient care. Qualified in CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy) treatment and protocols. Trained to manage and care for patients with EVD (external ventricular vein) and lumbar drain. Experienced with hypothermia initiation and patient management. Skilled in set up and management of chest tube. Adept in arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, and intracranial pressure monitoring. Preceptor of RN’s and nursing, paramedic, EMT students.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse
AdventHealth
05.2023 - Current
- Enhanced patient care by implementing evidence-based nursing practices and protocols.
- Streamlined nursing workflows for increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans for patients.
- Mentored and supervised junior nurses, fostering a supportive and professional work environment.
- Promoted a safe working environment by adhering to infection control policies and regularly reviewing safety protocols.
- Served as a liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and management, fostering open communication channels among all parties involved in patient care.
- Championed a positive work culture by recognizing exemplary performance from team members and addressing conflicts promptly when they arose.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
- Facilitated ongoing education for nursing staff through in-service training sessions and workshops on relevant topics.
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Medical Center Regional Resource Team Member- Emergency Department/Intensive Care- multiple locations, IL
06.2018 - Current
- Fulfill staffing needs at Hinsdale, LaGrange, Bolingbrook, and GlenOaks hospitals within Emergency room, Intensive Care, and Progressive Care Units
- Emergency room responsibilities include; nursing care of pediatric and adult patients in Level II trauma hospitals, IE: cardiac arrest, cardiac arrythmias, intubation, stroke, chest tube management, sexual assault, conscious sedation, triage, data analysis of laboratory and radiology results
- Initiation and management of critical care IV medications treating cardiac arrythmias, hypo/hypertension, stroke, DKA, alcohol withdraw, and sedation
- Intensive care responsibilities consist of providing nursing care to critically ill adult population through initiation and titration of IV drip medications IE: cardizem, amiodarone, nitroglycerin, levophed, dopamine, epinephrine, insulin, precedex, propofol, etc
- Intensive care management of patient post TNK administration, recovery and management of patient post cath lab, patient receiving CRRT, and hypothermia patient care and management
- Management of intensive care patient with chest tube, external pacemaker, or receiving oxygen support via ventilator, BiPap, CPAP, and vapotherm
- Monitor and manage patient arterial blood pressure and central venous pressure
- Provide care and management of central lines, IE: CVC, PICC, and arterial line
- Assumed relief charge nurse role in emergency room and PCU
- Preceptor of nurses and EMT/paramedic/nursing students.
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center- Emergency Department/ Medical Surgical Intensive Care- Joliet, IL
11.2016 - 06.2018
- Maintain ICU nursing care/responsibilities and fulfill staffing need for emergency room and ICU
- Level II emergency room RN treating pediatric to geriatric patients
- Nursing care of level I & II trauma patients IE: vehicle roll over, patient extracted from vehicle, gunshot wound, stab wound, overdose, cardiac arrests, stroke, MI, etc
- Perform telemetry interpretation, monitoring, and administration of medications treating hypotension, cardiac arrythmias, MI, DKA, and sedation
- Data analysis of laboratory results, blood work, and urinalysis
- Performance of urinary catheterization, IV placement, and obtain lab specimens
- Preceptor of nurses and EMT/paramedic/nursing students.
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center- Medical Surgical Intensive Care- Joliet, IL
11.2013 - 08.2017
- Provide patient care to critically ill adult population
- Evaluate telemetry and administer/titrate drips for cardiac arrhythmias, hypo/hypertension, alcohol detoxification, sedation, heparin, and hyperglycemia
- Proficient in management of ventilated patients and neurologically impaired patients
- Skilled in monitoring and assessing patients receiving paralytic with train of 4 and titrate medications according to guidelines
- Proficient in hypothermia treatment, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), external ventricular drain (EVD), and lumbar drain
- Monitor and manage patient arterial blood pressure and central venous pressure
- Management and care of central lines, IE: CVC, PICC, and arterial line
- Provide palliative and end of life care
- Cross-trained to Neurological ICU, Cardiac ICU, and Emergency Department
- Assume relief charge nurse role
- Precept nurses and student nurses
- Secretary of Unit based leadership committee.
Registered Nurse
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital - Emergency Department - Melrose Park, IL
03.2016 - 11.2016
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center – Medical Surgical Unit- Joliet, IL
07.2012 - 11.2013
Registered Nurse
Pediatric Health Associates - Naperville, IL
09.2011 - 07.2012
Patient Care Technician/unit secretary
Central DuPage Hospital- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit- Winfield, IL
05.2006 - 09.2011
Patient Care Technician/unit secretary
Good Samaritan Hospital- Pediatric/Medical Surgical Unit- Downers Grove, IL
02.2009 - 01.2011
Administration Assistant/Quality Control Specialist
HR III & IV dba Hardee's- Huntsville, AL
12.2000 - 10.2002
Quality Control Specialist
Ameriking Corporation- Westchester, IL
05.1996 - 10.2000
Education
Bachelor Of Science of Nursing -
Aurora University
Aurora, IL01.2013
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL01.2011
Skills
- Rapport Building
- Patient care planning
- Employee performance
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Staff education and training
- Team Leadership
- Nursing Care Coordination
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Care Quality Evaluation
- Medical record auditing
- Decision-Making
- Duty delegation
- Resource Allocation
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Clinical Instruction
- Critical Care
- Quality Improvement
- Staff Education
- Patient Advocacy
- Patient Care Standards
- Shared governance
- Clinical Leadership
- Time Management
Medical Electronic Charting Systems
- Cerner
- Meditech
- Epic
- Allscripts
Certifications License
- BLS/CPR
- ACLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
- ECRN
- TNCC
- Illinois RN license
Certification
- Registered Nurse Il License
- CPR/BLS Certified
- ACLS Certified
- PALS Certified
- TNCC Certified
- NIHSS Certified
- ECRN License
Timeline
Charge Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse
AdventHealth
05.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Medical Center Regional Resource Team Member- Emergency Department/Intensive Care- multiple locations, IL
06.2018 - Current
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center- Emergency Department/ Medical Surgical Intensive Care- Joliet, IL
11.2016 - 06.2018
Registered Nurse
Gottlieb Memorial Hospital - Emergency Department - Melrose Park, IL
03.2016 - 11.2016
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center- Medical Surgical Intensive Care- Joliet, IL
11.2013 - 08.2017
Registered Nurse
Presence St. Joseph Medical Center – Medical Surgical Unit- Joliet, IL
07.2012 - 11.2013
Registered Nurse
Pediatric Health Associates - Naperville, IL
09.2011 - 07.2012
Patient Care Technician/unit secretary
Good Samaritan Hospital- Pediatric/Medical Surgical Unit- Downers Grove, IL
02.2009 - 01.2011
Patient Care Technician/unit secretary
Central DuPage Hospital- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit- Winfield, IL
05.2006 - 09.2011
Administration Assistant/Quality Control Specialist
HR III & IV dba Hardee's- Huntsville, AL
12.2000 - 10.2002
Quality Control Specialist
Ameriking Corporation- Westchester, IL
05.1996 - 10.2000
Bachelor Of Science of Nursing -
Aurora University
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing -
College of DuPage
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