Vanessa Roberts

Progressive Care Unit (December 2022-November 2023)

Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit (November 2023-December 2025)

Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (April 2025-Present)

• Work effectively in fast-paced environments to manage and titrate critical care drips to maintain patient hemodynamic stability.
• Manage ventilator support, feeding tubes, and central lines to ensure optimal patient care and recovery.
• Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
• Demonstrates advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients while prioritizing nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating interventions.
• Administer medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Present clinical data in interdisciplinary team meetings to inform patient care strategies and enhance goal achievement.
• Educate family members and caregivers on patient care instructions and equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Mentored new nursing staff, ensuring effective integration into ICU and fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Caring for post-operative open-heart and cardiothoracic surgery patients, including immediate post-operative recovery and management of complex cardiovascular conditions.
• Provide high-acuity care to critically ill cardiovascular patients requiring Impella, VA/VV ECMO, IABP, CRRT, and advanced hemodynamic monitoring, including Swan-Ganz catheter management.