Veronica Kreiser
Allentown,PA
Summary
Versatile clinical research professional knowledgeable about coordinating patient information, laboratory samples and compliance documents for diverse clinical trials. Highly organized and thorough with good planning and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Research Coordinator
Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute - Clinical Trials
12.2023 - Current
- Assists in the evaluation of new clinical research protocols and procedures
- Assists with the submission of regulatory documents and Institutional Review Board (IRB) applications
- Coordinates with physician investigators (PI)
- Explains the study to potential participant and families using IRB-approved and sponsor-created materials, referring physician letters, and source worksheets
- Acts as a liaison between potential participant, PI, and sponsor and ensures informed consent is obtained prior to the start of the procedures related to the study
- Collaborates with PI and clinical research coordinators to manage and monitor patients care during and after treatment
- Performs clinical research in collaboration with other medical and nursing personnel and ancillary departments and ensures completion of protocol specified procedures
- Collects and maintains records of all data collected for research participants
- Maintains accountability logs for study medications and devices
- Attends professional seminars and other professional activities (i.e
- PI rounds, conferences, trainings, and study meetings).
Registered Nurse- Post Anesthesia Care Unit - PACU (travel nurse)
Hackensack University Medical Center
02.2023 - 12.2023
- Assess and manage postoperative patients
- Pain management for patients undergoing neurologic, cardiac, orthopedic, urologic, and gynecologic procedures
- Assess patients post anesthesia using the Aldrete score (Post Anesthesia Recovery Score)
- Manage vital signs for postoperative patients and when necessary, provide interventions to ensure hemodynamic stability
- Communicate with physicians, physician assistants, and related staff to ensure safe and efficient transfer of patient to inpatient or discharge status
- Management of oral medications and timely administration to ensure best practices to control postoperative pain
- Management of titratable enteral medications and IV insertion
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Trauma Neuroscience ICU
Lehigh Valley Health Network
05.2022 - 09.2023
- Provide care for the intubated patient by maintaining an open airway and perform measures to minimize infection
- Patient care provided for populations post craniotomy, craniectomy, subdural hematoma, subarachnoid hematoma, and diffuse axonal injury related to trauma
- Bedside assistance for ventricular drains, central lines, tracheotomies, and peg tubes
- Preparing patients for surgery and other diagnostic tests
- Providing careful and appropriate Nursing interventions in emergency situations
- Management of titratable enteral medications and IV insertion
- Administer medications for conscious sedation to prepare for bedside procedures
- Prepare and administer respiratory treatments i.e., nebulizer and inhaler treatments
- Manage patients on bipap, cpap, highflow, optiflow, and the ventilator
- Manage vital signs for critically ill patients
- Communicate findings to providers to ensure adequate interventions are in place to sustain optimal patient conditions
- Provide education to patients and their families upon discharge to further plan of care
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Emergency Department
Reading Hospital
09.2021 - 11.2022
- Provide patient care using interventions and testing necessary to stabilize the patient (90 plus bed unit level 1 trauma center)
- Each patient presenting to the Emergency Department is assessed by the Emergency Department Registered Nurse utilizing the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) triage system on every patient who presents for care
- Assumes or delegates care for the patient according to the severity of illness or injury
- Assess airway and systems using nursing driven protocols and order sets
- Monitor vital signs and report any adverse findings or critical values to attending physician
- Prioritization of patient care while managing multiple patients with varying acuity
- Assist other providers and physicians in life-saving procedures
- Managed titratable drips, blood transfusions, rapid blood transfusions, IV antibiotics, and fluids
- Cleaned and dressed wounds, removed debris when necessary
- Provided care for pediatric patients
- Independently maintained safe and effective care to patients with different acuity levels in a time-restricted and demanding environment
- Completed bronchiolitis and asthma scores as appropriate
- COVID, RSV, and flu testing of toddlers and infants completed to ensure optimal care
- Cared for pediatric patients with respiratory, cardiac, and multiple traumas
- Educated families on medications based on patient's weight, medication administration, and importance of medication given
- Discharge instructions and education related to the plan of care and per provider's instructions
- IV placement and fluid/medications administered in youth and toddlers
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Long Term Acute Care Facility (travel nurse)
Kindred Hospital
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Provide patient care for acute and sub-acute patients that have come from intensive care units (ICU) with the need to be weaned from the ventilator and or have terminal complications that cannot be addressed in the ICU setting
- Provide post-procedure care of surgical patients needing skin, drain, vascular, and airway management
- Airway management facilitated by providing suctioning and monitoring of oxygen saturation and vital signs (pulse-oximetry, telemetry, laboratory results, carbon dioxide levels)
- Educate patients and families to remove factors which are barriers to weaning (physical and environmental)
- Maintaining active communication with assigned physician to keep abreast of ongoing and newly diagnosed complications
- Pro-touch charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Medical Surgical Unit Vascular and Plastic Surgery (travel nurse)
Lehigh Valley Health Network
04.2021 - 09.2021
- Provide patient care for post-surgical patients (30 bed unit and a level 1 trauma center)
- Provide post-procedure care of surgical patients needing skin, drain, vascular, and airway management
- Pain medication management of post-surgical patients while monitoring vitals to ensure safety
- Educate patients and families how to care for post-procedure drains and ostomies
- Telemetry monitoring using remote telemetry system
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-4C acute care (travel nurse)
Penn State Hershey Medical
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Provide patient care for trauma, stroke, and neurosurgical patients (30 bed unit level 1 trauma center)
- NIH stroke certification necessary to conduct accurate post-stroke assessments
- Pain management for trauma patients using PCA, epidural, and spinal block systems
- Provided patient care post craniotomy for neurosurgical patients requiring wound care and antibiotic treatments
- Cerner charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Intensive Care Unit Nurse (travel nurse)
Baylor Scott White
02.2021 - 03.2021
- Provide patient care for PCU status patients in the ICU setting
- Monitored COVID-19 positive patients, delivered treatments, and communicated results with providers
- Delivered care and monitored COVID-19 patients with multiple comorbidities
- Heparin, nicardipine, insulin, nitroglycerin, and hydralazine drips were managed and titration, when applicable achieved
- Monitored airway for cpap and bipap patients
- Monitored all vitals using Philips automated monitoring system
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Step Down, PCU, ICU Float (travel nurse)
Einstein Medical Center
11.2020 - 02.2021
- Provide patient care in a trauma 1 level hospital
- Monitored COVID-19 positive patients, delivered treatments, and communicated results with providers
- Delivered care and monitored COVID-19 patients with multiple comorbidities
- Monitor patient vital signs and notified provider of changes
- Educated family members on patient procedures and conditions
- Cerner charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Intensive Care Unit Nurse
Saint Luke's Hospital
09.2020 - 11.2020
- Provide patient care in a 12-bed trauma 2 level ICU
- Monitor patient vital signs and notified provider of changes
- Educated family members on patient procedures and conditions
- Administered IV, oral, and parenteral medications
- Monitored COVID-19 positive patients, delivered treatments, and communicated results with providers
- Delivered care and monitored COVID-19 patients with multiple comorbidities
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Registered Nurse-Step Down Unit
Saint Luke's Hospital
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Deliver professional patient care on a step-down unit to patients with high acuities such as trauma, stroke, and cardiac impairments
- Utilize technology to monitor patient vitals and cardiac activity (Massimo and Telemetry)
- Responsible for continuous monitoring and assessment of assigned patients
- Maintained and recorded accurate and detailed flowsheets of patient's conditions
- Reported any symptoms and changes in patient's condition
- Modified patient treatment plans as indicated by patient's condition
- Consulted and coordinated with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans in a dynamic environment
- Observed patients' vital signs and implemented interventions based on critical thinking and assessment skills
- Implemented treatment plans of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, asthma, and hypertension
- Monitored COVID-19 positive patients, delivered treatments, and communicated results with providers
- Delivered care and monitored COVID-19 patients with multiple comorbidities
- Epic charting system utilized for patient data.
Education
Supervisory Certificate - Principalship
Cabrini University
Radnor, PABSN - Nursing
Moravian University
Bethlehem, PA05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Moravian College
Bethlehem, PA01.2021
Associates - Registered Nurse
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PA01.2019
Associates - Registered Nurse
Cedar Crest College
Allentown, PA01.2018
Master of Science - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA01.2007
Regulatory Affairs Certificate -
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA01.2007
Instructional 1 Certificate - Secondary Education
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA01.1998
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA01.1994
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA01.1994
Skills
- Exceptional listener and communicator
- Flexible and resourceful team player who will effectively prioritize tasks
- Relationship-builder with excellent interpersonal skills
- Professional whose honesty and integrity provide for effective collegial relationships
- Goal-driven professional who motivates and coaches staff to meet high performance standards
- Computer-literate performer
- Results-driven achiever
- Exemplary planning and organizational skills
- Good Clinical Practices
- Electronic Data Capture
- Documentation Management
- Adverse event reporting
- Informed consent
- Study protocols
- Informed Consent Process
- Data Analysis
- Patient recruitment
- Investigational product management
- Research SOPs understanding
- Documentation requirements
- Research experience
- Protocol development
- Trial management
- Clinical trial management
- Data collection techniques
- Records Maintenance
- Participant screening
- Phlebotomy
- Specimen collections
- Clinical Research Ethics
- Meeting Coordination
- Report Preparation
- Specimen handling
- Scheduling proficiency
- Medication Dispensing
- Subject Retention Strategies
- Biostatistics knowledge
- Site Management
- Schedule Coordination
- Protocol Review
- Records Management
- Quality Assurance
Certification
- Pennsylvania RN License, RN725840, 04/30/25
- New Jersey RN License, 26NR23033700, 05/31/23
- ALS, 06/30/24
- BLS, 06/30/24
- PALS, 06/30/24
- Botox and Filler Certification, 07/01/21
References
References available upon request
Timeline
Clinical Research Coordinator
Penn State Heart & Vascular Institute - Clinical Trials
12.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse- Post Anesthesia Care Unit - PACU (travel nurse)
Hackensack University Medical Center
02.2023 - 12.2023
Registered Nurse-Trauma Neuroscience ICU
Lehigh Valley Health Network
05.2022 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse-Emergency Department
Reading Hospital
09.2021 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse-Long Term Acute Care Facility (travel nurse)
Kindred Hospital
09.2021 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse-Medical Surgical Unit Vascular and Plastic Surgery (travel nurse)
Lehigh Valley Health Network
04.2021 - 09.2021
Registered Nurse-4C acute care (travel nurse)
Penn State Hershey Medical
02.2021 - 05.2021
Registered Nurse-Intensive Care Unit Nurse (travel nurse)
Baylor Scott White
02.2021 - 03.2021
Registered Nurse-Step Down, PCU, ICU Float (travel nurse)
Einstein Medical Center
11.2020 - 02.2021
Registered Nurse-Intensive Care Unit Nurse
Saint Luke's Hospital
09.2020 - 11.2020
Registered Nurse-Step Down Unit
Saint Luke's Hospital
07.2019 - 09.2020
Supervisory Certificate - Principalship
Cabrini University
BSN - Nursing
Moravian University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Moravian College
Associates - Registered Nurse
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Associates - Registered Nurse
Cedar Crest College
Master of Science - Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Lehigh University
Regulatory Affairs Certificate -
Lehigh University
Instructional 1 Certificate - Secondary Education
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Science - Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
University of Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvania RN License, RN725840, 04/30/25
- New Jersey RN License, 26NR23033700, 05/31/23
- ALS, 06/30/24
- BLS, 06/30/24
- PALS, 06/30/24
- Botox and Filler Certification, 07/01/21
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