Vittoria Mazzone BSN, RN, CCRN
Chapel Hill,NC
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cardiothoracic ICU Nurse - Registered Nurse II
UNC Medical Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
01.2025 - Current
- Manage care for critically ill cardiac, thoracic, and vascular surgical patients such as heart transplants, bilateral lung transplants, heart valve replacements/repairs, esophageal repairs/perforations, lobectomy/pneumonectomy, coronary-artery bypass grafts, aortic aneurysm/dissection repairs, heart failure, etc.
- Perform continuous hemodynamic monitoring via arterial lines, central lines, and pulmonary artery catheters.
- Manage multiple vasoactive drips, inotropes, antiarrhythmics, and high-alert medications to maintain hemodynamic stability and sedation levels.
- Utilize, monitor, and intervene with patients on advanced therapies, including mechanical ventilation, nitric oxide, and continuous renal replacement therapy (CVVH/CVVHD), to maintain respiratory/cardiovascular stability, and fluid and electrolyte balance.
- Provide care for patients with mechanical circulatory support devices (IABP, Impella, LVAD, RVAD, ECMO).
- Rapidly assess and intervene on acutely decompensating patients in rapid response and code blue situations, and assist with emergent intubations and invasive device placement, including chest tubes and hemodynamic monitoring lines.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including surgeons, physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, transplant coordinators, and nursing support staff, to assess, plan, and implement individual patient care plans.
- Serve as a charge nurse, resource nurse, and preceptor to both nursing students and new graduate nurses, to support education and professional growth.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Minor in Psychology
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina12.2024
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Swan-Ganz Catheter Management
- Vasopressor Titration
- Impulse Control for Aortic Dissection Management
- Mechanical Ventilation
- EKG Interpretation
- Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis
- CRRT Management
- Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD/RVAD)
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
- Impella 55/CP Management
- Lumbar Drains
- Transcutaneous Pacing
- Temporary External Pacing Wires
- End-of-life Care
Certification
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Mental Health First Aid Certification
• When There is No SANE In Sight (Caring for the Sexually Assaulted Patient) Certification
• Stop the Bleed Clinical Instructor
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Mental Health First Aid Certification
• When There is No SANE In Sight (Caring for the Sexually Assaulted Patient) Certification
• Stop the Bleed Clinical Instructor
Leadership, Shadowing, and Community Involvement
- Education Committee Member - CT Surgeries Education Leader (September 2025) - UNC Medical Center {Chapel Hill, NC}
● Project: New Graduate Cardiothoracic ICU Surgeries Pocket Pamphlet for Postop Management of ICU Patients (Includes: hemodynamic monitoring, surgery specific assessments, labs, device management, emergency considerations, etc) - CTCCU Unit Falls Rep/Hospital Falls Committee Member (May 2025)
● Project: CTCCU Falls Prevention Unit Analysis and Change Project (utilizing Morse Fall Scale, Estimated Fall Index Score, Daily Audits, and Patient Care Rounding) - CTCCU Orientation/Onboarding Project Team Member (May 2025) - UNC Medical Center {Chapel Hill, NC}
- Critical Care Nursing Shared Governance CTCCU Member - UNC Medical Center {Chapel Hill, NC}
- RN Clinical Preceptor for New Graduate RNs - UNC Medical Center {Chapel Hill, NC}
- RN Preceptor for Senior Practicum Students at UNC Chapel Hill School of Nursing and Elon School of Nursing - UNC Medical Center {Chapel Hill, NC}
- Prisma Scholars NICU Fundraising and Family Outreach (2024 - Present) Clemson University {Clemson, SC}
- Medical Reserve Corp, Volunteer, 2022 - Present
- GirlUp GVL, Volunteer, (2021 - Present) {Greenville, SC}
Awards and Affiliations
- CTCCU RAM Award - October 2025
- Eugene Edwards Memorial Award 2023 - 2024 Academic Year
"Presented to one outstanding junior student in Nursing with demonstrated academic scholarship, superior clinical performance, leadership, and involvement in university and community affairs." - Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Member 2024 - Present
- Clemson University Housing Student Employee of the Year 2022 - 2023 Academic Year
- NACCHO Public Health Preparedness Summit Conference Poster Presenter
● Poster: College Students Expanding the Public Health Workforce Toward Community Resilience April 2023
● Poster: Building a Pipeline Program to Support a Public Health Workforce March 2024 - AnMed Research Showcase Poster Presenter, AnMed Health Center, Clemson SC April 2024
● “Improving Nursing Student Mental Health” Garrett, S., Kopf, A., Luhn, S., Mazzone, V., Miller, M., Myers, H., Allison, K., Branyon, C., & Garrard. L. (poster) - South Carolina Public Health Preparedness Student Corp Advisory Committee Representative July 2023 - Present
- Reva W. Burns Endowment Nursing Scholar (2024)
- Margaret Garth Steinert Greene Academic Scholar (2024)
- Lexington Medical Center Foundation Scholarship (2023, 2024)
- Prisma Health Scholar (2023, 2024)
Timeline
Cardiothoracic ICU Nurse - Registered Nurse II
UNC Medical Center
01.2025 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing, Minor in Psychology
Clemson University