Zachary Peterson

Floated to multiple units from Med/Surg, PCU, ICU. Managed complex and critical patients with multiple lines, drains, pumps from various sub-specialties including transplant, surgical, post-op

Dedicated ICU nursing, high level of independence managing patient with nursing driven interventions requiring upmost critical thinking skills and clinical knowledge.

• Float nurse on multiple units including step down, telemetry, med/surg, and emergency room boarding units

• Float nurse between multiple units including trauma med-surg floors, cardiac step downs, general med-surg, telemetry floors, COVID units, ER boarding unit

• Transferred into ICU at St Elizabeth's after one year of med-surg, working in a mixed ICU
• Exposure to swans, arctic sun, balloon pumps, high-risk medication drips, and vents
• Continue to work per diem during and in between travel assignments

• Continued the care of post-op open heart surgery patients as well as post-op thoracic patients
• Patients included post-op CABG, valve repairs, thoracotomy, lobectomies

• Float pool nurse on two med-surg units, surgical unit, and cardiology floor
• Telemetry experience

• Managing the care of patients in the community
• Scheduling visit frequency with patients while overseeing LPN (LVN) staff
• Administrative duties including responsibilities with recertification evaluations

• Working in a SNF high patient ratio of 1:15
• Experience with dressing changes post-op and wound care
• Managing long term IV antibiotics, G-tube feedings, PICC lines, wound vacs

• Experience with acute adolescent, adult, and geriatric psychiatric units
• Charge nurse experience
• Experience leading behavioral emergencies, mechanical/chemical restraints, and milieu therapy