Zuzana Svitek

-direct care to patients pre and post complex cardiac catheterizaction and electrophysiological procedures, TEE, CV

-pre-procedure assessment and preparation, establish PIV therapy

-post-procedure recovery after moderate sedation or anesthesia, continuously monitor hemodynamic, airway and neurological status, radial and femoral access site management

-administered medications and treatments per established protocols to ensure patient safety and compliance.

-critical thinking and rapid assessment to identify subtle changes in patient condition to make an accurate clinical decision and collaborate with multidisciplinary team to intervene and optimize recovery outcomes

-pre and post procedure education patient and families, ensuring safe discharge or transfers to inpatient services and promoting continuity of care

-responsible for providing assessment, diagnostic test interpretation and evaluation all aspects of operative and anesthesia care

-pre-anesthetic evaluation consists of information from multiple sources which may include the patient's medical records, interview, physical examination and findings from medical tests evaluations and choose to consult with other health care team

-communication and information with the anesthesiologist for appropriate assessment of the invasiveness of the proposed surgical procedure and severity of the patient's medical conditions

-established patient goals based on the physiological health, psychological status and educational needs

-provided comprehensive and evidence base care to critical ill patients with complex cardiac disorders and transplant patients, who have life-threatening medical and surgical conditions via multi-disciplinary team approach with a primary goal of patient and family focus care

-used primary and team approaches as a critical care nurse, charge and preceptor nurse,

-responsible for the delivery of a high-level of nursing care for complex cardiac cases, l-used primary aeveraging expertise in hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator management, medication and vasoactive drip titration, central lines, advance medical life divides management/troubleshooting for patients not responding to medical/surgical treatment awaiting for organ transplant

-specialized in the immediate post-operative intensive care of patients after CABG and valve surgeries, major lung and abdominal aorta repair and other vascular surgeries, invasive monitoring of patients and teaching families

-managing patient care pre-intra-post surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, conducting patient physical assessment, reviewing medical history and individualized anesthesia care plans.

-effectively induce and maintain anesthesia cases while maintaining airway patency and tracking VS with MD collaboration on site

-supervision of a staff including orientation and development of new staff in-service training regarding bedside monitoring of critically ill medical and surgical patients. Such patients required continuous, comprehensive assessment and individualized plan of care