Neurological CNP

• Jun 2020 - Present

Trauma Intensive Care Nurse

• Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

Dedicated RN within #1 Trauma Surgical ICU (28 bed) in New England. BMC is also known as the largest safety net hospital in New England. Responsible for assessing, implementing, and coordinating critical care interventions. Excellence in time management and prioritization/ reprioritization of critical care. Demonstrates commitment to education and knowledge sharing through interactions with orienting new staff, students, and pre-hospital care providers/medical students. Proactively learned new procedures and treatment protocols. Provide education and empathetic support to patients/ families. Respectful, friendly, and transparent delivery with co-workers and providers related to patient POC, condition, decompensation, and emergency. Identify the slightest changes in patient condition, prioritize, and respond accordingly. Activate and perform emergency interventions as required. Provide ALS via maintaining and monitoring mechanical ventilation, sedation, CVVH, EVD/ ICP monitoring, critical gtts. Excellent performance under pressure and experience with high volume of Rapid Response and CODES r/t patient acuity. Assisted physicians with procedures such as intubation, bronchoscopy, emergent EVD or burr hole placement, Arterial lines, Central lines, emergent bedside surgeries (ex: Ex Lap), spinal/cervical traction, bedside orthopedic pin site placement, Chest tube placement, and etc. Functioning as a professional role model and resource, providing guidance to co-workers, medical interns, and surgical residents

Intensive Critical Care Registered Nurse (Per Diem)

• Jun 2019 - Mar 2020

RN within small 8 bed ICU providing compassionate care of patients suffering from debilitating conditions or deadly IVDU/ETOH withdrawals. Constant critical thinking required to maintain patient stability overnight with immediate prioritization of care and critical time management. Managed life support equipment and administration/ maintained/ and titration of critical medications. Acted as an IV Nurse for entire hospital in additional to ICU role. Takes an active role in unit-based performance/process improvement. Complies with established chain of command for work related problems. Functioning as a professional role model and resource person providing guidance to co-workers and medical residents

Cardiac Critical Care Registered Nurse

• Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

Focus of management of majority cardiac patients in need of cardiac catheterizations, post STEMI/angioplasty, NSTEMI, post pacemaker insertion, CHF patients, Atrial Fibrillation or other cardiac arrhythmia and hyper/hypotensive patients. Responsibilities include close monitoring of vitals, cardiac drips including titration, cardiac IV interventions, s/s of cardiogenic shock, dx risks. BiPAP, CPAP, HI Flow, and assisted in bedside intubations. IV placement experience. Left due to opportunity at Boston Medical Center

Registered Nurse - Orthopedic & Neuro Trauma

• Apr 2016 - Feb 2018

Medical/Surgical ortho trauma floor with high volume of Total knees, hips, shoulders, and spinal surgeries. Also prominent experience in s/p brain tumor excision and catastrophic diagnosis management. Three time DAISY award nominee and one time DAISY award recipient in this role. Medical/Surgical ortho trauma floor with high volume of Total knees, hips, shoulders, and spinal surgeries. Also prominent experience in s/p brain tumor excision and catastrophic diagnosis management. Three time DAISY award nominee and one time DAISY award recipient in this role.

Acute Care/ Palliative Care Registered Nurse - Lead

• Jun 2015 - May 2016

Acting as a nursing lead and responsible for the primary care to critical, Level 1 patient assignments. Responsibilities include Case Management in regards to developing care plans, training new RNs assigned, identifying medical supply companies and stocking case. Extremely thorough assessment and documentation skills performed. Personally responsible for the developing a care plan and healing of 1 stage III and 3 Stage II pressure ulcers on two patients. Specialized in the assessment and treatment revolving ALS dx. Experienced in treatments revolving around COPD, paralyzed diaphragm, oncology dx, ruptured aortic aneurysms. Collaborated with family and healthcare team to develop, alter, and maintain power orders and treatments. Additional acute care skills used within this role: strict monitoring of vitals, pain management, pitting edema identification and staging, intake/output, infection prevention, pressure ulcer staging and treatment, G-tube & GJ-Tube care and infection prevention, Trach care, Trilogy Ventilation system training and maintenance, PT, OT, ST collaboration and PROM/ ROM interventions.

Assistant Swim Team Coach (Varsity)

• 2013 - 2014

Exercised patience, leadership, mentoring, and positive mentoring with swimmers of the Northwest Catholic Swim Team (22 members).Assisted in designing practice schedules per level of athlete. Developed and implemented Dry-land training program & nutritional guidelines for swimmers. Attended all team support benefits, award ceremonies, along with State meets. Also selected to coach at Qualifying meet: SPLASH Championships (2012) Exercised patience, leadership, mentoring, and positive mentoring with swimmers of the Northwest Catholic Swim Team (22 members).Assisted in designing practice schedules per level of athlete. Developed and implemented Dry-land training program & nutritional guidelines for swimmers. Attended all team support benefits, award ceremonies, along with State meets. Also selected to coach at Qualifying meet: SPLASH Championships (2012)

Private Triathlete Swim Instructor

• 2008 - 2013

Responsible for training over 15 clients in stroke technique & effective open water swimming. Analyze stroke technique while making recommendations to improve cadence and speed. Training is maintained over training over 6 month period designed individual workout assignments for each triathlete.

Assistant Swim Coach

• 2008 - 2011

Exercised patience, leadership, mentoring, and positive menorting with swimmers of the Farmington Valley YMCA Tsunami Swim Team (122 members). I also assisted in designing practice schedules per level of athlete. I was responsible for designing and implementing Dry-land training program & nutritional guidelines for swimmers. Continually, I was selected to travel to Brown University as Assistant Coach during Qualifying meet: YMCA New Englands (years 2009, 2010, & 2011)

Boilers- NAM Engineering Operations Process Analyst, SharePoint Manager

• Jun 2007 - Feb 2012

Designer/ Manager/ Administrator of SharePoint for TP2B Engineering; responsible for editing and maintaining all applicable Engineering documents related to the MSSL Initiative. Lead process flow management and updated engineering process organization of all Engineering departments. This included streamlining Engineering Processes in regards to document standardization, review and improve internal engineering process efficiency, and work with the newly created Business Process group to connect functional interfaces, both internal and external, to Engineering. Additionally, provided IT support for all Engineering. Trainer for all Engineering in regards to SharePoint roll out (over 400 employees).