Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

• Jan 2021 - Present

Provides home-based palliative care to patients living with advanced illness. Provides home-based palliative care to patients living with advanced illness.

Registered Nurse - Acute Care Float Pool

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

- Trained in each adult acute care inpatient unit including the emergency department. Worked with each medical and surgical specialty based upon hospital staffing needs.- Coordinated care for patients for all adult acute care specialties: general medicine, palliative, cardiac medicine/surgery, thoracic surgery, vascular medicine/surgery, abdominal/lung/heart transplant, urology, general surgery, orthopedics, trauma, neurology, and hematology/oncology. - Trained to work in the Special Pathogens Unit providing care to patients affected by Covid-19

Clinician II

• Aug 2016 - Dec 2019

-Worked full time on a 30 bed Acute Care/ Intermediate Care Unit-Coordinated care for patients recovering from cardiothoracic surgeries including: lung transplant, heart transplant, valve replacement or repair, cardiac bypass, aortic dissection repair, aortic aneurysm repair, lung wedge or resection, hernia repair, esophagectomy, and minimally invasive thoracic and vascular procedures. -Precepted new graduate nurses, experienced nurses, and traveling nurses to the Unit-Trained to shift manager Jan 2018. Coordinated bed flow, created nursing assignments, managed team members in emergency situations, and acted as public relations when patients and family members had concerns. -Focused cardiovascular and thoracic surgery core curriculum training- skill acquisition includes: telemetry, cardiac rhythm interpretation, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, high risk infusions, epicardial pacemakers, and chest tube management.

Nurse Education Coordinator/ Orientation Coordinator

• Dec 2017 - Jul 2018

-Organized and coordinated education for new graduate nurses starting on 4 West including scheduling shadow days of various specialties, attending the cardiac core curriculum series, attending nurse residency classes, and completing competency check-offs. -Connected new team members with preceptors and evaluated their progress throughout orientation week to week.-Maintained and evaluated all RNs and PCA/PCTs competencies for basic unit skills such as defibrillator training, accucheck competency, proper restraint protocols, BLS, and more. -Worked to fill educational gaps and unit needs by providing classes with expert instructors, distributing education material to staff members, and educating staff members one on one. -Maintained records of staff competency per Joint Commission standards

Summer Nurse Technician

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

-Worked on a Medical Telemetry Unit -Assisted patients with activities of daily living such as hygiene, mobility, and nutrition -Performed EKG tests, blood draws, and IV maintenance under direct supervision of a registered nurse -Worked on a Medical Telemetry Unit -Assisted patients with activities of daily living such as hygiene, mobility, and nutrition -Performed EKG tests, blood draws, and IV maintenance under direct supervision of a registered nurse

Student Nurse Assistant

• Oct 2013 - May 2015

Nurse Assistant

• Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

-Provided first aid to campers ages 7-18 -Monitored and distributed daily medication to campers under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse -Communicated with parents of ill or injured campers -Provided first aid to campers ages 7-18 -Monitored and distributed daily medication to campers under direct supervision of a Registered Nurse -Communicated with parents of ill or injured campers