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Critical Care Nurse, Intensive Care Nurse, Nursing, LNC, post operative, post operative, post op, Wound Care, RN ICU, ICU, Intestive Care Unit, Cardiac, Cardiac Catheterization, Dialysis, Criticial Care, Med Surg, Medical Surgical, Medical Surgical, IC CCU, Critical Care Unit
Experience
Relief manager over ICU-CCU, Medical-Surgical, Orthopedics, Dermatology
Intensive Care/Critical Care/Med-Surg staff nurse
Open-heart patients/Intra-aortic balloon pumps/Continuous venous dialysis
Care and management of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
Adult cardiopulmonary/Ventilated patients (acute and chronic)
Conscious sedation for procedures in ICU and Interventional Radiology
Initiation of intravenous catheters and management of intravenous therapy
Management of epidural catheters and patient controlled analgesia
Skull Base Surgery
Medical/Surgical Patients
Neonatal Intensive Care-Level 1
Colostomy/Ileostomy Patients
Interventional Radiology
Skilled Nursing Facility Care/Rehabilitation
Wound Care Assessment and Management
Telemetry Monitoring
Stroke care (Accute and Chronic)
Moderate sedation procedures in ICU and Interventional Radiology
Skull Base Surgery
Dermatology
Fall Risk Assessments
Neonatal Intensive Care-Level 1
Certifications and Licensing
RN License-California
ACLS provider
BLS provider
Education
University of California, 9/95 to 6/96, Certification in Neonatal Nursing
Grossmont College, 9/87 to 9/88, Certification in Critical Care Nursing
Swedish Hospital School of Nursing, 9/70 to 5/73, Diploma in Nursing
Professional Experience
1983 to present, Private Hospital San Diego, CA
Positions held-Intensive care staff nurse and relief shift manager full time. Interventional radiology part time since 2004. Neonatal ICU part time from 1996 to 2000. Medical-surgical manager 1/83 to 9/88.
Responsibilities- Direct patient care in ICU and sub-acute units, caring for variety of disease entities. Assist with central line insertion, arterial line placement and administering conscious sedation for numerous bedside procedures, such as bronchoscopies. Initiation and management of intravenous therapy. Relief manager supervising and coordinating care of ICU patients. Assisting interventional radiologist with special procedures, i.e. stents, drain placement, angiograms. Bedside care of neonates requiring intensive care. Supervising nursing care and writing nursing evaluations on medical-surgical unit.
1976 to 1982, Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA
Staff nurse and assistant manager for medical surgical unit. Responsibilities-direct patient care for surgical and neurology patients, assisted with employee evaluations and writing of policies
1975 to 1975, Fairview-Southdale Hospital, Edina Minnesota
Staff nurse and relief charge
Responsibilities-patient care for surgical patients
1973 to 1975, Rochester Methodist Hospital (affiliated with Mayo Clinic), Rochester, Minnesota
Staff nurse on surgical unit
Responsibilities-patient care of surgical and dermatologic patients, including pre-and post-procedure education and discharge planning.
References
Available upon request.
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