Critical-Care/ICU Hospital Environment, Electronic Medical Record (EMR), and Microsoft Office including Power Point & Excel, for Nursing data analysis purposes. Earned a Bachelor's degree in Biology with a dual-minor in Chemistry and Spanish from The University of Akron. Earned a second Bachelor's degree in Nursing also from The University of Akron.I am a Registered Nurse who is driven by the fast-pace and high stakes Critical Care/ICU environment. I provide excellent leadership in my ICU, acting as a charge nurse, a mentor and a resource for my fellow RNs and coworkers, as we help patients improve their health and have a better quality of life post-illness/surgery.I have worked in all types of adult Critical Care Environments, including Surgical ICU, Neuro ICU, Medical ICU, and CVICU/CTICU. I currently hold active BLS/ACLS/PALS licenses, CCRN, FCCS, ENLS and NIHSS certifications, as well as other specialized certifications and training in regards to Critical Care interventions and therapies. Likewise I am skilled in all types if ICU devices including but not limited to CRRT, Arctic Sun, Altrix, Retia-Argos, and the Level1 Rapid Infuser, among others.I truly enjoy teaching students and new unit orients about the exciting experiences and role of Critical Care nursing and how to thrive in that environment. I nearly always have nursing students shadowing or new-grad RNs orienting with me. I have also taken on educating students from various local universities for their Nursing Practicums.Concurrently I sit on 3 committees and 2 sub-committees for The Cleveland Clinic Nursing Institute.These include the CNO Nursing Town Hall, which meets monthly and and has a delegate from each unit to address unit-specific issues, and update all participants on the state of staffing and other hospital-wide issues in regards to nursing.I also actively participate on the Nursing Informatics & Technology Council, where we address issues arising from new technology in the workplace related to Nursing.Lastly, I am on the EMR Excellence Committee, which address nursing issues related to charting and documentation-related burnout and time management in regards to documentation burden.