• Worked at an acute care hospital with a magnet designation, delivering care post-op for extensive cardiac surgeries—including CABG, cardiac valve replacement, and aortic dissection repair—by managing multiple drips, handling catheters, interpreting hemodynamics, and performing CRRT.• Utilized communication skills to collaborate across healthcare disciplines to provide thorough patient care, interfacing with Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Medical Doctors (MDs) to meet patient needs and ensure optimal outcomes.• Performed data entry in the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system, employing attention to detail to discover small errors and ensure accuracy of patient information.• Sustained a positive and uplifting workplace environment, constantly delivering encouragement and tips to other nurses to improve performance and nurture professional development.• Successfully navigated difficult conversations with families regarding patient deaths and funereal arrangements, showcasing compassion and tact in providing information and asking key questions.

• Successfully operated in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment, applying time management skills to observe five patients with three admissions and discharges daily.

• Cared for patients in a Progressive Care Unit by performing standard nursing duties while serving as charge nurse, allocating tasks, schedules, and patients to uphold workflows and resource management.• Applied a servant leadership approach, advocating for nurses by ensuring lunch breaks, providing hands-on support with any responsibilities, and remaining a resource at all times.• Precepted new nurses and nursing students, ensuring a positive learning experience by delivering encouragement, conveying constructive feedback, and remaining uplifting; sustained a welcoming workplace environment.• Interfaced with senior management including the Chief Nursing Officer, collaborating on critical unit-wide situations while demonstrating independent decisions by activating RRTs and Code Blues.• Represented the unit on the hospital-wide Staffing Effectiveness Committee, relaying safety and operational concerns regarding staffing levels to improve unit effectiveness.

• Treated patients at a magnet hospital in a cardiac step-down unit with 13 beds and three-four patients, performing duties including drip management, arterial line supervision, stable tracheostomies, ECG interpretations, and removal of femoral sheaths by manual pressure to assist patients post-op.• Operated on a unit that won the Silver Beacon Award in 2018, contributing to a positive and welcoming atmosphere that maintained employee retention and upheld high morale.• Excelled at providing patient education, utilizing communication skills to convey critical knowledge to patients and families in an accessible manner while facilitating understanding.