-Furthered my nursing skills as Surgical, Transplant, and Neuro-surgical ICU RN at a major Boston teaching hospital and leader in healthcare-Primarily cared for patients requiring abdominal surgery, liver transplant, and kidney transplant as well as patients with IPH stroke, SAH stroke, thromboembolic stroke, subdural brain bleeds, brain death & organ donation, seizures, Guillain-Barre, brain tumor resection, respiratory failure, kidney failure, GI bleeds, and sepsis-Utilized the following invasive and noninvasive skills: ventilator monitoring, BIPAP monitoring, ABG analysis, telemetry monitoring, CAM/RASS tool, ICP monitoring, EVD/camino management, NIHSS, temperature control s/p increased ICP, glucose monitoring with insulin infusions, NG/OG placement and management, Braden scale, Metavision documentation

-Strengthened my focused neurological assessment and intervention skills while working for a Magnet Recognized, Level 1 Stroke center and teaching hospital on a Neuro-intensive care unit-Managed the care of adult patients with: ICH/SAH stroke, thromboembolic stroke, epidural/subdural brain bleeds, brain death & organ donation, seizures, Guillain-Barre, brain tumor resection, respiratory failure, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, renal impairment, sepsis-Utilized the following invasive and noninvasive skills: ventilator monitoring, BIPAP monitoring, ABG analysis, telemetry monitoring, CAM/RASS tool, ICP monitoring, EVD/camino management, NIHSS, transvenous cardiac pacing, temperature control s/p increased ICP, glucose monitoring with insulin infusions, NG/OG placement and management, Braden scale, EPIC documentation

-Developed a strong nursing foundation by caring for the critically ill adult population on a 17-bed general community ICU-Managed the care of adult patients with: respiratory failure, sepsis, anaphylactic shock, heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, hypertensive crisis, dysrhythmias, multi-trauma, DKA, gastrointestinal bleeds, hemorrhagic stroke, thromboembolic stroke, brain bleeds, brain tumor resection, seizures, Myasthenia Gravis crisis, acute/chronic renal disease, liver failure, pancreatitis, vascular stents, multi-organ failure, and brain death/organ donation-Utilized the following invasive and noninvasive skills: ventilator monitoring, BIPAP monitoring, ABG analysis, telemetry monitoring, ICP monitoring, EVD/camino management, transvenous cardiac pacing, temperature control s/p cardiac arrest, train of four monitoring for pharmacologically paralyzed patient, glucose monitoring w/ insulin infusions, NG/OG placement and management, EPIC documentation

-Assisted critical care nurses in the management of critically ill adult population by assisting patients' with ADLs, performing glucose monitoring, obtaining 12 lead EKGs, providing “code” assistance, and ensuring the environment to be clean and organized