PACU

Critical Care Float Team: provides specialized care to patients in CHCO's Level IV NICU, PICU, CICU, and CPCU

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit*Builds and administers care plans for patients and their families through collaboration with multiple units and health care professionals*Renders developmentally appropriate care consistently for 1-2 patients across a variety of age groups, including the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit*Functions independently and as part of a multidisciplinary care team while promoting patient safety

Pediatric Cardiac Transitional Care Unit

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

Pediatric Cardiac Transitional Care Unit*Administered specialized care to patients with congenital heart disease in the pre and post-operative period, as well as pre and post cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology study*Taught patients and their families necessary skills to ensure patient safety upon discharge, including, but not limited to: safely placing nasogastric tubes, awareness of the signs or symptoms of infection and patient handling.*Provided exceptional care for patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Heme/Oncology Unit, and Medical/Surgical Unit

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit*Provided high quality family-centered, complex, critical care to neonate, pediatric and adult patients with congenital heart disease pre and post-operatively in a 29-bed unit*Honed leadership skills through spearheading the formation of the 8 South Huddle Committee which created an environment for staff nurses to educate one another on professional topics of interest*Practiced developmentally appropriate care for 1-2 patients requiring medical/surgical critical care (i.e. titration of vasoactive, sedative, paralytic and narcotic drips; ventilator management; central line management; interpretation of lab data to evaluate interventions and provide effective care)*Cared as the bedside nurse in urgent/emergent procedures (balloon atrial septostomy, chest wash-outs, reopening of chest wall, chest closures, etc.) as needed on the unit*Functioned independently and as part of a multidisciplinary care team while promoting patient safety and providing efficient quality care, as well as a safe, supportive and informative environment for families

*Created curriculum, models and scaffolding exercises to enhance a positive learning environment for a variety of students at different learning levels*Pioneered new introductory writing curriculum for the freshmen level*Collaborated on a daily basis with peers and administrators in order to ensure synchronization on level-based curriculum and provide highest level of college preparation possible *Mediated meetings with parents and students to create individual performance plans that averaged in a 70% overall improvement rate

*Developed leadership skills through coaching competitive water polo and swimming for children ages 14 to 18*Coached high school swimming and water polo while working a minimum of 40 hours a week as a high school English teacher*Refereed high school games during the academic year while balancing a full academic load, twenty plus hours a week of Division I water polo.*Developed leadership skills, as well as problem solving and communication tactics through exchange with coaches and other officials