Coordinates care of transplant patient through collaboration with inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary teams, pharmacies and community providers while following regulatory guidelines. Manages patient medications. Triages patient issues and facilitations coordination of patient care as directed by providers. Educates patient along the continuum to assist understanding of processes and procedures surrounding transplant care.

Coordinated the evaluation, authorization, medical management, surgical recovery, and distribution of organs for transplantation or research from deceased organ donors. Worked collaboratively with other departments and hospital or transplant teams. Conducted on-site and phone assessments of potential donors for medical eligibility and suitability. Approached potential organ donor families to authorize organ donation. Facilitated donation of donors in first person registry and guides family to help them understand the donation process. Performed physical assessment of potential donors, minor surgical cut-downs in order to obtain lymph nodes for tissue typing, places arterial and central lines, as well as performs bronchoscopies on brain dead organ donors. Trained new organ donor recovery coordinators.

Provided patient and family centered care to critically ill patients in a fast-paced teaching facility. Able to manage intensive treatments such as CVVH, ARCTIC SUN. Assists in training new employees to the unit. Delegates patient care assignments based on nursing needs of each patient and the qualifications of nursing staff. Respond to codes & cardiac arrests throughout the Northwestern Hospitals.

Developed valuable nursing qualities, utilized nursing judgment, employed flexibility and ability to work well in an interdisciplinary team. Provided care to patients with brain tumors, cerebral aneurysms, vascular malformations, spinal abnormalities, stroke, and degenerative neurological disorders. Communicated via telemedicine with physicians and other health care providers.

Cared for patients on a challenging intensive care unit in a large teaching facility. Patient population consisted of trauma, surgical, medical, neurosurgical, and cardiovascular patients. Provided professional nursing care by assessment, planning and implementation with a strong emphasis on patient teaching.