Robert McKinney, RN

***** ***** *****, **. ****, IN 46373 Phone: 219-***-**** E-mail: ad4exz@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Nurse specializing in Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Care with a multidisciplinary team-oriented approach to patient care. Primarily provides nursing care in Intensive Care Unit/Cardiac Care Unit, Telemetry, Stepdown, Recovery and Medical Surgical units.

Assist with Post Open Heart and Ventricular Assisted Device (VAD) patients.

Care for post cardiopulmonary arrest, cardiac emergencies, and trauma patients.

Provide primary care to critically ill patients who have a diverse disease process, which requires critical thinking to provide appropriate, specialized individual care.

Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of registered nurses, physicians, social workers, case workers, family members, and other health care professionals to optimize patient care.

Maintain vasoactive medicine, ventilators, hemodynamic instrumentation, and invasive lines.

LICENSES

RN – Registered Nurse: Illinois, and Indiana

RN – Registered Nurse – Compact States

CERTIFICATIONS

ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association (AHA)

IABP – Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, University of Chicago Hospital and Holy Cross Hospital 2021

EKG – Electrocardiogram 12 Lead Interpretations, American Heart Association (AHA) 2021

NIH Stroke Scale – American Board of Neuroscience Nursing 2024

VAD – Ventricular Assist Device (Heartmate II), Rush Medical Center 2021

BLS – Basic Life Support, American Heart Association (AHA)

EXPERIENCE

Community Hospital – Muster, IN 12/2023 to 03/2024

Staff RN Neuro IMCU RN

Premier Nursing Agency 05/2021 to present

Accountable Healthcare Agency 05/2020 to 05/2022

Contract RN Positions

Units: ICU – Medical, Cardiac and Surgical, Open Heart, ER, Code Blue Nurse, Charge Nurse, Stepdown Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit, Telemetry

St. Francias Hospital ICU Milwaukee, WI 09/2023 to 12/2023

Advocate Condell Hospital ICU/CCU Libertyville, IL 09/2022 to 06/2023

Unity Point-Methodist CICU Peoria, IL 06/2022 to 09/2022

Katherine Shaw Bethe ICU Dixon, IL 01/2022 to 06/2022

Carbondale Hospital CCU/ICU Carbondale, IL 09/2021 to 01/2022

Methodist Hospital ICU/Tele Gary, IN 06/2021 to 10/2021

Rush Medical Center CICU Chicago, IL 10/2020 to 05/2021

MacNeil Hospital CICU/ICU Berwyn, IL 05/2020 to 10/2020

Regency Hospital East Chicago, IN 01/2020 to 05/2020

Ingallas Hospital CCU/ICU Harvey, IL 01/2019 to 10/2019

Little Company of Mary Hospital Oak Lawn, IL 09/2018 to 12/2018

Franciscan St. James Health Olympia Fields, IL 08/2015 to 08/2018

Holy Cross Hospital Chicago, IL 03/2015 to 06/2018

Franciscan St. James Health Olympia Fields, IL 12/2014 to 02/2015

Franciscan St. James Health Chicago Heights, IL 12/2014 to 02/2015

Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center Chicago, IL 05/2011 to 12/2014

Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL 05/2010 to 09/2010

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Phone: 219-***-**** E-mail: ad4exz@r.postjobfree.com

Per Diem RN Positions 05/2008 to 12/2023

At Several Hospitals in Illinois and Indiana

Holy Cross Hospital – Chicago, IL 10/2006 to 01/2008

In-House Registry Critical Care Nurse

Saint Catherine’s Hospital – East Chicago, IN 12/2004 to 02/2006

Critical Care Registered Nurse

EDUCATION

Associate Degree in Nursing Purdue Calumet University Hammond, IN 2002-2004

B.S. in Biology & Chemistry North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 1989-1994

CORE COMPETENCIES

Cardiovascular

Assess heart sounds and peripheral pulses

Interpret and intervene for arrhythmias when appropriate

Assist with arterial line, S/G, and central line insertion/removal, care, drawing blood samples, and interpreting waveforms/pressures

Assist with cardio version

Set up and run 12 Lead ECG

Provide care for patients with acute MI, acute heart failure, and for post-op cardiac surgery, cardiac cath, PTCA/stent/atherectomy, IABP and in-shock patients

Participate as a team member in resuscitation including CPR and defibrillation

Pulmonary

Assess lung sounds, set up oxygen devices, obtain pulse oximetry readings and interprets ABG

Assist with intubation and chest tube insertion

Provide care for patients with mechanical ventilation, ARDS/PEEP therapy, chest tubes, tracheostomy

Neurological

Assess speech, sensory, motor skills including reflexes (Babinski and gag)

Identify and intervene for seizure

Provide care for patients with ICP monitoring, post-op neurosurgical, acute strokes or in a comatose state

GI/Renal/Endocrine

Insert NG, duodenal tubes

Provide care for patients with GI bleeding, hemodialysis, DKA, TPN, or enteral nutrition

Medications

Titrate vasoactive drugs

Calculate mcg/min and mcg/kg/min and use IV infusion pump to calculate drug doses

Use PCA and epidural pumps

Administer IV of several types of medications

Pain/ Wound Management

Assess pain levels and tolerance as well as wounds healing status

Provide care of patients with anesthesia/analgesia, IV conscious sedation, narcotic analgesia, or burns or pressure sores including sterile dressing changes

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