CVICU RN
Resume:
Hollywood Florida *****
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KELLY MCGOVERN RN
OBJECTIVE
To continue working in Cardiac Intensive Care at a Level 1 Trauma Hospital with the opportunity to develop new skills, be challenged academically and intellectually.
SKILL & ABILITIES
Always a Patient Advocate, promoting Patient experience with family involvement and satisfaction
Computer expertise including CARECAST, EPIC, BEAKER, CERNER, and Rover.
Wound Care including Complicated and Wound VAC
Excellent communication skills
Manual Peritoneal Dialysis and Cyclers
CRRT Prismaflex 2 and Prismax
Using psych skills every day. Calm under pressure, efficient, skillful execution of nursing tasks, and always a team player
Sedating Patients and assisting Anesthesia MD’s during Line Placement. Includes Arterial lines, Central Venous Catheters, Swan Ganz, and Nerve Blocks.
Preoperative Procedure and Checklist Verification, meeting SCIP Requirements, and sedation when ordered.
Post Anesthesia Recovery Drips including Fentanyl, Levophed, Precedex, Cardene, Cardizem, Heparin, Milrinone, Ativan, Dilaudid, and Morphine, PCA Pump Management on Both Braun and Alaris as well as complicated pain management. Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting management. ERAS Protocols.
Recovering CABG Patients direct from OR, with or without balloon pump. Hemodynamic Monitoring with Flotrak and Vigilance. Assessing for AFIB risk and intervention, working very closely with CTS for early ID of issues and best outcomes.
Hospice Care
Targeted Temperature Management (Code Ice)
Critical Care Drip implementation and maintenance (Levophed, Vasopressin, Epinephrine, Esmolol, Nitroglycerin, Anti-Arrythmics, Lidocaine, and others)
TAVR/Vascular/Thoracic Post op patients with Chest tubes and/or array of drain morphology)
Prone Therapy with RotoProne bed
ECMO trained
Working frequently in COVID ICU since March 2020
Experience
CARDIOVASCULAR ICU RN BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER
FROM MARCH 2018 AND CURRENTLY STILL EMPLOYED THERE.
RECOVERING POST OP CARDIAC, CODE ICE, COMPLICATED SURGICAL, STRAIGHT FROM OR. CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE DISEASE PROCESSES CONCURRENT WITH OR WITHOUT CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT, INTERACTING WITH MULTPILE SPECIALITES/DEPARTMENTS FOR THERAPIES, MULTIPLE MD’S INCLUDNG PLASTICS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALITES. PROFICIENT WITH CHEST COMPRESSIONS AND ACCLIMATED TO CODE ENVIRONMENT. VERY CALM WITH GOOD GAME FACE IN SITUATIONS WHERE PATIENT LIFE IS THREATENED, PEACEFUL AS WELL AS REALITY PRESENTAION WITH FAMILIES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COMFORT SIMULTANEOUSLY. VERY INVOLVED WITH PATIENT AND FAMILIES FOR OPTIMUM OUTCOMES WITH EXPECTATIONS.
Recovery Room RN Memorial Regional Hospital
From September 2016 to February 2018
Position includes Preoperative Nursing, Specials Holding area, And Recovery of wide variety of Surgical Patients: Ventriculostomies, Tram Flaps with Synovis Flow Coupler Monitoring, Orthopedics, ENT, L and D, Vascular, GI, Urology, Craniotomies, Podiatry, Ophthalmic, Nasopharyngeal, Maxillofacial, Breast Reconstructions, Thyroid Surgeries, Outpatient with Discharge, ICU, including ventilated Patients, Wake Up Vents, New Tracheostomies and Chest tubes.
Telemetry RN on 5 South (Cardiac and Kidney Disease Specialty) Memorial Regional Hospital
From May 2011 to September 2016
Consistently handled 6-8 patients per shift, chronically ill with acute complications. Coordinated care with family, physicians, social work, management, and patient care assistants. Assess and plan care for patients who are frequently noncompliant where extensive education utilized. CHF, COPD, Cancer, and Hospice patients for unit population. Was a continual preceptor training all new graduate nurses as well as previously experienced staff. Proficient with IV on kidney/chemo Patients.
EDUCATION
BROWARD COLLEGE
7200 Pines Boulevard
Hollywood, Florida 33024
Received Associate Degree in Nursing December 2010
Registered Nurse License number 9322536 valid through July 2022
Critical Care Class completed November 10, 2016
ACLS since 2010, current through August 2022
BLS since 2010, current through May 2022
CEU Prevention of Medical Errors current through 2022
CEU HIV/AIDS current through 2022
CEU Domestic Violence current through 2022
CEU Tuberculosis/OSHA/Hepatitis current through 2022
Multiple additional CEU’s for Cardiac ICU
Currently pursuing Bachelor Degree in Nursing at University of West Florida.
Have attended Broward Health Cardiac Symposium for 3 years (from Introduction)
PREVIOUS SKILLSET
Work history prior to nursing career include MCSE and MCP Certifications and working as an Assistant Systems Administrator in a 15 person office environment. Catalog Developer for a boat builder.
NON NURSING
Interests and activities include currently using Berlitz Spanish, Working for Office of Citizen’s Assistance painting houses in Hollywood. Ran 3 marathons. Taught computer skills class at Martin Luther King Community Center. Member of Mom’s Club International (Secretary for 2006-2007) Taught a patternmaking and usage class. Currently running online book club.
REFERENCES
SEHOON PAIK
Nurse Manager 5 South, Memorial Regional Hospital
Dawn De La Vega
Nurse Manager 5 South (Currently Director of Nursing at Memorial Manor) Memorial Regional Hospital
Mireya Thomas Diaz
Nurse Manager PACU, Memorial Regional Hospital
Rose Valderrama RN
Nurse Manager CVICU/CCU, Broward Health Medical Center
ADDITIONAL:
Graded final presentations for Medical Assistants graduating from McFatter Technical 2016
Educated Surgical Services Department at Memorial Regional on use of Pacer/Interrogators for St Jude Merlin and Medtronic Carelink.
References available on request, includes Managerial and Patient if interested.
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