Liesa K Hotz, RN

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Fishers, IN 46038

419-***-****

advhyv@r.postjobfree.com

Experience

FEBRUARY 2021-PRESENT

Offer Health/SmileMD, Travel position within Ohio RN, PACU

●Successfully prepares pediatric patients/charts for dental surgery including making patients comfortable with procedures and staff

●Successfully recovers post-op pediatric patients including providing all home instruction and education to guardians

●Trains new RN's

SEPTEMBER 2019-MARCH 2020 (Laid off d/t COVID)

Surgery Center at Regency Park, Toledo, OH -RN, PACU

●Successfully prepares patients/charts for pre-op, including initiating IV line and completing pre-op ordered testing

●Successfully recovers post-op patients including giving clear, detailed instructions for follow up and at home care

●Trains new RN's

APRIL 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2019

CHWC-Hospital, Bryan, OH - RN, ICU/TU

●Trains new ICU RN's

●Successfully handles challenging ICU assignments.

●Assesses and evaluates the nursing needs of patients who are hospitalized.

●Monitors, records, and reports symptoms and changes in patients’ conditions, including diet and physical activity. Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records.

●Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans. Modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patients’ responses and conditions.

●Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, and equipment; ensures that supplies are maintained.

●Administers intravenous and oral medications, including pressors, sedation, and paralytics.

●Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assesses patient’s condition per physicians’ orders.

●Responsible for hemodynamic monitoring and subsequent treatment of patients with IABP, hypothermia, Swan-Ganz catheters, CVP monitoring, mechanical ventilation, OG/NG/Foley catheters, drains, and other treatment/support.

●Instructs patients and their families on POC, treatments, medications, and palliative care. Personalizes education to cover discharge instructions, ongoing therapies, and follow-up with cardiology and other physicians.

●Assists family and provide support in end of life situations.

JUNE 2003 - MARCH 2018

Mercy Bon Secours: St. Vincent’s Hospital, Toledo, OH - RN, CVICU

●Performs all of the above duties, in addition to the following:

●Precepts both students and new CVICU RN's

●Charge nurse

●Responsible for patients who are on CRRT and multiple chest tubes/drains.

●As a preceptor, provides and arranges for training/instruction of new CVICU RNs and nursing students.

●Collaborates with open heart and vascular surgeons, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, and other specialties.

Education

GRADUATED MAY 2003

Owens Community College, Toledo Campus - Associates in Registered Nursing

●Graduated Phi Theta Kappa

GRADUATED MAY 1990

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Bachelors in Clinical Psychology

Projects

DECEMBER 2016 - DECEMBER 2017

Pain Project, St. Vincent’s Hospital - Project Creator & Coordinator

●Formed proposal for opioid alternative pain management strategies in post-open heart surgery patients.

●Taught policies and procedures to other hospitals in the area. Returned to hospitals on a monthly basis to evaluate procedures, data retrieval and analysis.

License

Ohio Board of Nursing License no: RN 306840

BLS, PALS and ACLS Certified

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