Brittany-Ann Higgins RN BSN
Valley Stream, NY 11581
***********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a full-time position as a Registered Professional Nurse
EMPLOYMENT:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Manhattan, NY
-January 2022-present
Registered Clinical Nurse II, Perioperative/Procedural/
Meadowbrook Endoscopy Center, Westbury, NY
-June 2020-December 2021
●Registered Nurse, Admitting/Procedural/PACU
NYU Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, NY
-April 2019-April 2020-COVID-19-
●Registered Nurse, Perioperative/Procedural Nurse
Long Island Center for Digestive Health, Uniondale, NY
-August 2016-January 2019
●Registered Nurse, Admitting/Procedural/PACU
Saint Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY
-May 2015-August 2016
●Registered Nurse, Telemetry/Stroke/Heart Failure, Medical-Surgical
EDUCATION:
Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY-September 2009- December 2014
GPA: 3.57 overall, 3.57 major
Associate’s in Mathematics and Science, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY-September 2006- December 2009
GPA: 3.6
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Acute Care:
Endo Practice Council Board Member
Quality Assurance Council Member
Preceptor to New Hired staff
Medical Surgical experienced, Stroke Certified, Mechanical Ventilation, Telemetry certified
IV insertion, and tracheostomy specialized care,Blood transfusion qualified, Chest Tube monitoring, Coronary Artery ByPass pre and post op specialized care, Ostomy care and maintenance, NGT/PEG care, PCA pump infusion qualified, Wound Care and postsurgical care of specific
Safe Patient Handling Committee Fall Prevention Committee, Nurse, Practice Council
Acute Care Procedural:
Knowledge and experienced with procedures:
Advanced/Interventional Pulmonary Procedural/ Intraopertively trained
“Super-user” for Double Balloon Enteroscopy, G-POEM, Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, Overstitch Endoscopic Stitching Device handling, X-Tack Endoscopic Heli -tacking system overview
●Upper Endoscopy: EGD with biopsy, foreign body removal, Esophageal dilation with CRE Balloon Device System and Savory Dilators, Esophageal Banding, Endo Flipp/Bravo Capsule Study placement, Video Capsule Placement with/without deployment system, EUS with/without FNA, pseudocyst drainage, Fidual Marker Placement, Double Balloon Dilation Enterscopy, EGD with Esophageal/Duodenal stent placement, PEG/J tube insertion, G-J Anastomosis with Hot Axios Stent, TruFreeze Cryotherapy, Oncolytic Virus Therapy CF17 Endoscopic Treatments/Trails
●Colonoscopy: colonoscopy with biopsy, ESD, EMR, colonic stent placement, colon dilation, Bacteriotherapy Fecal Matter Transplant,
●Advanced HepatoBiliary: ERCP, Spyglass, knowledge of C-Arm fluoroscopy Machine set-up, biliary stent placement, biliary dilation, Pancreatic Stent placement, Celiac Plexus Block therapy, colonoscopy with stent placement
Ambulatory Endoscopy:
Outpatient specialized skills
●Admission, primary intake of patient’s health and physical, Pre-op preparation
●Assisting Physician Endoscopist intraoperately with obtaining, collect, and documentation of specimens and case
●PACU and recovery room proficiency
●Administrative duties/responsibilities/Preceptor to newly hired nurses
●Charge Nurse and assistant
●Infection Control Nurse
LICENSE AND CERTIFICATES:
NCLEX-RN: Expires: 3/2023
AHA BLS for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED):
Expires: 5/26
HeartStart ACLS for Healthcare Providers:
Expired: 12/22
AHA PALS for Healthcare Providers:
Expired:12/22
REFERENCES:
Dr. Jacques Beauvais MD, Interventional Gastroenterologist, Director of Advanced Hepatobiliary at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Phone: 347-***-****
Dr. Vineet Syan Rolston, MD, Interventional Gastroenterologist, Co-Director of Advanced Hepatobiliary at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Phone: 914-***-****
Pat Benzensberg, RN, Nurse Administrator and Director of Long Island Center for Digestive Health
Phone: 516-***-****
Briggette Parra, RN, Assistant Nurse Manager of Interventional/Advanced Endoscopy
Phone: 201-***-****