Expert Details

Nursing: Critical Care, Cardiology, Clinic Phone Triage

ID: 733692 Texas, USA

Nursing: As a nurse of 16 years, Expert has expertise in several areas of nursing. For 5 and a half years, she worked on a general surgery and medical floor at a large hospital in Austin, Texas. In this role, she cared for patients requiring joint replacement, gastrointestinal surgery, kidney failure management, diabetes crisis management, and management of a variety of other medical conditions. For the next six years, she cared for critically ill patients, most of whom were hospitalized for acute cardiac conditions, heart transplants, open heart surgery, end stage kidney disease, acute stroke, and many other life threatening conditions requiring life support. Expert has worked in the cardiac catheterization lab for two years. In this role, she functioned as part of a team who are first responders during myocardial infarction.

In the catheterization lab, she assisted with stent placement, medication administration, and device set up and use. In addition to her years spent working in hospitals, she also has experience in the clinic setting functioning as a telephone triage nurse as well as a manager and supervisor.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2016	Degree: Masters	Subject: Business	Institution: Kaplan University
Year: 2007	Degree: Bachelors	Subject: Nursing	Institution: University of Texas at Austin

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2017 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Independent Nurse Consultant	Department: Owner
Responsibilities: Serve as an expert reviewer and witness for legal companies requiring assistance interpreting and analyzing medical cases.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2017 to 2017	Employer: Baylor Scott and White	Title: RN	Department: Cardiac Cath Lab
Responsibilities: Assist with placement of emergent and staged coronary interventions requiring stent and or balloon placement. Monitor pt during procedure. Administer high risk medications and operate advanced life support devices. Part of first responder for STEMI (S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction) calls.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2016 to 2017	Employer: Aya Healthcare	Title: RN	Department: Cardiac Cath Lab
Responsibilities: Assist with placement of emergent and staged coronary interventions requiring stent and or balloon placement. Monitor pt during procedure. Administer high risk medications and operate advanced life support devices. Part of first responder for STEMI (S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction) calls.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2016 to 2016	Employer: American Traveler	Title: RN	Department: Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit
Responsibilities: Monitor and administer treatments to patients suffering from neurologic insults. The patients in intensive care require continuous monitoring for subtle changes and often require life support devices.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2015 to 2016	Employer: Austin Heart	Title: RN Supervisor and Triage	Department: Cardiology Clinic
Responsibilities: Manage clinic employees, ensure timely medication refills, accurately and safely triage all medical calls.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2014 to 2015	Employer: Heart Hospital of Austin	Title: RN	Department: Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and Cardiac Cath Lab
Responsibilities: Monitor, administer treatments, and manage recovery of post operative open heart surgery patients. Manage patients requiring life saving medical device therapy. Assist with placement of emergent and staged coronary interventions requiring stent and or balloon placement. Monitor pt during procedure. Administer high risk medications and operate advanced life support devices. Part of first responder for STEMI (S-T Elevation Myocardial Infarction) calls.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2013 to 2014	Employer: Crossover Health	Title: RN Supervisor and Triage	Department: Occupational Health
Responsibilities: Manage clinic employees, ensure timely medication refills, accurately and safely triage all medical calls.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2006 to 2012	Employer: Seton Healthcare Family	Title: RN	Department: Intensive Care Unit
Responsibilities: Monitor and administer treatments to patients suffering from acute and chronic critical illnesses. The patients in intensive care require continuous monitoring for subtle changes and often require life support devices. Recover and manage treatments for heart transplant patients, post operative open heart surgery patients, post operative craniotomy patients, and other general surgery patients requiring a high level of monitoring and intensive treatment.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2001 to 2006	Employer: St David's Health Care System	Title: LVN	Department: Medical and Surgical Floor
Responsibilities: Monitor and administer treatments to patients in the post operative period after orthopedic, gastrointestinal, urologic, and other general surgical procedures. Cared for complex medical patients requiring medication management and wound care.

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Licenses / Certifications
State of Texas Registered Nursing License State of California Registered Nursing License Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified in Basic Life Support

Medical / Professional
Registered Nurse licensed in the state of Texas and California

Fields of Expertise

heart transplant, stent, drug-eluting stent, acute renal failure, cardiac critical care, nursing management, neuroscience nursing, perioperative nursing, nursing, cardiovascular nursing, biomedical device, ambulatory care

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