AMBRIA T. JENNINGS
Woodbridge
Summary
Highly skilled and compassionate Registered Nurse with almost 6 years of critical care experience in Progressive Care and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) combined. Expertise in managing critically ill patients, advanced life support, and complex medical conditions. Seeking an ICU Nurse position to provide high-quality, life-saving care while contributing to a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Compassionate Registered Nurse with ICU experience. Have managed critical care patients, delivered intensive therapeutic interventions, and fostered communication between interdisciplinary medical teams. Possess strong clinical skills enhanced by ability to build rapport with patients and their families. Committed to best-in-class patient care and teamwork.
Patient-oriented critical care nurse with several years of experience delivering high-quality care to patients in critical care units. Highly skilled the field with demonstrated leadership skills that drive patient outcomes while sustaining care objectives.
Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain top-notch healthcare practices.
Quick-thinking Critical Care Registered Nurse with several years of experience. Adept at providing immediate care and working closely with staff to ensure successful practices. Committed to best-in-class departmental communication and accurate triaging.
Compassionate Registered Nurse with distinguished understanding of hospital functions. Skilled at developing comprehensive post-treatment plans with patients and doctors for quality healthcare. Committed to patient education and advocacy.
Highly trained critical care nursing professional accomplished in managing patients' conditions and delivering key treatments. Expert in monitoring health and care to proactively meet individual patients' needs. Fully qualified and certified to care for patients with wide range of histories and care requirements. Versed in Joint Commission standards and nursing process.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ICU RN
Reston Hospital
Reston
11.2022 - Current
- Provide high-quality patient care on a mixed medical/surgical/trauma ICU
- Consistently manage 2-3 critical patients per shift while simultaneously upholding safety measures
- Routinely manage multiple vasoactive/high risk medications, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring
- Serve as a preceptor to new graduate nurses and new-to-facility nurses
- Participate in an 8-week mentorship program serving as a mentor
- Serve PRN as hospital resource nurse; responding to rapid responses, code blues, IV insertions
- Competent in device management including: Belmont Rapid Infuser, EVD, Artic Sun, IABP, EV1000, Slow Low Efficiency Dialysis (SLED), Camino
Progressive Care Unit RN
Reston Hospital
Reston
07.2019 - 11.2022
- Gained foundational nursing experience in a general PCU/Stepdown environment
- Developed a strong baseline for managing non-titratable medications and critical thinking skills when needing to escalate doses
- Served as primary charge RN on a 30 bed unit including up to 35 patients on a Covid-PCU floor during the pandemic
- Precepted new graduate nurses to become independently functioning
- Worked multiple shifts in the central telemetry monitoring room
- Managed an average of 4-6 patients per shift
Medical Assistant
Patient First
Fairfax
07.2018 - 07.2019
- Assisted physicians and advanced practice professionals by preparing patients for exams and procedures
- Regularly took vital signs, performed audio/visual testing, ordered appropriate lab testing
- Collaborated with nurses and providers to triage patients and assisted with patient care in a fast-paced urgent care
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
George Mason University
01.2019
Skills
- Vasoactive medication management
- Ventilator management
- Hemodynamic monitoring
- Patient assessment
- Rapid response
- Code blue response
- Device management
- Patient education
- Critical thinking
- Team collaboration
- Time management
- Patient advocacy
- Leadership development
- Crisis management
- Quality improvement
- Health promotion
- Compassionate care
- Telemetry monitoring
- Intravenous therapy
- Advanced cardiac life support
- End-of-life care
- Advanced life support
- Patient Check-ins
- Central line management
- Standards of care
- Airway management
- Wound care management
- Family advocacy
- Life-sustaining machines
- Policy adherence
- Intensive care unit experience
- IV setup
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Virginia, #0001287989
- Basic Life Support, Red Cross, 01/01/25
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Red Cross NIH
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), member
- Virginia Nurses Association (VNA), member
Timeline
ICU RN
Reston Hospital
11.2022 - Current
Progressive Care Unit RN
Reston Hospital
07.2019 - 11.2022
Medical Assistant
Patient First
07.2018 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
George Mason University