Morgan Alston

· Worked alongside the nursing supervisor as a clinical resource nurse for the entire hospital staff/units

· Designated rapid response and trauma nurse responding to situations throughout the hospital and in the Emergency Department

· Coordinated care between departments and communicated needs to admin, anesthesia, charge nurses etc.

· Relied on by nursing staff to place difficult peripheral IVs and trained in ultrasound IV placement

· Organized education for nurses about intravenous catheter and nasogastric tube placement as well as other relevant nursing skills

· Involved as a coordinator for the recent transfer of to a new EHR system in the hospital

· Continued specialized care in critical care cardiac medicine and expanded skills to be trained in Venous to venous and venous to arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

· Selected by leadership to a new role as STEMI/resource for the unit; while in this role the nurse is responsible for responding to STEMI activation in the emergency department, ensuring patients receive appropriate medications prior to Cath lab, coordinating with ED and Cath lab staff for timely transport, and then safely transporting critical patients across the hospital for their procedure

· Participated in a program centered around educating staff in safe, collaborative and efficient patient management in emergency cardiac arrest situations

· Precepted several new hire nurses both with and without prior cardiac medicine or device experience

· Expanded nursing practice in a combined 22-bed medical and surgical Cardiac ICU, at a level 1 trauma center

· Concentrated in cardiac medicine specific to post myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest, right and left side specific heart failure

· Recovered post-op vascular surgery patients including trans thoracic aortic aneurism repair with lumbar drains and lytic catheters for blood clots

· Experienced with cardiac devices including the Maquet IABP, Abiomed Impella, Nx-stage CRRT, Alaris IV pump, transvenous pacemakers and Swan-Ganz catheters

· Trained to safely administer conscious sedation medications with end tidal carbon dioxide monitoring for bedside procedures including endoscopy and colonoscopy

· Precepted on the unit; recognized as knowledgeable and approachable resource for new graduate nurses

· Developed a foundation of nursing skills in a 24-bed medical/surgical/level 2 trauma ICU

· Cared for a variety of patient illnesses including but not limited to Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Alcohol withdrawal, liver cirrhosis, Acute respiratory failure, renal failure and sepsis

· Handled a complex patient load during the COVID pandemic with multiple obstacles

-Assisted in ventilator management for critically ill patients, ensuring optimal oxygenation levels were maintained.

- Worked as a short term COVID crisis nurse in isolation ICU

-Adapted my nursing skills to a new location, work environment, and work load in a stressful environment

-Enhanced patient care by collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists.

-Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing practices in COVID-19 ICU.