Susan Tiffany Morea
Charleston
Summary
Knowledgeable Critical Care/Cardio-thoracic Registered Nurse with superior knowledge of treatments, techniques and diagnostic procedures. Adept at providing immediate and individualized care. Proven leader with great multitasking skills and a fantastic eye for detail.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Mobile Resource Pool ICU Nurse
Roper St Francis
08.2023 - Current
- Float to all four hospital sites to ICU/step down/med surg/emergency department as needed
- Precept and perform charge duties as needed per unit.
- Be available as a resource
- Performing ultra sound peripheral a IV's
Travel Nurse at Prisma Greenville
IDR Healthcare, Inc
11.2022 - 08.2023
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Documented patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied and observations.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Intensive-care-nurse
Trident Regional Medical Center
01.2005 - 10.2022
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and generally accepted nursing practices.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed care choices.
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent and geriatric ICU patients.
- Observed patients' vital signs and administered physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
- Maintained respectful treatment environment that honored patients' and families' cultural and religious traditions and preferences.
- Recorded patients' medical status and treatment details in electronic charts to accurately document medical care.
- Performed Clinical Nurse Coordinator duties of two multi-disciplined intensive care units(trauma, CVI, neuro, pulmonary, nephrology, post-cath lab, head&neck surgical, etc)
- Recovered complex post open heart, dissecting aneurysm patients, with knowledge of hemodynamics, swan-ganz catheter, multiple pressors, impella, IABP knowledge and CRRT(Nxstage, Tablo, Fresenius machines)
- Taught the nurses in the unit the Nxstage crrt machine process, documentation and helped facilitate policy for the safe use and operation
- Perform Bi-weekly managerial work such as schedule, audits, education and disciplinary actions.
LPN-RN
Kindred Hospital Charleston
01.2004 - 12.2004
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Took care of complex wounds from Spina Bifida to Quadriplegic bed sore wounds and wound vacs
- Cared for long term ventilated patients
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC05.2004
Skills
- Seizure Disorders
- Advanced Life Support
- Data Compilation and Analysis
- Task and Work Prioritization
- Bronchoscopy and Endoscopy
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Pulmonary Assessments
- Patient Care Assessment
- Chest Tubes
- Managerial tasks: schedule making, audits, disciplinary actions, education
- Endotracheal Intubation
- GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
- Vascular Surgery
- Swan-Ganz Catheters
- Emergency Interventions
- Central Line Placement
- Mechanical Ventilators
- Renal Function Management
- Cerebrovascular Accidents
- Care of post open heart patients
- Impella therapy monitoring
- IABP therapy monitoring
- Trauma patient: multi-level
- Vasopressors, anti-arrhythmic
- Proning therapy
- EKG interpretation
- Epic and Meditech charting
- Crrt machine operation and knowledge(Nxstage, Tablo and Fresenius)
Timeline
Mobile Resource Pool ICU Nurse
Roper St Francis
08.2023 - Current
Travel Nurse at Prisma Greenville
IDR Healthcare, Inc
11.2022 - 08.2023
Intensive-care-nurse
Trident Regional Medical Center
01.2005 - 10.2022
LPN-RN
Kindred Hospital Charleston
01.2004 - 12.2004
Associate of Science - Nursing
Trident Technical College