Gage Fleeger

• Assisted with invasive CVICU procedures, such as central line placements and pulmonary artery catheter insertions, ensuring aseptic technique and patient comfort throughout the process.
• Demonstrated proficiency in titrating vasoactive medications according to physician orders while closely monitoring hemodynamic parameters for early detection of adverse effects or trends that may require intervention or escalation of care.
• Participated in daily rounds with physicians, contributing valuable insights into patient conditions based on continuous assessments.
• Assisted in life-saving procedures such as CPR, defibrillation, and advanced airway management during critical events.
• Provided care for patients recovering from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures; managed patients requiring intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and Impella support devices; assisted in the postoperative care of vascular surgeries, craniotomies, and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries (VATS); treated cases of overdoses, strokes, and post-cardiac catheterization interventions.
• Managed ventilator settings, invasive lines, and other complex medical equipment, ensuring optimal patient safety.

• Routine basic nursing skills: vital signs monitoring, intake and output monitoring, and medication administration.

• Providing patient care in a telemetry-medical-surgical unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring of 5-8 patients.

• Carrying out doctor's orders and drug administration.

• Administration of intravenous fluids and blood products.

• Providing nursing care to acute on chronically ill patients (Heart Failure, Stroke, COPD, Diabetic, and Cancer patients) and suctioning tracheostomy or endotracheal tubes.

• Post-operative care of patients from general surgery, orthopedic cases, bariatric surgery, and cardiac/vascular including carotid endarterectomy, etc.

• Functioned as Charge Nurse overseeing a high acuity Medical/Surgical floor with a capacity of 36 patients.