Heather Leary

• Neurocritical care unit specializing in complex neurological diagnoses such as aneurysms, hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes with frequent neurological status changes.
• Managed highly specialized neurosurgical and neuroendovascular patients transferred from all over the tri-state area for highly specialized surgical interventions.
• Managed devices such as EVD's, lumbar drains, bolts, Seps drains, ventilators and CRRT
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing neurological conditions.
• Participating in research trial of intravenous Nimodipine for cerebral vasospasm.

• Travel ICU RN caring for complex neurosurgical patients, cardiovascular surgical patients and medical-surgical critically ill patients.

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center- Torrance, CA

Comprehensive Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center

January 2021- March 2021; September 2021-December 2021

Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center

April 2021- June 2021

Providence Saint John's Medical Center

Comprehensive Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center

ECMO, CRRT

June 2021- September 2021

Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center

March 2022- May 2022

Tenet Saint Francis Hospital Memphis

Comprehensive Stoke Center and Chest Pain Center

Served as Medical Response Team Nurse for 519 bed hospital

June 2022- January 2023

Level II Trauma Center and Chest Pain Center

Cared for complex trauma, neurosurgical, cardiothoracic surgical and general medical-surgical patients

• Acted as Resource Nurse for 356 bed hospital, responding to Rapid Response Team calls and Code Blue calls throughout hospital.
• Served on the Disaster Response Team
• Served on the Daisy Award Committee
• Served on the Covid Safety Team

Served on Patient Experience Committee

Served on Safe Patient Handling Committee

Acted as Charge RN on telemetry unit 2016

• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.