Laura Gordon

Career Objective: Seeking a challenging, rewarding nurse position within a healt

hcare organization where I can utilize my expert cardiac skills and knowledge to
provide safe, effective, quality care for my patients.
Professional Work Experiences
Aurora: St. Luke's Medical Center
Employed: January 2006-June 2010
Electrophysiology Nurse V
Managed all aspects of nursing care to patients in electrophysiology lab includi
ng: transeptal afib/aflutter ablations, cardioversions, pacemaker/defibrillator
implants, tilts, electrophysiology studies, sheath removal.
Charge Nurse responsibilities including staffing/scheduling issues, quality cont
rol.
Administered and managed pre/intra/post operative care for patients receiving mi
ld, moderate and deep anesthesia utilizing propofol, midazolam and fentanyl drug
s.
Developed and implemented departmental policies/procedures specifically for cons
cious sedation patients.
Chair person for Area Council Committee in EP lab.
United Hospital System
Employed: December 2004-January 2006
Critical Care Nurse
Directed care to patients in a 17-bed combined CCU and CV-ICU including Medical/
Surgical/Respiratory/Neuro-Surgical critically ill patients.
Managed care to patients including pre/post cardiothoracic open heart,AAA,pace-m
akers,thoracotomies,fem-popliteal bypass grafting,sheath removal.
Charge Nurse responsibilites including staffing/scheduling issues, quality contr
ol, rounds with physicians and follow-up for patient home care.
Preceptor/mentor to new CCU/CV-ICU nurses.
Heart Hospital of Milwaukee
Employed: May 2004-November 2004
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Nurse
Developed care to patients in a 32-bed CV-ICU including pre/postoperative cardio
throacic patients, post PCI's,AMI's, ventilators, sheath removal,TEE,cardioversi
ons, 12-EKG with interpretation, IABP,IV phlebotomy,order entry,ACT,accucheck.
Managed care for patients recovering from anesthesia, conscious sedation.
Develped and implemented hospital policies/procedures.
Developed and instuitued educational material for staff especially temporary car
diac pacemakers through hospital-wide skill fair, new orientation.
Preceptor/mentor to new orientees, telemetry nurses.
Ability to exercise sound clinical judgment and assess situations quickly in col
laboration with physicians to provide effective care for patients with complex m
edical issues.
Assisted in closing hospital such as inventory control, disassembled the physica
l units and patients rooms.
Alliance Sevices, Inc
Employed: October 2000-May 2004
Intensive Care Nurse
Provided comprehensive care to critically ill patient population in the greater
Milwaukee area including: Medical/Surgivcal/Respiratory,Burns,Trauma and Neuro-S
urgical.
Assisted in procedures ordered by physicians tohelp patient achieve a higher lev
el of wellness such as hemodynamic monitoring catheters (Swan-Ganz),peritoneal d
ialysis, invasive line insertion (ie. central-line, Art-line,Mahukar line) using
sterile technique.
St. Francis Hospital
Employed: May 1999-March 2001
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Nurse
St. Michael Hospital
Employed: January 1997-May 1999
Clinical Nurse I, Staffing Support Team
Education
Telemetry,BLS,ACLS Certifications May 1997-present
Cardinal Stritch College, December 1996
Associate Degree of Nursing
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mount Mary College May 1987
Bachelor of Arts-Business
Milwaukee, Wisconsin