Erin McCarthy

(Float between Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Unit, & Progressive Care Unit)

• Proficient with time management and prioritizing patient specific populations.
• Ability to care for high acuity patients from admission to discharge.
• Ability to adapt quickly to new situations due to floating between various units.

• Maintain rigorous practice and competition schedule while still working as a full time registered nurse.

• Proficient in the management of head/neck dissections including tracheotomies and laryngectomies.
• Proficient in the management of patients who have had vascular surgery including endarterectomy, thrombectomy, and femoral popliteal bypass.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students, effectively teaching critical thinking skills and fostering an environment of continuous learning.
• Performed fill in charge nurse as needed.
• Night shift staff development nurse responsible for education topics on the unit and on boarding process of new employees.

• Responded rapidly to emergency situations such as cardiac arrests or respiratory distress events, applying critical thinking skills and expert knowledge to initiate life-saving interventions.
• Proficient in the management of patients requiring life sustaining measures, including mechanical ventilation, crrt, and critical cardiac drips.
• Proficient in the management of patients requiring sedating and/or paralytic drips including propofol, fentanyl, versed, nimbex, and rocoronium.