Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Professional Development
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Monica Giorgio

Emergency Nurse

Summary

Passionate Emergency and Trauma specialized registered nurse offering 5 years' experience seeking to further my career in critical care nursing in the United Kingdom. Through this endeavor, I hope to diversify my skills and experiences serving patients in a foreign country, gain valuable knowledge of standards in practice outside my country of training, and become a more well-rounded and culturally competent healthcare professional.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles
07.2022 - Current
  • Served high acuity adult and pediatric patients, scrubbing in on trauma teams of all ages
  • Frequently managed patient flow as department flow coordinator, directing movement throughout the ED including expediting bed placement and evaluation for critically ill patients and coordinating with charge nurse and medical staff to manage capacity challenges
  • Teaching Hospital: Yes; Trauma Level: 1
  • Unit Bed Count: 46; Patient Ratio: 4:1
  • EHR: EPIC

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Harborview Medical Center
Seattle
04.2022 - 07.2023
  • Designated Level 1 Adult/Pediatric Trauma Center for the Pacific Northwest, working closely with transfer centers throughout Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Cared for a multitude of trauma and burn patients of all ages received by air transport.
  • Trauma Level: 1; EHR: EPIC
  • Unit Bed Count: 60; Patient Ratio: 5:1

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center
El Paso
03.2021 - 03.2022
  • 1-year assignment rotating between 3 locations: bedside nurse at main Level 2 Trauma Center and charge nurse at 2 standalone Emergency Departments, serving a large population of patients from Mexico and Southern Texas.
  • Frequent critical care transport nurse for patients requiring escalation to higher care from the standalone EDs.
  • Teaching Hospital: Yes; Trauma Level: 2
  • Unit Bed Count: 36; Patient Ratio: 6:1
  • EHR: Meditech

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

George Washington University Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia
07.2020 - 01.2021
  • Extended assignment at a Level 1 Trauma Center in DC, serving government officials, white house staff, and foreign diplomats in addition to members of the community.
  • Worked closely with Secret Service during the 2021 Presidential Election and Inauguration for the safe treatment of officials and residents during these events.
  • Teaching Hospital: Yes; Trauma Level: 1
    Unit Bed Count: 50; Patient Ratio: 6:1
  • EHR: EPIC

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

East Liverpool Hospital
East Liverpool
04.2020 - 07.2020
  • Critical access Emergency Department at the junction of 3 states, treating patients in a rural community with limited resources, including firearms victims and machinery trauma.
  • Expediting air transport to nearest hospital when indicated.
  • Critical Access Hospital: Yes; EHR: Meditech
  • Unit Bed Count: 15; Patient Ratio: 5

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Orlando Health
Orlando
01.2020 - 04.2020
  • Provided emergency care to adult and pediatric patients, both local and tourist, during the start of COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, treating a large variety of minor to critical illnesses including trauma, neurology, cardiology, and psychiatry.
  • Trauma Level: 2; EHR: EPIC
  • Unit Bed Count: 48; Patient Ratio: 5:1

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Vidant Medical Center
Greenville, NC
07.2019 - 12.2019
  • Extended assignment at the only Level I Trauma Center in Eastern NC serving over 20 counties, managing a high census and treating many critical patients received via air transport.
  • Assisted with trauma team assessment, stabilization and treatment of pediatric and adult trauma patients
  • Teaching Hospital: Yes; Trauma Level: 1
    Unit Bed Count: 80; Patient Ratio: 5:1
  • EHR: EPIC


Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Cleveland
08.2018 - 07.2019
  • First nursing job serving many complex pediatric and adult patients with unique conditions.
  • Provided emergency care to patients with rare and complex health issues, such as multiple transplants, LVAD & ECMO patients, and post-op surgical cases that were the first of their kind.
  • Cleveland Clinic is also a primary stroke center with the city's only Mobile Stroke Unit, a STEMI center, teaching hospital, and MAGNET accredited.

Teaching Hospital: Yes; EHR: EPIC
Unit Bed Count: 80; Patient Ratio: 5:1

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

The University of Akron
Akron, Ohio
08.2014 - 05.2018

No Degree - Critical Care Nursing

Kent State University
Kent, Ohio
08.2018 - 06.2019

Skills

Critical care transportation escort

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Certification

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Professional Development

• 19th Annual Update in Acute & Emergency Care Pediatrics Conference, TN, 2020

• 24th Annual Update on Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Disease, CHOP, 2021

• National Conference on Wilderness Medicine, Montana, 2021

• Trauma Care and Prevention Conference, Harvard University, 2021

• International Congress for the World Society of Emergency Surgery, Edinburgh, 2021

• Clinical Updates in Pediatrics Conference Series, Johns Hopkins, 2022

• The 9th Congress of the European Academy of Pediatric Societies, Barcelona, 2022

Timeline

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
07.2022 - Current

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Harborview Medical Center
04.2022 - 07.2023

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Las Palmas Del Sol Medical Center
03.2021 - 03.2022

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

George Washington University Hospital
07.2020 - 01.2021

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

East Liverpool Hospital
04.2020 - 07.2020

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Orlando Health
01.2020 - 04.2020

Travel Nurse, Emergency Department

Vidant Medical Center
07.2019 - 12.2019

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
08.2018 - 07.2019

No Degree - Critical Care Nursing

Kent State University
08.2018 - 06.2019

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

The University of Akron
08.2014 - 05.2018
Monica GiorgioEmergency Nurse