Sarah Vennettilli
Colorado Springs
Summary
Registered Nurse with 16 years of diversified nursing experience. Excellent provider of patient centered care. Graduate of an accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.
Experienced with patient care and clinical procedures, ensuring effective treatment and patient satisfaction. Utilizes evidence-based practices to deliver quality care and support recovery. Knowledge of patient assessment, care planning, and healthcare protocols, ensuring safe and efficient clinical operations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical RN IIII Anesthesia Recovery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
10.2022 - Current
- Provide care for pediatric patients in all aspects of peri-anesthesia care including pre-op, Phase I (PACU), Phase II recovery and sedated radiology procedures.
- Assess, instruct & prepare pediatric patients prior to surgery.
- Ensure that operative and informed consents are signed and correct.
- Take and record vital statistics of patients to ensure readiness for surgical procedure.
- Initiate IVs and ensure patients are informed about procedure.
- Assess patients’ post-operative condition.
- Monitor vital signs and other measurements of progress, meeting discharge criteria.
- Log all findings in patient files.
- Answer patient questions and ensure patient comfort, provide customized discharge instructions.
- Monitor patients for condition changes, reporting any changes to physician.
- Perform intervention duties during post-operative emergencies.
- Managed challenging cases with a focus on critical thinking and clinical reasoning, resulting in improved decision making.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify potential risks and develop appropriate interventions.
- Served as a preceptor for new staff members, ensuring proper orientation and training for seamless integration into the team.
- Achieved high patient satisfaction by providing compassionate and knowledgeable care.
- Administered medications safely according to established protocols, minimizing errors and adverse reactions.
- Utilized infection control measures diligently to reduce nosocomial infections within the clinical setting.
- Documented all aspects of patient care comprehensively within electronic health records, supporting continuity of care across disciplines.
- Acted as a liaison between patients, family members, and healthcare professionals, fostering open lines of communication.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
Clinical RN II Department of Endocrinology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
12.2019 - 10.2022
- Outpatient nurse in endocrinology. Responsible for providing patient-centered care to patients and their families. Skilled with using Epic and assisting other employees with Epic training.
- Provide telephone triage for a variety of endocrine emergencies.
- Process refills and prior authorizations.
- Code Skill Facilitator-responsible for assessing and checking off staff in AED training.
- Provide education to families in the outpatient and inpatient setting prior to discharge.
- Perform nurse visits including IV placement and stimulation tests.
- Trained to precept newly hired nurses.
Emergency Department RN/Relief Charge RN/Phase II Recovery RN
Inland Hospital
11.2017 - 10.2019
- Emergency room RN in a rural community hospital serving a diverse population.
- Assessing and caring for patients while treating each person as an individual with specific needs. Triaging patients to determine acuity level and need for emergent interventions including following protocols for patient experiencing chest pain or neurological symptoms.
- Documenting nursing interventions in a clear and concise manner to include the response to the intervention.
- Calculating and titrating medications, administering medications while ensuring that the proper safety rules are followed and at times mixing IV medications if the pharmacy is closed.
- Caring for critically ill or injured patients until transportation is facilitated to the receiving facility. Duties often included assisting EMS in the transport to a higher level of care
- Crossed trained into peri anesthesia with particular emphasis on phase II recovery.
Clinical RN II/Charge RN-Pulmonary Department
Children’s Hospital Colorado
11.2015 - 10.2017
- Provide care to pediatric pulmonary patients in an outpatient setting including correctly calculating dosages and administering medications. Specific patient populations include: care of patients with ventilators and tracheostomy tubes, asthma patients, premature infants and patients with cystic fibrosis.
- Focused on providing clinical education for patients, families and staff members in a caring and compassionate matter to ensure the highest level of care is delivered.
- Case management performed for patients to help facilitate home equipment set up and delivery.
RN/Back Office Lead
Broadmoor Valley Pediatrics
04.2013 - 11.2015
- Lead nurse in a pediatric office.
- Oversaw Medical Assistants to ensure safe and timely delivery of care under the direction of physicians and a Physician Assistant including correctly calculating dosages and administering medications.
- Telephone triage was performed using the highest level of nursing care and judgement to determine and advise emergency and routine care.
Emergency Department RN
Penrose Main Emergency Department
09.2009 - 12.2014
- RN at a Level II trauma facility with 35 beds including four trauma bays and 4 psychiatric beds.
- Able to accurately and quickly determine patient acuity level to determine which patients require immediate assistance.
- Trained in managing critical ICU bound patients, including assisting with insertion of sepsis catheters and monitoring CVP. Able to quickly asses patients to determine if their acuity or mental status had changed, comfortable communicating with providers to notify of changes in patients' mentation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Eckerd College
St Petersburg, FLSkills
- Empathetic communication
- Clinical decision-making
- Health promotion
- Medication administration
- Care coordination and planning
- Quality improvement and assurance
- Quality assurance
- Family engagement strategies
- Nurse training
- Call triage
- Multitasking and organizational skills
- Direct patient care
Certification
- RN-BSN
- CPN, BLS, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, CPN
Timeline
Clinical RN IIII Anesthesia Recovery
Children’s Hospital Colorado
10.2022 - Current
Clinical RN II Department of Endocrinology
Children’s Hospital Colorado
12.2019 - 10.2022
Emergency Department RN/Relief Charge RN/Phase II Recovery RN
Inland Hospital
11.2017 - 10.2019
Clinical RN II/Charge RN-Pulmonary Department
Children’s Hospital Colorado
11.2015 - 10.2017
RN/Back Office Lead
Broadmoor Valley Pediatrics
04.2013 - 11.2015
Emergency Department RN
Penrose Main Emergency Department
09.2009 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Eckerd College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
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