Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Timeline
Training
Generic

Francisca Gagawala

Summary

Dedicated Critical Care Registered Nurse with 4 years of direct patient care experience. Adept at doctor communication and patient education with extensive knowledge of ICU treatments and planning long-term for patients. Successful at advocating patient needs and quick diagnoses.

Overview

1
1
Certification

Work History

Medical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Mountain Ridge Medical Center
  • Provide exceptional high quality, comprehensive and detail-oriented care to critically ill patients with diversified needs in a 24-bed ICU unit at a Level 2 trauma center.
  • Manage hemodynamically unstable patients that require titrating of various vasoactive medications.
  • Efficiently manage invasive hemodynamic monitoring lines such as arterial lines, central venous catheters and swan-Ganz catheters.
  • Took care of mechanically ventilated patients while collaborating with respiratory therapists in managing, trouble shooting and resolving ventilator alarm issues to aid in maintaining effective patient oxygenation needs.
  • Manage post cardiac arrest patients needing therapeutic hypothermia through the Artic Sun.
  • Manage Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) in critically ill patients by setting up the machine, monitoring and adjusting the CRRT parameters to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
  • Administer care to patients that have undergone various post-coronary interventions that require the utilization of the Abiomed Impella heart pumps.
  • Deliver expert care to neurological patients, including managing and monitoring External Ventricular Drains (EVDs) to ensure optimal ICP levels.
  • ECG
  • Precepted and mentored new graduate ICU nurses as well as experienced nurses in other specialties through their initial training program into the ICU.
  • Successfully mentored my fellow colleagues in learning ICU devices as a super user of the unit.

Odessa Regional Medical Center
07.2025 - 09.2025
  • Shadowing hours – 20 hours
  • Types of cases observed – c-sections, spinal anesthesia, labor inductions, total abdominal hysterectomy, double mastectomy, partial mastectomies

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
12.2023

Associate of Science - Nursing

Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
12.2021

Skills

  • Impella
  • CRRT
  • Super user on my unit
  • IV ultrasound guided

Certification

  • Colorado Registered Nurse (RN) License
  • California Registered Nurse (RN) License
  • Texas Registered Nurse (RN) License
  • Pennsylvania Registered Nurse (RN) License
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
  • Adult Cardiac Medical Certificate (CMC)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) certification

Languages

Swahili
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Odessa Regional Medical Center
07.2025 - 09.2025

Medical Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse

Mountain Ridge Medical Center

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Southern New Hampshire University

Associate of Science - Nursing

Community College of Allegheny County

Training

  • The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Annual Congress, Nashville, Tennessee, August 9th – August 13th
  • National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition (NTI), American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), New Orleans, Louisiana, June 9th – June 11th, 2025
  • Attended sessions focused on advanced critical care, patient safety, and evidence-based nursing practices.
  • Engaged in continuing education to enhance clinical knowledge and stay updated on current trends in acute and critical care nursing.
  • Diversity CRNA Information Session and Airway Simulation Lab Workshop, Pasadena, California, April 3rd– April 5th, 2025
  • Networked with different CRNAs and program directors.
  • Participated in the hands-on lab simulations which enhanced my understanding of the clinical skills that are required for nurse anesthesia school.

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
Francisca Gagawala