Ryan Gnap, RN BSN CCRN

Experience

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  Nursing Student

  Sept 2014 - Apr 2018

  Clinical Experience

  • Comprehensive Adult Nursing III, Pennsylvania Hospital, IMCU / ICU• Pediatric Health Concepts, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Neurology Unit• Comprehensive Adult Nursing II, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Heart and Vascular Unit• Holistic Gerontological Nursing, Logan Square Enhanced Senior Living• Mental Health Nursing, Hahnemann University Hospital• Women's Reproductive Health, Hahnemann University Hospital• Comprehensive Adult Nursing I, Jefferson Einstein Hospital, Medical-Surgical Unit• Population Health Concepts, Stephen and Sandra Sheller Family Health Service Center• Fundamentals of Nursing Practice, Hahnemann University Hospital, Oncology Unit Show less

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  Drexel University

  Sept 2015 - Mar 2017

  Executive Ambassador - Training Coordinator

  Interviewed and selected students as tour guides to be the face of Drexel University for visiting prospective students and familiesExperience with delegating & overseeing groups of 150+ student ambassadors on campus while implementing events such as Accepted Students DayServed as liaison between hundreds of student ambassadors and key stakeholder executives of Drexel UniversityTrained 100+ student ambassadors through customized mentorship program yearly

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  Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2018

  Trauma Surgical ICU Nurse Assistant

  Performed vital signs, blood glucose checks, EKG’s, and venipuncture routinely on 20 bed level 1 trauma centerAssisted nurses with wound care, suctioning tracheostomies, and other sterile proceduresSet up rooms for incoming trauma patients from ER bay and helipadEngaged as member of Skin Champions Team to prevent pressure related injuries

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  Virtua Health

  Oct 2019 - now

  Frequently functions as charge nurse and rapid response team lead.Manages code interventions in the ICU and responds to medical emergencies throughout the health system. In constant communication with nursing supervisor and cath lab. Runs sepsis alerts, STEMI alerts, and stroke alerts.Cares for critically ill patients with devices such as mechanical ventilation, targeted temperature management, continuous renal replacement therapy, central lines with CVP monitoring, arterial lines, continuous paralytic infusions, transvenous pacemakers, FemoStop, chest tubes, rapid blood transfusion warmers, ceribell, LTM EEG, wound vac therapy, and zoll AED on a busy 18 - bed medical ICU. Nurse to patient ratio depending on acuity.Recovers patients postoperatively from cardiac catheterization directly to ICU. Handles dysrhythmias with various anti-arrhythmic agents and electrical cardioversion.Experience with complex medical issues including cardiac arrest, various shock states, myocardial infarction, stroke, ARDS, disseminated intravascular coagulation, hypertensive crisis, heart failure, vascular cases such as endarterectomies, proneing, lobectomies, organ donation preparation, COVID patients, seizures, and diabetic ketoacidosis.Precepts new-to-hire and new-graduate Virtua nurses to the ICU setting.Educates new-to-hire Virtua nurses about code stroke via lecture format.Received Virtua Health Certification of competency for advanced heart failure, Swan - Ganz maintenance, and intra-aortic balloon pump therapy classes (2023/2024)Completed the award-winning Essentials of Critical Care Orientation (ECCO) via the AACN (2022)Clinical safety improvement chair for ICU, provides education to all Virtua nurses regarding CLASBI/CAUTI.Skilled in charting with EPIC systems. Show less

  • Critical Care Registered Nurse - Medical ICU

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Stroke & Telemetry Float Pool Registered Nurse

    Oct 2019 - Mar 2022