Maria Lembo
Wilmington
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Brigham & Women's Hospital
01.2024 - Current
- Provide specialized care alongside the interdisciplinary care team in a level 3 NICU to assess and treat newborns suffering from complex medical issues including prematurity, extremely low birth weight, neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, hypoglycemia, infection, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), jaundice, feeding immaturity, necrotizing enterocolitis and congenital birth defects
- Monitor and support respiratory function for neonates requiring conventional mechanical ventilation, jet ventilation, oscillatory ventilation, CPAP, RAM cannula, as well as high flow and low flow nasal cannula
- Provide continuous cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring along with management of central lines including UAC/UVPs, PALs and PICC lines as well as monitoring systems for kidney and brain perfusion utilizing NIRs technology
- Work closely and collaboratively with patient's families to provide compassionate care and comprehensive education from birth until discharge
Registered Nurse - Surgical/Burn/Trauma ICU
Brigham and Women's Hospital
09.2018 - 01.2024
- Provide life-sustaining support to critically ill trauma, burn and post-operative patient populations
- Completed training to provide the specialized nursing care required for both trauma and burn patients as well as those suffering from other dermatological conditions such as SJS, TENS, GvHD, necrotizing fasciitis
- Cared for ENT/OTO patients undergoing surgical procedures such as esophagectomies and neck dissections with free flap reconstruction
- Assess and monitor critically ill patients with hemodynamic pressure lines (CVP, PA lines, arterial lines and Vigileo monitoring), artificial airways requiring mechanical ventilation (oral/nasal intubation, tracheostomies), and patients in acute renal failure requiring CRRT
Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical ICU
Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2019
- Experience with a wide range of critically ill medical/surgical and desensitization patients
- Proficient in IV insertion, phlebotomy, obtaining arterial blood gasses and the management and interpretation of data obtained from arterial lines, CVP monitoring, and IABP monitoring.
- Co-chaired Unit Council working alongside my peers to implement evidence based practice in our day to day workflow policies to reduce the incidence of falls, catheter associated urinary tract infections, central line associated bacterial infections and ventilator associated pneumonia.
Collegiate Care Technician on FLEX Team
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Performed in the role of a CNA, floating to different units throughout the hospital while collaborating with different team members to complete skilled tasks and provide safe and compassionate patient care.
Certified Nurse's Assistant
Atria Assisted Living
Burlington
01.2012 - 01.2014
- I provided specialized care for residents with dementia and Alzheimer's disease with an emphasis on safety, medication assistance, ADLs and therapeutic communication.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing
Amherst, MA05.2015
Skills
- Ventilator management
- Central line management
- IV insertion
- Neonatal care
- Continuous renal replacement therapy
- Conscious sedation
- Burn and Complex wound care
Certification
- RN Licensure, RN2300598, 08/11/26
- ACLS certified
- TNCC certified
- NRP certified
Accomplishments
Patient Safety Award 2016
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Brigham & Women's Hospital
01.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse - Surgical/Burn/Trauma ICU
Brigham and Women's Hospital
09.2018 - 01.2024
Registered Nurse - Medical/Surgical ICU
Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2019
Collegiate Care Technician on FLEX Team
Baystate Medical Center
01.2014 - 01.2015
Certified Nurse's Assistant
Atria Assisted Living
01.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing