Jyothis Venus is a highly skilled and experienced nurse anesthetist currently completing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice. She has over 15 years of critical care nursing experience and is proficient in all aspects of anesthesia delivery including general, regional, and specialty cases. Venus is also competent in preoperative assessments, postoperative care, and pain management. She has worked in both urban and rural clinical settings and seeks to provide the highest quality of anesthesia care for all patients.

1. Jyothis Venus, SRNA ( DNP-A ,TCU), RN,BSN,CCRN
2951 Sandage Avenue, Apt#603, Fort worth, TX 76109. Cell: 9564006789. j.venus@tcu.edu
Extremely motivated student nurse anesthetist currently in clinical residency determined to
advance the anesthesia career to the next level providing nothing less but the best anesthesia
care to all patients. Highly competent with exceptional clinical and didactic skills with a wealth
of experience in critical and intensive care. Outstanding knowledge of anesthesiology principles,
techniques, and procedures, and a thorough understanding of all related medical
terminologies, anatomy, and pathophysiology of disease processes affecting the selection and
titration of anesthesia.
Clinical Experience:
Successful as a clinical student in efficient time management , prioritizing tasks, and exercising
sound judgment in maintaining stable hemodynamics and improving patient outcomes under
anesthesia. Comfortable in a fast paced operating room environment and diligent towards
maintaining an excellent patient turn over. Able to remain calmyet vigilant, exercising critical
thinking strategies in crisis situations.
Exhibit proficiency in GETA, LMA, Regional (Spinal, Epidural, & Peripheral Nerve blocks), and
MAC types of anesthesia. Thorough understanding of the difficult airway algorithm in case of
anticipated difficult airways. Skilled in using glidescope and fast track LMAs as an effective tool
on difficult intubations. Able to identify patients with difficult airways using mallampatti
classification, thyromental distance, mouth opening, upper lip bite test and external
appearance. Well prepared to manage crisis at all times.
Confident and proficient in preoperative assessments, postoperative evaluations and pain
management in the post-anesthesia care unit. Continue to gain skills in the insertion of A-lines,
central lines, and peripheral nerve blocks while maintaining competency in oral and nasal
endotracheal intubations on adult and pediatric population, and administration of age-specific
safe anesthesia for neonatal, pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient population. Vigilant in
identifying high risk patients for general and regional (spinal and epidural) anesthesia in order
to optimize the plan of care specific to the patient needs.
As a senior resident in nurse anesthesia, currently providing safe, proficient, competent , and
autonomous administration of local, intravenous, and inhalational anesthesia based on the
patient, and surgery. Confident in maintaining stable hemodynamics under anesthesia in all
types of general and specialty surgeries including laparoscopic, robotic, abdominal,
gynaecological, obstetrical, orthopedic, and Trauma/ENT cases requiring nasal intubations and
NIM ETT intubations for thyroidectomies. Also have had a good exposure in administering
general anesthesia in major vascular cases such as carotid endarterectomies, thoracotomies,

2. and pneumonectomies requiring one lung ventilation. Being cross-trained at the primary site at
present to manage open-hearts and valvular heart repairs/replacements on and off pump.
Clinical rotations include a good exposure to general and specialty cases in urban and rural
settings including level 1 trauma centers, contributing significantly to a wide variety of exposure
as a resident anesthetist which will be an asset to my anesthesia practice.
Clinical sites Include: Texas Hughley Memorial Medical center, Fort Worth , TX – Primary Site
(Leading specialty hospital in DFW,TX)
East Texas Medical Center, Pittsburg,TX – Rural, All CRNA practice
First Surgery Suites, Sulphur Springs ,TX - Rural, All CRNA practice
JPS Level 1 Trauma Center, Fort Worth ,TX – OB rotation
Cooks Children’s Hospital , Fort Worth, TX- Pediatric rotation
Lafayette General Medical Center (Level 1 trauma center), Louisiana, TX-
Neuro/ Cardiovascular Rotation.
Professional Nursing Experience:
1999 - 2014 : 15 years of proven critical care experience!
Open-heart units: Close hemodynamic monitoring and management of adult post-operative
patients recovering from open-heart surgeries. Competent in efficiently titrating vasopressors
to maintain stable hemodynamics. Proficient in setting ventilator weaning parameters in order
to facilitate extubation. Exercises sound judgement in replacing blood products and intravenous
fluids based on patient hemodynamics (CVP, CO/CI, SVR) reflecting preload and afterload,
hourly blood loss, and postoperative labs.
Cardiothoracic ICU/ Medical surgical ICU: Good team player working collaboratively with
surgeons, cardiologists, intensivists, nurses, and patient families in providing the most efficient
care for the patient.
Skilled in identifying and managing postoperative complications related to life threatening
arrhythmias ,hypo/hypertension, elevated intracranial pressures, hypovolemia, hypothermia,
hypo/hyperventilation, aspiration or sepsis. Able to promptly identify an obstructing airway in
relation to postoperative anesthetic complications related to laryngospasm or bronchospasm,
and exercises critical thinking in maintaining a patent airway.
Assisted in a wide range of clinical procedures such as cardiac catherization, balloon-pump,
chest-tube insertions, pleural tapping, etc requiring various invasive/noninvasive monitoring.
Able to accurately monitor pressures based on CVP lines / Arterial lines/Swan-Ganz catheter etc

3. and correlate with the clinical findings. Able to monitor end-tidal C02 wave pattern and
correlate findings with the cardiac output, ABG and 02 saturation. Competent in adjusting
ventilator modes i.e; VCV/PCV, SIMV, or PSV based on the needs of the patient and makes
appropriate recommendations to the physicians for adequate ventilator support.
Experienced in providing ongoing care for patients diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome or
acute MI recovering from coronary angioplasty and anticoagulation therapy.
CRITICAL CARE NURSE
March 2012 to August 2014
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER – HARLINGEN, TX
RN – CCU (CORONARY CARE UNIT-OPEN HEART UNIT)
October 2008 to October 2012
DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE – EDINBURG, TX
WORKED IN RECOVERING OPEN HEARTS.
RN - ICU
January 2007 to October 2008
EDINBURG REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER – EDINBURG, TX
RAPID RESPONSE AND NIGHT NURSE EDUCATOR
July 2004 to January 2007
SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL – LONG ISLAND, NY
STARTED AS AN ICU NURSE BUT WAS SOON PROMOTED TO BECOME THE RAPID
RESPONSE NURSE AND THE NIGHT NURSE EDUCATOR.
RN - CCU/ICU (Cardiothoracic and medical surgical ICU)
March 2001 to July 2004
MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY, NHS TRUST – MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, UK
England has no respiratory therapists, therefore this experience helped augment my critical care skills as
an ICU nurse in assuming full responsibility in managing patients on the ventilators, setting weaning
parameters based on the ABGs and clinical assessments, and set criteria for extubation and subsequent
transfer to step down unit based on vital signs.
RN-ICU Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
September 1999- February2001
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, INDIA

4. Immigration Status: US citizen since 2011.
Strengths :
Confident, Good team player, Positive attitude, Hard- working, Honest, Vigilant, Active learner,
Flexible and adaptable to the unit needs, Deadline driven, amazing ability to collect and
organize information, identify problems and trends, and implement immediate corrective
plans. Able to instill confidence in anxious patients on the anesthesia team.
Education:
Pursuing Doctoral Degree in Nurse Anesthesia, DNP- A program(Jan 2014-
Dec 2016)
- Texas Christian University (TCU), Fort Worth, TX- Graduating December 2016.
BSN - Bachelor of Science (Honors) inNursing,
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
New Delhi ,India ( Aug 1995- Jun 1999)
Licensure in US: Licensed RN in NY (2004-2007) and TX (Compact license since 2007)
Both licenses are currently active!
Certifications :
BLS ( Basic Life Support)/ ACLS (Advance Cardiac Life Support) / PALS (Pediatric advanced life
support) CCRN ( Critical Care Registered Nurse)
Professional Affiliations :
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA)
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
Contributions in Nursing Research: Currently doing a systematic review on the
effect of active forced-air prewarming in preventing the core-temperature drop during the first
hour post induction of anesthesia. Protocol approved and published by JBI!