Seventeen years of working experience as a nurse of which includes eight years working as a Critical Care Nursing in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as staff Nurse, Charge Nurse, and Free charge Nurse. At the University of Miami Hospital, two years of ICU experience at Mount Sinai Hospital, and seven years working at the Vitas innovative Hospice Care as a continuous care Hospice nurse and visiting nurse. Regulate and structure-oriented with quality standards for performance and maintenance of treatments and protocols. Patient centralized and compassionate caregiver. Maintain Strong reputation for achieving high levels of patient satisfaction.
Objective
*Registered Nurse obtaining a full time position as a Critical Care Nurse Sylvester/University of Miami Critical Comprehensive Center.
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Charge Nurse and Free Charge Nurse to assist as a resource representative for the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), Cardiac Critical Care Unit (CCU) , Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Neuro Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and specialty Critical Care Unit (SCCU) in prevention of knowledge deficit.
Conduct screening, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and orient patients to unit.
Maintain a sound, ethical and independent decision-making ability consistent with Nursing protocols.
Disciplined, energetic employee who quickly establishes rapport with patients and colleagues.
Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
Implement new floor assignments based on evaluation of staffing requirements.Managed team of medical support personnel.
Evaluate patients presenting with asthma, appendicitis, hernia, gastrointestinal bleed. liver cirrhosis, heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, sepsis, septic shock, neurogenic shock, and seizures.
Provides necessary health education training for patients.
Acted as patient advocate and implement total patient care through a team nursing process covering 8-16 high acuity patients per shift.
Treat patients with strokes through the administration of TPA thus preventing deficit and continuity of stroke
Maintains patient charts and confidential files.
Skillfully perform suture removals for patients of all ages.
Test glucose and administered injections.
Often commend for maintaining the safety, respect and dignity of residents.
Evaluate patient care needs, prioritize treatment and maintain patient flow.
Accurately document all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Provide safety for the STEMI alert patient by implementing the cardiac catheterization team to the CATH-lab on an emergent manner.
Assist with screening, diagnostic treatment and provide supportive service to assist the rest of staffs. Record patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical record
Assist patients with multiple chronic diagnoses including COPD asthma, cancer, liver cirrhosis while supporting them with customized teaching tools.
Provides palliative care in outpatient settings ranging from assessment to development and implementation of care plans.
Utilize strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
Take and record patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
Accurately document all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Assist patients with multiple chronic diagnoses including COPInterviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight and height, and asthma.
Cleanse and sterilize instruments and dispose of contaminated supplies.
Coordinate with doctors and registered nurses to develop care plans for patients.
Often commend for maintaining the safety, respect and dignity of residents.
Partner with team of Registered Nurses to ensure over all well-being of all patients.
Worked as part of team to ensure proper care of body mechanics and safety of patient.
Provide quality nursing care in accordance with resident care policies and procedures.
Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
Took and recorded patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure.
Achieve departmental goals and objectives by instituting new processes and standards for in-patient care.
Administer medications and assist in diagnostic testing for HIV-positive patients.
Work as part of team to ensure proper care of body mechanics and safety of patient.
Delivers high-quality and compassionate treatment to indigent and low-income patient community.
Provide palliative care in outpatient settings ranging from assessment to development and implementation of care plans.
Deliver high-quality and compassionate treatment to indigent and low-income patient community.
Evaluate patients presenting with asthma, appendicitis and hernia.
Assist patients with multiple chronic diagnoses including COPD and asthma.
Administer medications and assist in diagnostic testing for HIV-positive patients.
Provide quality nursing care in accordance with resident care policies and procedures.
Test glucose and administered injections.
Interviews patients to obtain medical information and measure their vital signs, weight and height.
Nursing Course work in adult and family health
* University of Phoenix Cypress Creek Florida
Associate In Science of Nursing
Vocational technology for License Practical Nurse (LPN).
License Registered Nurse, State of Florida
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
Critical Care Nurse (AACN) Certification
CPR certified through American Heart Association
Stroke certification
Practical Nursing Program Broward County Sheridan Vocational Technical Center September 1999- September 2000.
Pan American Medical Center. Worked as a License Practical Nurse in the medical Surgical floor. September 2000- August 2002
Registered Nurse Mont Sinai 2006-2008 Worked on the ICU floor as bedside nurse
Vitas Innovative Care. September 2002- 2006 Care for the terminal ill patient while providing pain free through the administration of Morphine sublingual, comfort safety and dignity during their end of life stage of dying in the convenience of their home.
Registered Nurse Mount Sinai Hospital 2006-2008
Hospital Certified Critical Care Nurse Oral and intravenous Medication administration treatment expert Monitor telemetry and respond to emergent life-saving situations
Expert in intravenous insertion
Follows physicians order and report change in patients' condition
Educate patients and families and provide caring support Groom and bathe patients and provide generalize assistance Committed to compliance reporting.
Cultural sensitive Skilled in conducting physical examinations and assessments Experience Independently caring for the critical patients Assists with teaching and implementing central line care/managements.
Educate and orient new staffs Work job interdisciplinary for benefit of patients
Strong medical work and work ethics Familiarity with disease management as a Critical Care Nurse
CPR, ACLS, CCRN, Stroke certification
Arterial line monitoring
Cardiac monitoring
Central lines management
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
Respiratory Ventilator Management
Hypothermia Care after patients' cardiac arrest
Administer TPA to stroke patients
Assist with Code Blue
Assist with rapid response
Charge Nurse resources
Resource for MICU, CCU, NICU, SICU, AND Special Care Unit.
Management of Bed control
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