Edzel Godornes-Martinez, LPN

**** *. ******* **. *******, WA 98108 Cell: 206-***-****

Professional Overview:

• Dedicated and well-qualified healthcare professional with exceptional 10 years of managerial level skilled nursing facility experience-acute medicare, HMO’s and long term care needs.

• A dependable and knowledgeable professional whose attention to detail in documentation and chart maintenance is precedence.

• Exceptional in providing professional and high-quality patient care in a high stress, rapidly changing environment while always addressing the patients’ health needs, preservations of quality of life, personal concerns and safety.

• Effective in teaching patients and family members in safety issues, infection control, wound and injury care, disease and pain management, nutrition and general wellness.

• Communicates effectively with physicians and interdisciplinary team to achieve optimum patient care.

• Manages and serving staff with understanding and compassion.

• Skill strengths include:

• MDS 3.0 schedule and assessment completion.

• Staff Development curriculum

• Phlebotomy and port-cath care Diabetic education

• Geriatric care and administration Certified in IV insertion

• Post surgical & wound care First Aid and CPR certified

• Knowledgeable in Computer (Word, excel, power point, EMAR, EHDS )

• Infection control seminar completion.

Work Experience:

Washington Care Center Seattle, WA April 2007-Present

Resident Care Manager 3rd floor/MDS coordinator

• Responsible for assessing educational needs of staff and residents under care, coordinating programs based upon identified needs, and ensuring compliance with all State and Federal guidelines for in-service education and new employee orientation.

• Maintains accurate, complete and current records of educational programs and personnel participation

• Develop and implement nursing care plans, perform/facilitates resident’s admissions and discharges needs.

• Recruit, train and supervise RN- LPN’s, NAC’s.

• Directly supervises licensed personnel to ensure the highest quality of care is provided to residents and family members.

• Coordinates the development, completion and transmission of the resident assessment in accordance with the state regulatory requirements.

• Accurately schedules and completes of MDS assessment under the Federal and state requirement.

Park West Care Center Seattle, WA March 2004- April 2007

Medicare Charge- Nurse

• Provide post-op care for patients with hip fracture, total knee replacement, cardiac-catheterization, stroke patients.

• Performed venipunctures, IV therapy, enteral feeding and decubitus care.

• Supervised a team of four CNAs assigned to a unit of 38-bed Medicare floor.

• Exceptional in performing pertinent assessments in patient’s with change in condition and immediately notifying the physician of any abnormal findings.

• Handled narcotics and controlled substances with responsibility for keys and documentations.

• Demonstrates exceptional daily documentation to provide quality care.

Education/Training:

Certificate of completion for Staff Development Training –May 2007

Certificate of completion for wound care by WHCA (Washington Health Care association) 2010.

Certificate of Completion MDS training –Oct 2010

North Seattle Community College-2002-2003

Associate in Applied Science-Nursing

Licensed Practical Nurse

Seattle Central Community College 2001-2002

Enrolled for 1year of Registered Nurse curriculum-earned 35 credits of nursing courses.

Finished pre-requisite for Registered Nurse earned 35 credits sciences/behavioral science/microbiology.

Certificate of Fundaments of Oncology -2004

University of Washington

Awards:

2010 Recipient of Best Team award, Edzel Martinez at Washington Care Center.

2011 Recipient of Above and beyond awarded by the Resident council members.

References:

Helen Sikov, Administrator 206-***-****

Helen Huang, RN clinical case manager 206-***-****

Kelly Green, MSW Director 206-***-****

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