Raquel

Guardia

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Huntington

Avenue,

Boston,

MA

02116

(203)-

530-

8680

Education

NORTHEASTERN

UNIVERSITY,

Bouve

School

of

Nursing

Boston,

MA

May,

2014

Graduate

of

Baccalaureate

of

Science

in

Nursing

GPA:

3.0

RELEVANT

COURSEWORK,

Northeastern

University

Boston,

MA

May,

2014

Advanced

Spanish

I

for

Healthcare

Professionals

Skills

LABORATORY:

Phlebotomy,

wound

care,

tracheotomy

care,

central

line

dressing

changes,

telemetry

monitoring,

urinary

catheter

insertion,

patient

head-

toe

assessment,

mechanical

ventilation

care,

nasogastric

tube

application

and

maintenance,

input

and

output

measurements,

vital

sign

measurements,

patient

ambulation,

electrocardiograms,

arterial

blood

gasses,

removal

of

intravenous

and

arterial

accesses,

point

of

care

testing,

obtaining

blood

and

urine

cultures,

setting

sterile

fields,

direct

patient

care.

LANGUAGE:

Intermediate

level

in

speaking

and

writing

in

the

Spanish

language.

Work

Experience

MASSACHUSETTS

GENERAL

HOSPITAL

Boston,

MA

Cardio-

Surgical

Intensive

Care

Unit

July,

2013-

April

2014

Worked

as

a

Critical

Care

Technician

on

the

Unit.

I

assisted

Nurses

in

care

of

patient

returning

from

cardiac

surgery,

heart

transplantation,

or

lung

transplantation.

I

provided

support

in

repositioning

patients,

ambulating

patients,

providing

patient

hygiene,

and

acquiring

necessary

medical

equipment

in

emergency

situations.

I

was

active

in

wound

care

and

dressing

changes,

arterial

blood

drawings,

as

well

as

phlebotomy

and

point

of

care

testing.

MASSACHUSETTS

GENERAL

HOSPITAL

Boston,

MA

Emergency

Department

September

2012-

April

2014

Worked

as

a

Patient

Care

Assistant

in

the

Emergency

Department,

rotating

among

the

nine

units

of

the

department.

Primarily

in

the

Trauma

Unit

and

Triage

Unit,

I

performed

electrocardiograms,

acquired

blood

samples

through

phlebotomy,

and

sent

those

samples

to

the

laboratory.

I

measured

vital

signs,

communicated

to

Spanish

speaking

patients

on

behalf

of

health

care

providers

and

nurses,

phlebotomy,

provided

direct

patient

care,

and

observed

and

provided

a

safe

environment

for

psychiatric

patients.

BOSTON

CHILDREN’S

HOSPITAL

Boston,

MA

Plastic

and

Oral

Surgery

Clinic

September

2011-

January

2012

Worked

as

a

Clinical

Assistant

of

a

pediatric

outpatient

clinic.

Interviewed

children

and

families

with

Cleft

Lip

and

Palates,

Cranio-

synystosis,

Plagiocephaly,

and

Vascular

Anomalies

among

other

conditions.

Performed

vital

signs,

heights

and

weights,

3D

photography,

preparation

of

sterile

fields,

and

wound

care.

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Raquel

Guardia

Clinical

Experience

BETH

ISRAEL

DEACONESS

MEDICAL

CENTER

Boston,

MA

Medical

Intensive

Care

Unit

January,

2014

–May

2014

In

my

Senior

Practicum,

I

assumed

the

role

of

the

Nurse,

under

the

supervision

of

a

Registered

Nursing

Preceptor.

Under

supervision,

I

administered

medications,

applied

interventions,

made

clinical

judgments

about

care,

created

a

care

plan

for

the

patient,

and

worked

in

an

Interdisciplinary

Team

to

provide

the

best

care

for

the

patient.

I

also

learned

how

to

write

efficient

Nursing

Progress

Notes,

as

well

as

completed

succinct,

yet

thorough

verbal

report

to

team

members.

BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Boston, MA

January 2013- May, 2013

Neurology Intensive Care Unit

In

my

pediatric

clinical

rotation,

I

observed

medication

administration

specific

to

the

unit,

patient

assessments,

time

management

skills,

writing

of

nursing

notes,

vital

signs,

appropriate

nursing

interventions,

and

nursing

diagnoses

of

patient’s.

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL Boston, MA

Medical Surgery Unit January, 2013-May 2013

In

my

medical

surgery

ΙΙ

clinical

rotation,

I

observed

and

participated

at

a

more

advanced

level

in

medication

administration,

patient

assessments,

telemetry

monitoring,

vital

signs,

patient

ambulation,

diagnostic

testing,

writing

of

nursing

notes,

direct

patient

care,

and

nursing

diagnoses

of

patient’s.

CARNEY

HOSPITAL

Dorchester,

MA

September

2012-

December

2012

Psychiatric

Unit

In

my

mental

health

clinical

rotation,

I

observed

group

therapy

sessions,

medication

administration,

relaxation

techniques,

one

on

one

psychiatric

evaluation’s,

and

various

methods

of

interaction

with

patients

of

different

psychiatric

diagnoses.

MASSACHUSETTS

GENERAL

HOSPITAL

Boston,

MA

Medical

Surgery

Unit

September

2011-

December

2011

In

my

medical

surgery

Ι

clinical

rotation,

I

observed

and

participated

at

a

basic

level

in

medication

administration,

patient

assessments,

vital

signs,

patient

ambulation,

writing

nursing

notes,

time

management,

direct

patient

care,

interpreting

and

using

medical

jargon,

and

applying

nursing

diagnoses

to

patients.

Volunteer

Experience

SUFFOLK

COUNTY

JAIL

Boston,

MA

January,

2012

Educated

the

female

inmates

on

Breast

Cancer,

made

information

pamphlets

for

inmates

to

read,

toured

the

medical

center

within

the

prison,

learned

about

the

healthcare

system

available

to

the

inmates.

CHILDREN’S

SPECIAL

OLYMPICS

Springfield,

MA

March

2008-

July

2009

Coached

children

with

special

needs

in

how

to

better

their

motor

skills,

and

helped

improve

their

physical

abilities.

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