Maria Strand

832-***-**** (cell phone)

Objective:

Utilize skills and experience as a staff in your department. Experience in cardiothoracic, surgical, intensive care units. Specialize in renal and heart transplant operating room nurse.

Planning to take my Registered Nurse Board examination in the United States.

Experience:

Technical

●Scrub and circulate in cardiac /renal transplant/assist in endoscopic /robotic procedures

●Knowledgeable aseptic /sterile technique.

●Manage equipment including Intra Aortic Balloon pump, data scopes machine, peritoneal dialysis

●Assist and take care of AV fistula /shunts clients.

●Internal/external defibrillator/ 12 lead EKG machine

●Monitor and expert reading arrhythmias

Provide total loving care to pre post surgical/cardiovascular /renal clients.

Total familiarity with all medical /surgical abbreviation and surgical procedures and equipment including venipuncture (phlebotomy), 12 lead ekg-reading and interpretation, Dina maps

Well trained in electronic medical filing / well verse in Macintosh/ windows and all computer

Data program and easily be trained.

Management

●Entrusted with 24 hours on call management in emergency triage

●Expert in medical and surgical terminology

●Leadership and coordination for total management of client needs and satisfaction

●Take care of pre and post renal transplant and heart transplant client in critical care unit

●Update on new professional growth and individual accountability for the safety of the client

As well as the staff.

Manage the cardiac transplant team in Jeddah Saudi Arabia with total of 12 operating rooms

Education:

●Philippine Women’s University

●Bachelor of Science in nursing - 1986

●Post Graduate :Master degree Renal and Cardiac transplant

●Training/internship: National Kidney Foundation 1986-1989

●Renal transplant O.R. nurse

●Professional update "Comprehensive Care of the AIDS Client"

●Seminar “Operating room nurse in the year 2000”

●Seminar "Infection Control and Diseases"

●Seminar “Management of Acute Decompensated Heart Failure”

AIDET FIVE FUNDAMENTALS –SEMINAR MARCH 12 2012(MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER)

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS SEMINAR JANUARY 31 2011 (MDANDERSON CANCER CENTER)

“TEAM WORK” Whets YOUR ROLE? (3.5 HOURS -02-21-2011 @ MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER)

Employment History:

●1986-1989 National kidney Foundation, Manila, Philippines; O.R. surgical nurse - Kidney transplant

●1989-1992 King Fahd General Hospital Saudi Arabia, Jeddah Transplant coordinator in renal and heart transplant; Operating room nurse; Promoted charge nurse heart transplant unit

●1993-1998 Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, TN, Step down cardiovascular intensive care unit I-II, employed telemetry PCT, monitor heart transplant/post P.C.I/vascular surgery pt.; expert 12 lead EKG, and identify arrhythmias; CCT certified; ACLS and CPR certified and updated

●1998 ATC health agency, Knoxville, TN, On call as needed; CCT in CV ICU unit in all intermediate care

●1999 to present St John Hospital, Nassau Bay, TX; employed: Staff / unit coordinator in Rehabilitation, Medical, Surgical unit; Monitor heart patient

●2001 to present, Clear lake regional, Webster,TX; Cardiovascular intermediate care 2; critical care technician in emergency room and cardiovascular unit; expert 12 lead interpretation and heart monitor expert in identifying arrhythmias; Care of client post CABG pt, post pci and + mi client; care of client post surgery; expert in accuracy, safety and quality assurance of clients needs and satisfaction.

●March 04-2005- NOV 25-2007 Methodist Hospital-Texas

● Flex pool staffing

● - Multi task job on availability in various department as administrative assistant /coordinator

● Certified Nurse Assistant 2 in cardiovascular intensive care unit/ step down Neuro intensive care unit and surgical operating room department as per request.

●Knowledgeable Electronic medical filling

●Nov.01 2006 –June 17 2011 Md Anderson Cancer Center

● Work in Cardio -Thoracic and ICU telemetry unit.

● Taking care of client post Cardio-Thoracic patients.

● Edit and interpret EKG and transcribed in E- Filing documents.

● Help in Unit coordinator during admission and transcribe Doctors orders.e-filed.

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Presently November 2011

Working - Kindred hospital – Clearlake

Monitor / EKG technician (Intensive care unit and Unit coordinator (medical intensive care unit)

April 2003 flex pool and join full time @ Houston Methodist Hospital

As certified and promoted as a certified nursing specialist.

I welcome to discuss my detailed resume .

Sincerely :

Maria Purificacion Latoja Strand

ad0dhq@r.postjobfree.com

832-***-****

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