PAULINA S CHOY, R.N., M.S.N. Phone: 808-***-****

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Honolulu, HI 96825

CAREER OBJECTIVES

Continue to grow professionally by contributing to health care team that respects, serves, educates, cares for, and learns from each and every patient it encounters

SUMMARY

Registered nurse with over 20 years professional experience as a staff nurse and case manager in acute care, long term care, and community settings. Received Advanced Certificate in Gerontology. Skilled working with people of diverse cultures. Collaborated with a team of social workers and medical professionals to provide patient care. Taking some time off to do full time homeschooling of two middle school boys, seeking for Per-Diem to Part Time employment as a R. N.

Committed to patients

Hardworking

High professional standards

Establishes rapport

International experience

Bilingual Korean

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kaiser Permanente, Honolulu Clinic Honolulu HI May 2010 – March 2013

Care Coordinator

Coordinated patient care services in the Geriatric department. Collaborated with doctors and assisted nurses to determine urgency of patient needs and provided services. Scheduled referrals for patient care and to meet family needs. Received thank you letters from doctors and patients for quality care.

Answered questions about behavioral issues, medications and care in general

Participated in weekly Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings with the Home Health Department to transition patients from acute care to home care

Reviewed charts with social workers and doctors regarding continuing care

Registered Nurse (RN) and Case Manager, Part-time July 2002 –June 2012

Queens Medical Center Honolulu HI July 2007 – June 2012

Lunalilo Home Honolulu HI August 2004 – January 2009

Quality Case Management, Inc. Honolulu HI July 2002 – March 2007

Worked part-time and call-in as a R.N., B.S.N. while completing higher education and started family. Serviced patients in the community by training family members and caregivers, and providing systematic nursing assessments, care planning, needs assessments, and coordination of care services with social workers, doctors and other health professionals.

St. Francis Medical Center Honolulu HI January 2000 – December 2003

Outpatient Laser Eye Center, Patient Coordinator, approximately one year

Step Down Unit (Cardiac/Tele unit), Staff RN, two years

Conducted nursing assessments, provided patient care, administered medication and IVs, monitored heart condition, and provided pre/post op care and patient instruction/education.

Dr. Marco Rizzo, M.D. Honolulu HI June 1999 – September 2000

Clinic Nurse

Reconstructive surgery nurse performing pre-op, operating room and post-op services. Prepared surgery site, administered injections, and arranged follow up care through Queens Hospital as needed.

Prior employment as RN July 1994--May 1999

Employed as an RN at three hospitals, approximately two years each, on the mainland: Columbia Pentagon City Hospital, Virginia, Vent Unit; Alexandria Hospital, Virginia, Telemetry Unit; and

George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., Neurosurgery & Neurology Unit.

EDUCATION

Master’s of Science of Nursing (MSN), Clinical Systems Management

University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN)

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Supplemental Graduate level courses for professional development:

Advance Certificate in Public Health, Gerontology

Pain Management & Theory, University of Virginia (2 credits)

Maternity & Child Health, George Washington University (1 credit)

Head Injury Rehabilitation, George Washington University (3 credits)

Internships: Long-term Care and Quality Case Management, 180 hours each facility

CERTIFICATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

American Red Cross Instructor (Adult, Child & Infant CPR, AED & First Aid)

ARCH for RNs and LPNs at Kapiolani Community College, Hawaii

Parish Nursing Training at Castle Hospital at Kailua, Hawaii

Critical Care Internship Program at Alexandria Hospital at Alexandria, Virginia

Guest speaker, instructor and translator (Korean)

Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, Member

Asian American Pacific Islanders Nurses Association, Member

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider

Basic Cardiac Life Support Provider

Volunteer R.N. for Annual Korean Community Health Fair

MEDICAL & HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS

State of Arizona, Hopi and Navaho Native American Reservation, Christ United Methodist Church Summer Mission project

Philippines work with homeless children and orphans, University of Nations outreach Program

Uzbekistan Inter-Coop Medical Mission Team

Mexico worked with homeless children who were not enrolled in school, Presbyterian Church of America Summer Outreach Program

Honduras clinic for the underprivileged, Christian Medical and Dental Society

Japan and Korea, visited orphanage, Leper colony, and nursing homes, Mission project through Campus Crusade for Christ.

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