LAURA BAQUERO

***** ** ***** **, *****, FL *****· Mobile: 305-***-****· ad06gz@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL STATEMENT

A proficient Autonomous Advance Practice Nurse whose mission is to provide excellent care for patients by meeting their medical, physical, and emotional needs, as well as their comfort. Laura is a patient’s advocate, is altruistic, and cares for her patients in a holistic manner through assessing, diagnosing and treating illnesses. She is self-directed and is able to adapt to different work environments. Laura endorses changes that will improve her work setting, responds appropriately to critical situations and is able to remain calm under pressure. She has exceptional communication skills and successfully collaborates with other team members to attend to her patients’ needs. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

University of Miami: Miami, FL 33146 August 2017

Master of Science in Family Nurse Practitioner

Florida State ARNP License # ARNP9362167

Florida International University of Nursing & Health Sciences: Miami, FL 33174 May 2013 Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Florida State Nursing License # RN9362167

Felix Varela High School: Miami, Florida 33196 June 2009 High School Diploma with honors

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC), Inpatient Unit: Miami, FL 33136 July 2018- November 2022 ADVANCE PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE

Responsible for managing and providing direct care of autologous and allogenic stem cell transplant patients. Duties

• Functions independently to perform and documents complete physical examinations and comprehensive health histories.

• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.

• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.

• Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability.

• Assists with the provision of care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.

• Monitors the effectiveness of interventions.

• Facilitates the patient’s transition within and between health care settings, e.g. admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members by making appropriate referrals.

• Facilitates staff, patient and family decision making by providing educational tools.

• Serves as a role model and mentor for staff.

• Ensures and coordinates standardization of advanced practice process between patient care services and collaborative teams.

• Integrates current knowledge of professional issues, trends in healthcare and technological advances into scope of practice.

• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

• Participates in survivorship and long term care of patients following completion of treatment.

• Provides patient/family education regarding disease processes, treatment options, treatment outcomes, possible complications, medications, discharge planning and lifestyle modification.

• Assure appropriate transfer of patient/communication/documentation to the receiving physician and team. Able to discuss advance directives with patient and/or family/caregiver

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC), Inpatient Unit: Miami, FL 33136 August 2013- July 2018 REGISTERED NURSE

Responsible for managing and providing direct nursing care of both medical and surgical oncology patients including hematologic malignancies, head and neck, lung, genitourinary, gastro-intestinal, neurological and endocrine conditions. Duties

• Oversee daily functioning of the unit directing admissions discharges and general patient flow.

• Assign nurses and support staff to patient care while meeting the daily goals of the units facilitating nurses involvement in rounds assures family teaching is completed and that staff receive meal breaks.

• Using the nursing process to perform head to toe assessments on oncology and stem cell transplant patients.

• Identifying and responding appropriately to situations of physiological stress.

• Administering medications/IV fluids including chemotherapy agents and blood products in a safely and knowledgeable manner using the 5 rights of nursing and hospital protocols.

• Empowering and promoting patient's independence through education about their condition, medications, treatments and self-care skills; developing patient center goals.

• Establishing a compassionate environment by giving emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

• Providing effective utilization of medical equipment such as nasogastric (NG)/gastrostomy (G) feeding tubes, G/IV pumps and suctioning.

• Completing appropriate documentation of nursing assessment, intervention, and outcome of each patient encounter.

• Working as a team with other healthcare members to provide effective patient care and find solutions to patients’ problems and necessities.

• Keeping a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods.

Florida International University, Simulation Teaching and Research (STAR) Center: Miami, FL 33174 January 2012- June 2013 SUPPORT SPECIALIST

Preparing and replicating patient care environment in a virtual healthcare setting for nursing, physical therapy, medical, athletic training and anesthesiology students.

Duties:

• Assisting faculty in developing and implementing clinically- based scenarios in computerized simulators for students.

• Coordinating and supervising students to ensure that lab experiences meet course objectives.

• Providing individual oversight to students for practice and/or remediation on technical skills as requested by faculty and students in the lab; opening and closing the facility.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Inpatient Unit RN of the Year, SCCC May 2016

“U” Shine Award, SCCC May 2016

Transformational Leader Award, SCCC July 2015

The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses, SCCC April 2015 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Executive Share Leadership Council: Miami, Florida June 2015-January 2016 Serving the Chair, collaborating with other nurses using Magnet pillars of structural empowerment, transformational leadership, and exemplary professional practice to innovate our work environment and increased patients’ satisfaction rates. Inpatient Shared Leadership Council (Unit Practice Council): Miami, Florida October 2014-January 2016 Serving as a co-chair, assisting to develop and implement projects such as the Buddy System and ideas such as patients’ surveys to improve the inpatient unit. As a team targeting clinical practice issues needing evidence-based practice solutions. Open House Ministries: Homestead, Florida June 2009-January 2016 Tutoring elementary children from low-income families in various subjects such as Math, Science and English at a non-profit facility in Homestead, Florida and engaging children in educational and skill building activities. Open Door Health Clinic: Homestead, Florida January 2015–January 2016 Volunteering as a nurse taking patients’ history, checking vital signs, blood glucose, doing EKG’s; assisting physicians during consultations; filing patients’ documentation and other clinical duties. CERTIFICATIONS & QUALIFICATION

Botox Training/Dermal filler training, June 2020

FNP-AANP Certification #F09170640, September 2017

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, April 2021

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, June 2021 Proficient in Microsoft Office

PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS

Oncology Nursing Society, Member, 2014 -2021

American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Member, 2017- 2019 Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Member, 2017- 2019 National Student Nurses’ Association, Member, 2011- 2013 FIU, Student Awareness of the Link between abuse and AIDS (SALSA), 2010-2013 FIU, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health Honor Society, 2010-2013 FIU, Health Community Project for immigrants, 2010 LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Spanish

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