Teresita (Tess) Mendez-Ozabal, BSN, MS, RN

Cell: 757-***-****

Email: ad1o9q@r.postjobfree.com

NURSING EXPERIENCE:

January 2014 – July 2015 Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center 3636 High St., Portsmouth, VA 23707 Tel. 757-***-**** ICU STAFF RN responsible for intensive care of critical neurologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, hem/onc, obgyn, and orthopedic patients. April 2013 – July 2015 Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center 3636 High St., Portsmouth, VA 23707 Tel. 757-***-**** PACU Phase II STAFF RN in charge of post-anesthesia nursing care to outpatient surgery cases including general, EENT, orthopedic, diagnostic, interventional radiologic, vascular, podiatric, gynecologic, and pediatric surgery.

October 2011- April 2013 Fortis College School of Nursing 6300 Center Drive, # 22 Norfolk, VA 23502 Tel 757-***-**** ADJUNCT FACULTY NURSING INSTRUCTOR responsible for clinical nursing instruction of nursing students in the LPN to RN bridge program. November 2011-August 2012 Sentara Heart Hospital

600 Gresham Dr. Norfolk, VA 23507 Tel 757-***-**** CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LAB RN responsible for nursing care of patients undergoing study and treatment of cardiac dysrhythmias as well as pacemaker and defibrillator implants and ablation.

March 2011-November 2011 Sentara Bayside Hospital transitioned to Sentara Princess Anne Hospital (8/4/11) 2025 Glenn Mitchell Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23456 Tel. 757-***-**** CCU/ICU STAFF RN responsible for intensive care of critical neurologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, endocrine, hem/onc, obgyn, and orthopedic patients. February 2007–December 2010 Amerigroup Corporation 1300 Amerigroup Way Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Tel 757-***-**** NURSE CARE COORDINATOR responsible for preauthorization of office visits, emergent or planned inpatient admissions, diagnostic tests, surgeries and therapies with medical criteria review utilizing ICD-9 and CPT codes, Interqual, Milliman and database applications for an HMO.

May 1988–December 2004 Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital 1060 First Colonial Rd Virginia Beach, VA 23454 Tel. 757-***-**** CCU/ICU STAFF/CHARGE RN responsible for critical cardio-pulmonary and intensive nursing care of patients. Provided professional support and assistance in implementing and starting up the cardiac surgery nursing program at VBGH through orientation lecture on cardiac surgery nursing. Assisted in clinical instruction of nursing, paramedic and EMT students. Assisted in nursing staff orientation, education, competencies and critical care nursing audits.

January 1995 – July 1995 Anesthesia Associates of Richmond (Henrico Doctors’ Hosp.) 7130 Glen Forest Dr. Ste.410 Richmond, VA 23226 Tel 804-***-**** STAFF NURSE ANESTHETIST (GRNA) responsible for periop anesthesia care of neurologic, thoracic, trauma, renal, cardiac, vascular, urologic, EENT, orthopedic, obstetric, gynecologic, cosmetic, pediatric, general and regional cases at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. June 1991–November 1991 Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters 601 Children’s Lane Norfolk, VA 23507 Tel. 757-***-**** PEDIATRIC ICU STAFF RN responsible for post-operative nursing care of cardiac surgical as well as intensive medical-surgical pediatric patients. September 1990–June 1991 Riverside Regional Medical Center 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd Newport News, VA 23601 Tel. 757-***-**** CARDIAC SURGERY ICU STAFF RN responsible for providing intensive post-operative nursing care for open heart, vascular as well as thoracic surgery patients. October 1989-March 1991 Virginia Beach Ambulatory Surgery Center 1700 Will-O-Wisp Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23454 Tel. 757-***-**** PREOP AND PACU STAFF RN in charge of pre-operative and post-anesthesia nursing care to outpatient surgery cases including general, EENT, orthopedic, cosmetic, diagnostic, podiatric, gynecologic, and pediatric surgery. Participated in staff education program through post-anesthesia nursing lecture.

October 1984-October 1987 St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center of New York 153 West 11th St. New York, N Y 10011 Tel. 212-***-**** CARDIAC SURGERY STEPDOWN ICU STAFF / CHARGE RN and part of interdisciplinary team implementing a wide range of life-sustaining care for cardiac, thoracic and vascular patients.

August 1982-August 1984 St. Barnabas Hospital

4422 3rd Ave. Bronx, NY 10457 Tel. 718-***-****

MEDICAL SURGICAL FLOOR / MEDICAL SURGICAL ICU STAFF RN and team leader for professional and ancillary staff. Provided nursing care for patients in the medical-surgical floor for one year and in the ICU for one year. January 1981-August 1982 University of Santo Tomas Hospital Manila, Philippines Tel 011***-***-****

MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT STAFF RN in charge of nursing care for a wide range of patients including acute and chronic medical, surgical, cardiac, pediatric, psychiatric, obstetric and gynecologic cases.

NURSING EDUCATION:

January 1992-December 1994 OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY M.S. Master’s of Science in Community Health Education. Major in Nurse Anesthesia Graduate School of Health Professions

2114 Health Sciences Bldg.

Norfolk, VA 23529 Tel 757-***-****

https://www.odu.edu/hs/academics/graduate

January 1992 - December 1994 BON SECOURS DEPAUL MEDICAL CENTER Certificate in Nurse Anesthesia

School of Nurse Anesthesia

150 Kingsley Lane, Norfolk, VA 23505 Tel 757-***-**** May 1975 – March 1980 UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS

BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing

College of Nursing

St. Martin de Porres Building

Espana Blvd., Sampaloc,

Manila 1015, Philippines

+6+63-2-3406-1611 local 8241

https://www.ust.edu.ph/nursing/

MEMBERSHIP: AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION

CERTIFICATIONS: Current BLS BASIC LIFE SUPPORT AHA American Heart Association September 29, 2023 to September 30, 2025

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