Health Care Registered Nurse
Resume:
Susan Cuellar, RN, BSN
Gig Harbor, WA *****
ad5oyd@r.postjobfree.com
Seeking a position as an experienced registered nurse that will utilize existing knowledge, management skills and proven expertise in the health care field. Bilingual in Spanish
Work Experience
Max RN Coordinator
Community Health Care - Tacoma, WA
April 2019 to January 2024
• Launched and implemented the Max Clinic which provides a low-barrier, high-impact, holistic HIV care in Pierce County through strategic interagency collaboration to protect and improve the health of high- acuity people living with HIV.
• Plan, organize, and manage the day to day integrated clinical activities of the Max Clinic.
• Collaborates with staff from Tacoma Pierce County Health Department and Pierce County Aids Foundation to provide linkage to care, community outreach and education, meeting the patients through field visits at their homes, homeless encampments and local homeless facilities
• Serve as a member of the Max team; participates in decision making related to organizational operations, strategies, and goals. Implement and enforce operating policy, procedures, and standards.
• Provide care coordination among HIV patients and staff
• Utilize clinic RN Skills: medical, mental health and substance abuse assessment of high acuity patients, VS, triage and nurse-based treatments.
• Communicate Max clinic operations with the 3 rd floor staff and leadership
• Works as a clinical resources and role model for staff and maintain, monitor, and evaluates the provision of clinical and nursing services within RN practices.
• Serve as a liaison between the Max Clinic and other Pierce County agencies.
• Plan, initiate, and evaluate system change intervention to improve clinical outcomes.
• Ongoing evaluation and documentation of patient progress/risk status in EMR and Max template.
• Advise and communication with the Max team regarding plan of care across the health care continuum
• Preceptor to newly hired medical staff,evaluate, plan and coordinate on the job training
• Member of ANAC since 2019.
• Member of Mountain West AETC and 2022 Nursing Conference planning committee. Register Nurse- Interventional Radiology- Procedural Sedation Good Samaritan Hospital - Puyallup, WA
March 2011 to May 2018
• Worked as an IR/CV admit and recovery RN along with experience as an IR procedural sedation RN.
• Providing ongoing education to the patient and the family members. Providing comfort measure, alleviating anxiety to patient and family members prior to procedure.
• Checking their medications, vital signs, NPO status, laboratory results and history to ensure safety of patient prior to procedure.
• On- call staff for emergent Interventional Radiology procedures.
• Monitor Cath Lab patients along with preforming elective cardioversion and transesophageal echocardiography.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented progress of individuals participating in clinical trials.
• Liaison between patients and family members on proper care and discharge care. Registered Nurse- PACU
St. Anthony Hospital - Gig Harbor, WA
March 2009 to March 2011
• Implement and launched a PACU department at a new Franciscan Hospital.
• Responsible for all aspects of patient care after general anesthesia, airway extubating, vital signs, administering medications for pain and nausea.
• Monitoring the surgical site immediately postoperatively.
• Assess patients from phase 1 to phase 2 recovery, using Aldrete’s score.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans.
• On- call staff for emergent surgeries.
• Ensure efficacy of treatment through monitoring of treatment regimens. Registered Nurse- Labor and Delivery -Night Charge University of Washington - Seattle, WA
October 2001 to March 2009
• Delegated staff nurse duties, as charge nurse of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum departments in a high -risk level L & D department.
• Ensured efficacy of treatment regimens for all three departments.
• Liaison between management, providers, and nursing staff to provide efficiently manage flow of patients with in the 3 departments.
• Maintains clinical and regulatory compliance standards including staff competencies.
• Closely maintained all fetal monitoring for acute conditions.
• Performed basic physical assessments of newborn and collaboration with NICU team.
• Collection of blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens for lab testing and studies. Registered Nurse – Labor and Delivery
Bremerton Naval Hospital - Bremerton, WA
September 1996 to September 2001
• Delegated staff duties at a low- risk labor and delivery department which included charge nurse of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum.
• Ensured efficacy of treatments through reading and interpreting fetal monitoring.
• Develop patient care plans, including assessment, evaluations, and nursing diagnosis.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate outstanding healthcare teams.
• Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care and follow up
• Responsible for implementing transfer care of patients less than 36 weeks gestational age. Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
University of Washington 1996
1996
Associate in Science
Olympic Community College
1993
Skills
• Care plans
• Public health
• HIV/AIDS care
• Leadership
Certifications and Licenses
Compact State Nurse License
Additional Information
References:
Amanda Stanford, RN
Gloria Bustillos, RN
Evgeny Degodyak, RN
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