Kathryn Zavala
**** *** **** **, ******** Texas *7586
Relevant Experience:
Registered Nurse (Float Team): Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital December 2018-Present
Responsible for care of patients in outpatient unit, including but not limited to admission and care planning, coordinating with physicians and case management, and discharge within 30 to 40 hours of observation. Additional responsibilities include IV insertion, medication administration, and extensive patient education.
Extensive collaboration with case management and social workers to coordinate patient care and expedite discharge planning.
Member of hospital float team, responsible for patient care on any unit of the Houston Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Worked on several units including, but not limited to post-surgical, oncology, and medical-surgical.
Registered Nurse: Clear Lake Regional Medical Center January 2017-November 2018
Responsible for intermediate level patient care and education of up to five patients, admissions and discharges, assessment and evaluation of patients, noninvasive ventilation and airway care, monitoring of cardiac drips, central line management and care, wound care, infection prevention, and insertion of IVs.
BLS and ACLS certification utilized in extensive codes and rapid responses on this unit
Education:
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas September 2011-December 2015
Bachelor of Science in Health
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas May 2015-December 2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Awards:
Two Daisy Award Nominations – August 2019
Daisy Award Winner – November 2019
Recognized by Briscoe Cain and the state of Texas for exemplary nursing care – January 2020