Registered Nurse Care

MARIA A. TAVAREZ

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Mobile: 646-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Education: * Bachelors Applied Science in Nursing, Feb. 2012 at St. Frances College-Brooklyn NY.

*Associates Degree in nursing at Long Island College of Nursing, June 1997-Brookly, NY. Licensures: *Registered Nurse, New York State License #494396, Expiration Date 8/31/2021. Certifications: *ACLS, BCLS, PALS, IV/Phlebotomy/EKG/Telemetry, Hemodialysis. Work Experience:

Montefiore Hospital-Einstein Campus

Emergency room staff RN New York, NY 07/19/-10/19

Prioritize all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching and planning after hospital care.

Educate patients and caregivers about the plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health and disease prevention

Provided initial assessment and safe care to stabilize patients in a fast pace level I trauma center. Administer critical IV medications such as Cardizem, Dopamine, Insulin, Nitroglycerin, Adenosine, tPA.

Assist in the care of multiple traumas, cardiac arrests, MIs, strokes, sexual assaults. Completion of 2 rape kits and sexual assault examinations.

Provide care to patients across the lifespan with different conditions from infants, children, pregnant women, young adults and the elderly. Independently maintained safe and effective care to patients with different acuity levels in a time restricted and demanding environment. Perform essential procedures such as starting intravenous lines, gastric tube placement, indwelling foley catheter, blood transfusions, intubations, EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, throat cultures, nasal swabs. Record and monitor vital signs. Documented and communicated patients' condition using computerized systems.

Metropolitan Jewish Health System

Hospice Rn/Hospice Case Manager New York, NY 02/17-03/19 Communicate effectively with all members of the health delivery team. Perform physical, psychosocial and spiritual assessment on all hospice patients. Provide skilled nursing care.

Respond to physical, mental, social and emotional needs of terminal ill patients and their families Offering ongoing support and palliative care.

Collaborate with hospice care Physicians to develop symptom management plan with the goal of maintaining optimal comfort.

Weekly interdisciplinary team meeting where goals of care, clinical status changes discussed. Charge nurse on rotation for 18 bed unit.

Supervise Home Health Aid and licensed Practical Nurse. Develop a written/computerized plan of care for each patient. New York Presbyterian Hospital

Per Diem RN / Staff RN New York, NY 01/11-10/16

Function as an integral member of a float pool utilizing my knowledge and hands-experience on various medical surgical floors: rehab, neuro, transplant, ortho, cardiac, infectious diseases. Provide direct patient care, assess vital signs, administer medications, intravenous therapy: NG tubes, PEG tubes, airway suctioning, trach care, specimen collection, and wound care. Foley catherization, care of indwelling catheters, record intake/output. Formulate and implement care plans, discharge plans and overall care regimen Assist with lumbar puncture, insertion/removal/care of central lines Assist with thoracentesis, care of chest tubes, care of patients on ventilators Perform EKG and interpret basic arrhythmias.

Administer O2 therapy using nasal and mask.

Pulse oximetry application and interpretation.

Care of pre/post-transplant patients.

North General Hospital

Staff RN New York, NY 06/-05-07/10

Function as an integral member of the interdisciplinary team to provide valuable knowledge and hands-on experience on a medical surgical floor. Provide direct patient care, assess vital signs, administer medications, intravenous therapy: NG tubes, PEG tubes, airway suctioning, trach care, specimen collection, and wound care. Foley catheterization, care of indwelling catheters, record intake/output. Formulate and implement care plans, discharge plans and overall care regimen. Assist with lumbar puncture, insertion/removal/care of central lines. Assist with thoracentesis, care of chest tubes, care of patients on ventilators. Perform EKG and interpret basic arrhythmias.

Administer O2 therapy using nasal and mask.

Pulse oximetry application and interpretation.

During last month of employment oriented in the emergency room. Council for Human Services Home Care Services.

Staff RN New York, NY 03/98-02/05

Conduct assessment/supervisory visits to patients at home, nursing home and hospitals as outlined by HRA.

Provide direct patient care to diverse population in their homes. Coordinate all aspects of community-based patient care. Supervise and train home attendants, Home Health Aides and Personal Care Associates. Review of home attendant physicals for completeness and abnormalities. In charge of developing curriculum for in-service classes Taught all the in-service classes as per developed curriculum. Language Skills: Bilingual (Fluent in English and Spanish) Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, Eclipsys XA, Intellidox, Netsmart, Allscripts, Epic References: Available Upon Request

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