Registered Nurse Practitioner
Resume:
Carlos Rodríguez, MSN, APRN-BC, ENPC
***** ** ***** ****, *****, Florida 33177
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Profile
Compassionate, dedicated highly motivated Advanced Practice Registered Nurse with over 16 years of experience in health care. Excellent track record of addressing critical patient and their needs, collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining detailed documentation and records. Practiced skills in executing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions as well as managing emergency medical procedures. Knowledgeable in best practices in early assessment and interventions, integration of technology and clinical supervision and evaluation.
Core Competencies & Skills
Skilled at performing all patient assessments from pediatrics to gerontology
Specialization in neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal
Efficient at peripheral vein insertion
Practiced with maintenance of surgical/trauma wound, urinary catheters, G-tubes.
Teaching, Training & Mentoring
Optimal skills at patient care, prevention, screening, diagnosis
Excellent time management
Knowledgeable of hospital operations and emergency medicine
Multi-tasker
Exceptional analytical capabilities
Excellent Leadership and interpersonal relationships
Adept with preventive care, screening, diagnostic of patients
Positive attitude and proactive
Excellent communication skills, Bilingual (English-Spanish)
Computer proficiency
Electronic medical records trained
Education
04/2019 Masters of Science in Nursing, (FNP), Miami Regional College, Miami Springs, FL
04/2016 Associates of Science in Nursing, (RN), Miami Regional College, Miami Springs, FL
05/1996 Neurology Specialization, Instituto de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, Habana, Cuba
11/1992 Family Medicine, Hospital Docente Clinico Quirugico Miguel Enriquez, Habana,Cuba
09/1988 Doctor of Medicine, Instituto Superior de Ciencias Medicas, Habana, Cuba
Certifications
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, License # APRN11003458
Registered Nurse, License #RN9438291
Basic Life Support
Advance Cardiac Life Support
Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Trauma Nursing Core Certification
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification
Professional Experience
Coral Gables Hospital
Nurse Practitioner (Neurology) 09/2019 to Present.
Critically analyzes data and evidence for improving advanced nursing practice.
. Integrates knowledge from the humanities and sciences within the context of nursing science. . .Translates research and other forms of knowledge to improve practice processes and outcomes.
. Develops new practice approaches based on the integration of research, theory, and practice knowledge
.Contributes to knowledge development for improved patient and family-centered care.
. Participates in patient and family focused quality improvement, program evaluation, translation, and dissemination of evidence into practice.
. Delivers of evidence-based practice .
. Articulates the importance of collaborating with local, state and national health organizations to foster best practices and patient safety.
. Ensures physical assent and consent, and/or parental permission when conducting clinical inquiry.
Registered Nurse Pediatric Intensive Care (PICU) 06/2016 to 12/2019
Kendall Regional Medical Center, Miami FL
• Obtain patients’ histories
• Consult with doctors and healthcare teams to comprehend patients’ medical issues, evaluate and implement plans
• Monitor vitals such as blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing and initiative corrective action
• Follow cardiac and respiratory monitor readings such as EKG and O2 stats
• Track urine output and insert catheters and start IVs
• Administer infusions and monitor equipment such as ventilators to assess patients’ conditions
• Use nasal aspirators on premature babies and ensure that their incubators are well-equipped
• Change diapers and ensure that babies are kept in optimally cleaned conditions
• Tend to injuries by cleaning and dressing wounds as often as directed by primary care doctor
• Administer medication through IV or by mouth in accordance with the healthcare plan
• Observe changes in patients’ conditions and report any alarming changes
• Provide emotional support and education to families of patients admitted to pediatric ICUs
• Record all care information concisely and accurately through forms
• Meet the developmental and emotional needs of children admitted in pediatric ICU
Tissue Bank Technician 04/2006 to 06/2016
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
• Maintain complete and accurate records of all steps in the tissue product manufacturing process to assure product documentation and traceability.
• Perform processing, packaging and labeling of the tissues according to procedures and standards.
• Preparation of engineered allografts on a CNC machine.
• Decalcification of bone as applicable per standard Operating Manual.
• Preparation of osteoarticular bone allografts.
• Identification of allografts and producing of radiographs of the same.
• Responsible for all data entry and completion of paperwork.
• Perform all necessary quality control procedures and maintain complete records of results.
• Support the Processing Supervisor in the cleaning, cutting, shaping, inspecting, and packaging of tissues for transplantation.
• Processing of all allografts for clinical such as bone, soft tissues, skin, autografts, tracheas and other tissues as instructed by Processing Supervisor or designee.
• Preparation and preservation of all types of bone for cutting and shaping into allografts.
Neurologist 05/1996 to 02/2015
Hospital Pediatrico Central Habana, Cuba
• Head of the pediatric neurology department, specializing in static lesions of the nervous system (mental retardation, cerebral palsy children, mental retardation, epilepsy), progressive damage the central nervous system (neurometabolic diseases, such as Duchenne hereditary myopathies, mitochondrial myopathies, etc.), neurophysiology studies (EEG, EMG, ENG, PET).
• Trained in statistics, genetics, microbiology and biochemistry
• Advisor of an Editorial magazine La Revista Cubana de Pediatria
• Member of the International League of Epilepsy.
• Member of the IberoAmerican Society Cerebrovascular Disease.
• Member of the Society for Neuroscience in Cuba.
Other Foreign Experience Available Upon Request
References
Available Upon Request.
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