ELIZABETH D. VELASQUEZ

**** ******* ***** ** ****, Texas 79932 · 915-***-****

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Professional opportunity to serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team focused on providing quality, safe, patient centered care as an advanced practice nurse provider for the adult and geriatric population of the El Paso community.

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS

EXPIRATION: 02/27/2025

ADULT GERIATRIC PRIMARY CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER, ancc

EXPIRATION: 12/31/2021

ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE, texas board of nursing

EXPIRATION: 12/31/2021

REGISTERED NURSE, texas board of nursing

EXPIRATION: 05/2021

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT, american heart association

EXPIRATION: 05/2021

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT, american heart association

EDUCATION

DECEMBER 2019

MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, university of texas at arlington

Arlington, Texas

MAY 2006

BACCALAUREATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING, university of texas at el paso

EL PASO, TEXAS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEPTEMBER 2016 - PRESENT

RN II, STAFF NURSE, RADIOLOGY HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE IMAGING CENTER WEST

Assists radiologist with diagnostic biopsies of the breast and thyroid (MRI, stereotactic, and ultrasound guided), tracking of patients with malignancy, collecting and reporting data in concordance with the NQNBC guidelines, attending tumor board, and provide breast cancer health/prevention education.

NOVEMBER 2015 – SEPTEMBER 2016

RN II, STAFF FIELD NURSE Tender care home health, El Paso, Texas

Performs nursing assessments of patients, develops and implements patient plan of care, coordinates care with physician, management, and multidisciplinary teams.

SEPTEMBER 2014- NOVEMBER 2015

RN II, intensive Care Unit, sierra medical center, El Paso, texas

Coordinate the delivery of nursing care to critically ill, postoperative, ventilator dependent, post cardiac arrest, post heart catheterization, post cardiac bypass, and hemodynamically unstable patients. Responds to code and emergent situations as a team member within the hospital.

JUNE 2011- SEPTEMBER 2014

RN II, ambulatory surgery Unit, department of veteran affairs, El Paso, texas

Serve as a surgical scrub RN, circulating in the operating room, pre-operative, postoperative PACU recovery, assisting the physician with surgical procedures including biopsies, arthroscopy, cystoscopy, endoscopy and colonoscopy; administering conscious sedation for procedures.

JUNE 2006- JUNE 2011

RN II, CHARGE NURSE intensive Care Unit, university medical center, El Paso, texas

Delivered quality patient care utilizing nursing assessment, implementation of a coordinated plan of care ensuring desired patient outcomes in a 30 bed level one trauma center. As a charge RN, duties included management of the ICU, 8 bed PICU, and 14 bed CVICU. Member of code blue, rapid response, and level one trauma teams.

PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER/PRESENTOR

OCTOBER 2018

THE NURSING ROLE IN BREAST HEALTH

pRESENTOR, Texas society of radiologic technologists west texas seminar (1hr Ceu)

JULY 2011

ENHANCING INTRAPROFESSIONAL COLLABERATION BETWEEN MEDICINE AND NURSING THROUGH SIMULATION

SIM LAB EDUCATOR, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

APRIL 2008

CRITICAL CARE ASSESSMENT, CARE OF THE TRAUMA PATIENT, VENTILATION MANAGEMENT

GRADUATE NURSE REVIEW, UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP

FEBRUARY 2020 – FEBRUARY 2021

AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION & TEXAS NURSES ASSOCIATION

ID: 04131777

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