PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Licensed RN with * months of acute care experience seeking an opportunity to work in a critical care unit to deliver safe and quality patient care. A dedicated, flexible and dependable worker, focused on patient-centered care with excellent time management skills and interpersonal relations.

EDUCATION

Glendale Community College Glendale, CA

Associate Degree in Nursing (December 2019)

Academic Honors

Recipient of the Kruse Family Scholarship

West Visayas State University Iloilo City, Philippines

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences (March 1999)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Preceptorship (120 HOURS) : Adventist Health Glendale, CA

Sept. 4, 2019 - Oct. 19, 2019

Precept Nurse (Pulmonary Telemetry Unit)

●Responsible for providing quality care to 3 patients in a safe and efficient manner, consistent with hospital’s policy and procedure including head to toe assessment, vitals and I&O monitoring, medication administration, and patient teaching.

●Performed supervised specimen collection, wound dressing changes, tracheal suctioning, colostomy emptying and drainage, NG tube insertion and maintenance, and urinary catheter insertion and maintenance.

●Maintained accurate and timely documentation using cerner charting system

●Learned how the interdisciplinary team function to provide a well-coordinated care and patient-centered approach. Referred changes in patient condition to the doctor using the SBAR communication model.

Clinical Rotations:

●Specialty Rotation (48 HOURS)

Neuro ICU, Pulmonary Telemetry Unit, Emergency Dept., Cath. Lab. & ICU, Adventist Health Glendale

●Community Rotation (48 HOURS)

Providence St. Joseph Medical Center GI Lab., USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Wound Clinic, Glendale Memorial Hospital Women’s Center, and Glendale Adventist Home Health

●FEBRUARY - APRIL 2019 (60 HOURS)

●Med-Surg. III: Neurology Telemetry Unity, Pulmonary Telemetry Unit, and Oncology; Adventist Health Glendale

●October - December 2018

Med-Surg. II: Pulmonary Telemetry Unit, Surgical Telemetry Unit, Cardiac Telemetry Unit, and Cardiac Interventional Telemetry Unit; Adventist Health Glendale

●August - October 2018 (67 HOURS)

Geriatric Psychiatry; USC Verdugo Hills Hospital

●March - May 2018 (120 HOURS)

Med-Surg. I: Oncology, Rehab, and Med-Surg.; Adventist Health Glendale

WORK EXPERIENCE

OLYMPIA MEDICAL CENTER LOS ANGELES, CA

August 2020 - Present

Registered Nurse

●Closely monitor hemodynamically unstable patient to identify signs of cardiac and other life-threatening complications associated with fluid and electrolyte imbalances

●Experienced with care of patients involving ventilators, tracheostomies, IVs, central lines, EKG monitoring, Foley catheters, G-tubes, NG-tubes

●Responsible for the care of 3 critically ill patients in a 21-bed Step Down Unit, ranging from young adult to geriatric: including drug overdose, septic shock, respiratory failure, stroke and medically declining patients requiring emergency dialysis, neurological assessments and continuous cardiac monitoring.

●Assisted critical care physician and respiratory therapist in bedside emergent intubation.

●Played key role as part of both rapid response and code blue teams

KAISER PERMANENTE LAMC LOS ANGELES, CA

November 2010 - Present

Monitor Technician

●Identify and monitor patient’s heart rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and report significant changes to the nursing staff

●Reviews patients’ rhythm changes with the NPs and MDs

●Monitor 3 units with max of 45 patients

●Record admit, change, and code strips

LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS

●State of California Registered Nurse, Active, License # 95220157

●Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support certification issued by AHA, expires 05/2022, 206*********

●Basic Life Support certification issued by American Heart Association (AHA) expires 06/2022, 205*********

●Fire Card, expires 05/31/2023

●Dysrhythmia for Monitor Technicians, certified in 2008

●ECG Dysrhythmia Interpretation, 08/17/2020

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