RACHEL SALAMANTE, RN

***** ****** ******

Grand Terrace, CA 92313

909-***-****

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Dear Sir/Madam:

I am applying for a Registered Nurse position. I have 10 years of experience as an LVN in a Skilled Nursing Care Facility. The skills and knowledge I have acquired through the years are outlined in the enclosed resume. I am a hard worker, team leader, team player, and a fast learner. I embrace new opportunities of learning and consider challenges as avenues of growth. I ask when I have any doubts to avoid mistakes. I do my job to the best of my abilities. I get along well with others, respect my clients, their family and co-workers. I would like to be trained in your guidelines and be an asset to your organization.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Rachel Salamante, RN

RACHEL SALAMANTE, LVN

12467 Oriole Avenue

Grand Terrace, CA 92313

909-***-****

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EXPERIENCE:

Terracina Post Acute RN 10/2020 to current. 2018-10/2020 part time Charge LVN & Mar. 2014 - 2018 Full Time Charge LVN Sta 4 Sub-Acute for over a yr. & Sta 1 Long-Term care 2018 - 09/2020 On-call -Administered meds & bedside patient care assessment (see attached Redlands, CA skills and responsibilities). Christine De los Santos, RN Supervisor San Bernardino City Associate Degree in Nursing

2018-2020 Nursing Student (RN - acquired 8/25/2020) College District Clinical Rotation experiences: L & D, Medical Surgical, Pediatric San Bernardino, CA Telemetry, Critical care: Surgery, Medical, ED, & Behavioral health Grand Terrace Healthcare Charge LVN and Treatment/wound care LVN - Full time Center - Administered medication, bedside patient assessments for daily care June 2011 - Dec 2013 and treated wounds (Treatment/wound LVN-PRN) Grand Terrace, CA

Valley Healthcare Center PRN Charge LVN and Treatment/Wound care Oct. 2010 - June 2011 - PRN medication administration, bedside patient care and Part-Time position treated wounds (Treatment/wound LVN-PRN) San Bernardino, CA

Riverside Com. Hospital Transport Technician - per diem Jun. 2001 - Oct. 2002 - Transport patient on hospital beds, or gurneys, or wheelchair from Riverside, CA floor, ED to diagnostic procedures and vice versa SKILLS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Medication Administration / skills

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- Work Title: Charge LVN - oversees the station with 30 residents with 3-4 assigned CNA each shift. Bedside care assessments at the beginning of each shift and continue care upon report. Passed daily medications per eMar including V/S daily checks. Make sure that residents are prepared and ready for appointments such as dialysis and doctors scheduled appointments, cohorts with social services scheduling and transportation.

- Started change in condition/SBAR if there’s change per resident’s baseline. Called Primary Care Physician and reported current observation. Carried out orders upon doctors orders. Followed up laboratory results and reported to the doctor and received orders as necessary. Sent resident to emergency care for further evaluation as indicated.

- Make sure all the residents are turned and repositioned Q2hours and prn. Ensured that residents are out of bed and attended activity services, and ADL’s are attended each shift.

- Cared for Long Term care residents, residents with trach and vent, resident’s with G-Tube, resident’s with wound, foley cath, wound vacuum.

- Passed daily medications by mouth, including B/P, diabetic, cholesterol, OTC, psych, controlled meds, topical, eye, ear drops, transdermal, IM, & hypodermal injections

- Administered PPD, heparin, lovenox, glucagon, insulin, procrit, and PNA & flu vaccine as indicated. Mechanical Ventilator residents nursing intervention cohort with RTs. Done admissions with head to toe assessments & paperworks associated with admissions per facility’s protocol. Patient Care / Beside nursing skills and interventions

- Done nursing management on residents with Vent and Trach, neurological check monitoring, Peg-tube, G-Tube with feeding tube and pump, Foley catheterization, straight cath, compression boots, pulse oximeter probe and Accu-Check with its nursing intervention.

- Assessment and reassessment, head to toe, carried out Change in Condition, SBAR, incident report, notify MD, accomplished short and long term care plan goals, and carried out MD’s orders asap

- Start and discontinue IV’s, admission and discharge intervention, & associated documentations.

- Foley catheter insertion and straight catheterization for collecting specimen using sterile technique

- Oxygen managements - start and D/C with pulse oximetry monitoring

- Cared for Patton clients; medications & IV passes, bedside assessments ( related to mental health) Other nursing skills and Treatment Administration / Wound Care

- All stages, post-surgical wound, excoriation, abrasion, skin tears. Proficient in using the ffg tx meds: Santyl, Silvadene, Calcium Alginate and CaAl Ag, sure prep, proderm, Unna boot, hydrogenate, hydrocolloid dressing, kerlix, gauze, medfix, and topical A&D, Zinc oxide, NS, TAO, Steri strip, dry dressing, etc and used negative pressure wound tx management.

- G-Tube management - medication administration, GTube machine manipulation, change feeding, water flushing, and checking placement and residual

- Colostomy and Ileostomy care, urinalysis (deep stick), Purewick management, specimen collection, isolation, and wound measurements

EDUCATION:

- Associate Degree in Nursing San Bernardino Valley College 201*-****-*** 384 8931

- Licensed Vocational Nurse Summit College

2009-2010 855-***-**** Colton, CA

- Gen. Education and Riverside City College District Prerequisites for RN 951-***-****

~ 2005 - 2008 Riverside, CA

- Pharmacy Technician ROP (Regional Occupation Program) 2003-2004 909-***-**** Redlands, CA

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

Registered Nurse Issued 8/25/20 - Expires: June 2022 Licensed Vocational Nurse: Status- Active Issued 7/7/10 - Expires: 06/30/2022 Pharmacy Technician Licensed: Status-Active Issued 7/15/04 - Expires: 05/31/2022 Intravenous Therapy/Blood Withdrawal Certificate Granted since: 07/26/2010 BLS certified: by American Heart Association Expires: Jan. 2022 ACLS certified: by American Heart Association Expires: July 2022 WORK REFERENCES:

Anna Lou Bermudez - RN supervisor, Terracina Post Acute 1618 Laurel Avenue

Redlands, CA 92373 909-***-**** adiy8j@r.postjobfree.com Christine Delos Santos - RN supervisor Country Villa Hacienda Health 1311 E. Date St.

San Bernardino, CA 92404 909-***-**** adiy8j@r.postjobfree.com Evelyn Kathy Misiuk, LVN - 4NW Telemetry, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System 11201 Benton St.

Loma Linda, CA 92357 909-***-**** adiy8j@r.postjobfree.com

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