Edna Villajin, RN, BSN

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Walnut, CA 91789

adn5vq@r.postjobfree.com

626-***-****

PERSONAL PROFILE

Prepared nurse who is motivated and enthusiastic about educating and inspiring others to learn. Seeking a position within an institution that will offer the potential for continued development and ongoing learning.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, conflict resolution, and problem solving skills

Profound passion and commitment for nursing education and the nursing profession

Excellent ability in instructing, motivational teaching style, and encouraging students to excel

Varied job experience and immense knowledge of routine activities in various clinical settings

Strong ability to instruct students about patient care in accordance with nursing standards and procedures

Strong clinical knowledge and competence in Medical Surgical Nursing

Ability to function independently and contribute knowledge as part of the team

Implements principles and methods of adult education

Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting

Acts as a role model and mentor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT

LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

11/01/2019- Present

Provides direct patient care, including patient assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, treatment or intervention during critical care transports

Demonstrates roles and performance of duties outlined in the RN II classification

Recognizes the need to prioritize patient care needs based on the acuity and urgency

Oversees nursing care provided by other nursing and non-nursing staff

Serves as a professional role model and effective resource person for the team

Communicates collaboratively with patients, families, the interdisciplinary team and other nursing staff to ensure the highest quality of care, patient safety and customer satisfaction

Assumes accountability for leadership of the team when called upon to do so

Critical Care clinical knowledge and skills in caring for critically ill patients in the ICU

Innovative, enthusiastic, critical thinker, and self-motivated and great communicator

Utilization Review

LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

06/15/2018 – 10/31/2019

Performs pre-admission reviews, in collaboration with physicians, managed care plans and financial service workers

Utilizes established criteria, reviews medical records for patients admitted to the hospital to determine if documentation justifies continued acute hospitalization.

Refers cases to identify those that require additional expertise when there is lack of supporting documentation to justify the medical necessity

Reviews medical records and communicates with the patient’s primary medical provider to ensure that documentations are aligned with the care and identify patients no longer meeting the inpatient stay criteria for other options

Facilitates discharge planning with the patient’s care team

Interfaces with managed care or commercial insurance plans to obtain authorization for care and coordinates transitions/transfers to outside providers/facilities at the direction of the plan

Registered Nurse II

LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

03/08/1998 – Present

Cardio-Thoracic RN caring for pre and post-operative cardiac surgical patients

Demonstrates effectively and efficiently with patient care with one or two critically-ill patients without assistance and responds effectively in emergent and critical situations in the cardiothoracic unit

Demonstrates proficiently in operating and maintaining cardia assist devices, pacemakers, ECMO, and use of intra-aortic balloon pump device

Functions independently, delegates tasks accordingly, assigns work to others equally and efficiently within the unit as a charge nurse

Assesses, evaluates and documents ongoing in a systematic manner, the patient’s physical, medical, and psychosocial circumstances

Coordinates patient care and collaborates with other health care team members to establish the patient’s goals, to develop treatment plans, and to obtain desired outcomes

Performs efficiently in an emergency regarding the patient situations, following established protocols, remaining calm and working productively with other team members and documenting events

Provides continuous patient/family education based on identified learning needs and objectives

Provides a teaching atmosphere to student nurses and orients new staff registered nurses on night shift duties and responsibilities

Provides discharge teaching including aftercare instructions medication administration, follow-up appointments, and appropriate contact information

Communicates effectively regarding patients plan of care with other interdisciplinary team members

Observes and evaluates the effects of treatments and interventions, and documents patients’ responses to treatment or nursing care provided by self and others

Performs duties that support the delivery of safe, quality patient care and contribute to unit goals

Follow established policies and procedures within my scope of practice

Adjunct Faculty, Clinical Instructor

School of Nursing

Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

09/18/2015 – Present

Provides instructions to students based on their course syllabus

Coordinates student rotations or site visits and assist in their understanding their duties in different settings

Responsible for connecting the classroom material and its real-life application and accommodating the varied learning styles and paces of clinical students

Provides knowledge and understanding of administrating medications and ongoing procedures to patients in a safety manner under supervision

Assists students with understanding the patient’s medical diagnosis and how it connects with their nursing care plan

Supervises care provided by a group of students while they complete their clinical rotation in the area of specialty

Coordinates with clinicians at the clinical site to make student patient assignments

Teaches students how to perform duties in the clinical site and be valuable as a resource person

Evaluates the students’ clinical work

Relief Registered Nurse

LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

4/2004-05/2006

Preforms a wide variety of professional nursing duties in a temporary clinical setting

Provides nursing care and formulates nursing care plans for patients and administers treatments and medications prescribed by physicians

Monitors and adjust specialized equipment used with patients such as intravenous, breathing, suctioning and drainage apparatus

Observes and documents in the medical record care given to patients by the nursing personnel and reports incident involving patients, employees and visitors

Works as a team player with other staff members and always available to help others

Ongoing teaching with the patient’s treatment plan of care

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, March 31, 2012

East Los Angeles College, Associate of Science Degree in Nursing, October 5, 1997

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Associate Degree in Nursing, East Los Angeles College, 10/05/1997

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 03/31/2012

California Board of Registered Nursing, License #538050, present

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, present

Basic Life Support, present

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, 07/17/2008

Phase 1 Adult Critical Care Training Program, 08/07/2007 – 09/07/2007

References available upon request.

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