Jennifer A. Abaya
Long Beach, Ca 90807
*********@*****.***
EDUCATION
● BACHELOR SCIENCE IN NURSING 08/2017
Walden University
ASSOCIATE SCIENCE IN NURSING 2006-2008
Long Beach City College Long Beach, California
EMPLOYMENT
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
ED Case Manager 03/2020-Present
● Accomplishes clients’ care by assessing treatments needs; developing, monitoring
● Evaluating treatment plans and progress: facilitating interdisciplinary approaches
● Admits new clients from the ED by reviewing clinical records and application to proper unit
● Implementing cost-saving actions
● Collaborates with members of the healthcare team, the patient, and their family to assure effective, efficient, and appropriate care and outcomes
● CAC:
Review the diagnosis and treatment plan to identify the need for acute care admission
Offer alternative resources to physician whose patient’s don’t meed acute care criteria
Collects and interprets vital signs, clinical presentation, cardiac status, lab results and treatment plans with the MD office for all direct admissions
Establishes with physician/office staff that the patient is stable for direct admission and not emergent treatment
Utilize the LBM patient placement guidelines and patient placement team meeting information to ensure patients are accommodated on the appropriate nursing unit
Documents clinical data in Epi’s PreadmissionEvaluation Form prior to sending bed requests Central Patient Placement (CPP)
Collaborates with nursing units, Admitting Dept and House Supervisor in placing patients
Monitors Tele Tracker bed board for patient room assignments
Facilitates interfacility transfers for adult and pediatric patients confirming admitting MD
Obtains clinical data directly from bedside RN
Faxes Infection Control Transfer Forms to sending facilities
Confirms accepting specialists when transferring patients in for higher level of care
Calls sending facilities for clinical update before giving room assignment and number to call for report
Miller Children’s Hospital
Mother Baby Unit 08/2017-03/2020
● Team leader
● Consults and coordinated with healthcare team to assess, plan implement and evaluate patients’ care plans
● Maintains a comfortable, safe and clean environment
● Assess mother for postpartum bleeding
● Assess mother’s fundus post delivery
● Inspects C-sec incision and pain
● Performs emotional status on mother, recognizing symptoms such as postpartum depression
● Monitor bonding between mother and newborn
● Check vital signs per hospital policy
● Measures input/output
● Provide breastfeeding education
● Performs heel sticks to check blood glucose and Bilirubin level on newborn
● Insert PIV or Foley Cath if necessary
Miller Children's Hospital
STAFF RN GENERAL PEDIATRICS 2009-2017
Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach, California
● Unit Relief Coordinator and Team Leader
● Responsible for providing family centered care
● Responsible for safe, high standard, cost-effective nursing care to pediatric populations from birth to 21 years
● Performed post patient assessment, review of history, discharge planning, and review of diagnostic studies with appropriate follow through and physician consultation
● Effectively collaborated patient care with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, therapists, and care provider
● Responsible for educating patients, and families on postoperative care when discharged home
● Responsible for providing safe, high standard, cost-effective nursing care to pediatric populations from birth to 21 years
● Performed post patient assessment, review of history, discharge planning, and review of diagnostic studies with appropriate follow through and physician consultation
● Effectively collaborated patient care with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, therapists, and care providers
● Responsible for educating patients, and families on postoperative care when discharge home
TRAVEL RN GENERAL PEDIATRICS 2012-2014
Fastaff Travel Nursing San Francisco, California
● Responsible for providing safe, high standard, cost-effective nursing care to pediatric populations from birth to 21 years
● Performed post-patient assessment, review of history, discharge planning, and review of diagnostic studies with appropriate follow through and physician consultation
● Effectively collaborated patient care with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, therapists, and care providers
● Responsible for educating patients, and families on postoperative care when discharged home
● Responsible for providing safe, high standard, cost-effective nursing care to pediatric populations from birth to 21 years
● Performed post patient assessment, review of history, discharge planning, and review of diagnostic studies with appropriate follow through and physician consultation
● Effectively collaborated patient care with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, therapists, and care providers
● Responsible for educating patients, and families on postoperative care when discharged home
CREDENTIALS/CERTIFICATES
Basic Life Support Expires 05/2023
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Relief Coordinator July 2015-2017
Perfect Serve Superuser December 2018-2020