Leticia Perez, ASN, RN

McAllen, Texas 812-***-**** adujou@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Job Target – Nurse III – HCSSA

· Compact license registered nurse with 9 years of experience in primary care, medical surgical, cardiology, correctional forensic nurse and long-term care.

· COVID-19 vaccinated.

· A passionate and compassionate person who strives on providing excellent customer services and exceptional care.

· Ability to travel.

KEY SKILLS

Quality assurance, chart auditing, nurse manager, clinical aide evaluator, preceptor, interdisciplinary communication and coordination, telephonic patient management, patient advocacy, direct patient care, medication administration, blood test, procedure coder, administering cardiac stress test, procedural nurse, health screening, patient feedback, transitions of care communication, clinician-patient relationship, patient engagement, nursing and conduct competency skills. Electronic medical record. Point Click Care (PCC) knowledgeable. Nursing. Conducting on-site reviews. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Director of Nursing The Heights of Alamo Alamo, Texas 10/2022-present

· Ensuring nursing staff follows departmental procedures and policies.

· Conducting patient rounds and addressing complaints.

· Helping to hire, train, teach and monitor nurses.

· Scheduling staffing meetings for patient updates, issues and recommendations.

· Ensuring the nursing department provides consistent, attentive, and efficient care to patients.

· Ensuring compliance with state, federal and local standards. Nurse Aide Evaluator, RN Prometric Baltimore, Maryland 02/2021-present

· Proctoring a computerized knowledge-based examination and objective observation and scoring of candidates demonstrating clinical skills.

· Prepared for events by monitoring roster and ensuring the site is correctly set up and cleaned up after each test day.

· Perform on-site evaluations to ensure test sites are compliant with Prometric and state policies in order to be an approved testing facility.

· Compose detail report with all on-site deficiencies against facility, and compose an acceptable plan to correct deficiencies.

· Received “Got Praise” award in recognition of efforts shown. Nurse Manager, RN Superior Wash LLC McAllen, Texas 02/2018-present

· Supervised the workflow of two Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and two medical assistants.

· Evaluating nursing assignments, schedules and payroll.

· Organized monthly in-service meeting, educating staff on importance of policy and procedures, documenting and obtaining vital signs each morning prior to the start of shift.

· Evaluates staff performance.

Quality Assurance Nurse, RN East Hidalgo Detention Center La Villa, Texas 03/2020-01/2021

· Created corrective action plans (CAP) notifying the medical director, medical administrator, and the director of nursing

(DON) of deficiencies identified through monitoring and auditing.

· Evaluated and implemented nursing practices within the medical/correctional department to help maximize efficiency and optimize detainee/inmate care.

· Reduced medical errors by 9% in 3 months though the implementation of proper documentation protocols and staff education.

· Supervised the workflow of the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and provided input into performance evaluations.

· Audited medical records, sharps logs, narcotic log, outside referrals, sick call log, admission logs and discharge logs. Procedural Nurse, RN McAllen Heart Clinic McAllen, Texas 01/2017-01/2018

· Staff nurse fulfilling the role of performing cardiac stress test (treadmill and dobutamine stress echocardiogram) alongside a team of cardiologists and sonographers.

· Provided complete patient assessments creating preliminary reports for final interpretation by cardiologist.

· Monitored, assessed and reported patients cardiac monitoring through EKG, vital signs and any signs and symptoms of angina, arrhythmias and dyspnea to appropriate cardiologists.

· Obtained training on procedure coding.

· Performed post procedural telephonic follow-up calls. Staff Nurse, RN Baptist Health Madisonville, Kentucky 07/2014-10/2016.

· Staff nurse fulfilling the roles of primary beside and preceptor on a 30 bed medical surgical unit.

· Provided direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts the nursing care process as indicated to ensure safe patient care.

· Administering medications via; oral, injection, sublingual, buccal, rectal, ocular, otic, nasal, inhalation and transdermal route.

· Skilled in the management of acute and chronic medical conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

(COPD), chronic heart failure, and renal failure in the medical-surgical setting.

· Received The Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurse within my first year of employment. Staff Nurse, RN Cornerstone Family Health Madisonville, Kentucky 05/2013-7/2014.

· Manage care for patients from pediatrics through all developmental stages to geriatrics.

· Creating and maintaining accurate patient records. Performing health screenings.

· Administering medications to patients and monitoring them for side effects and reactions.

· Triaging patients by assessment of the urgency and severity of presenting problems by history taking and examination before referral to the appropriate clinician.

· Designed and implemented nurse-lead call back program to improve patient follow-up with provider after discharge from the family practice clinic.

· Performed post visit telephonic follow-up calls. LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Registered Nurse (RN) Texas State Board of Nursing, compact/multistate, license # 914088, expires 03/2024 Cares Certification, Dementia Basics, expires 05/2024 Cares Certification, Dementia Advanced Care, expires 05/2024 Basic Life Support (BLS) American Heart Association, expires 01/2024 EDUCATION

Associate in Applied Science (AAS), Madisonville Community College, Madisonville, KY, May 2013.

· Received the Carole Ethington Award in recognition of demonstrating caring attitude and behavior throughout the program.

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