NATALIE DESCALLAR- CASTILLO

adxmio@r.postjobfree.com 347-***-**** JACKSONVILLE, FL 32225-4417 WWW: Bold Profile Summary

Compassionate new graduate Family Nurse Practitioner who delivers thorough and holistic care to patients. As a registered nurse with extensive and diverse experience for 20 years in case management, emergency room, obstetrics, acute rehabilitation, dialysis, medical-surgical, long-term care, geriatric, behavioral care, home healthcare, public health, occupational health, and education. Multilingual - Tagalog, Cebuano, and Basic Spanish. Eager to excel as a Nurse Practitioner with a strong focus on delivering high-quality, holistic, and patient-centered healthcare. Skills

• Preventive Care Specialist

• Lab result evaluation

• Patient-Centered Care

• Sound Judgement

• Family Planning

• STD Care and Counseling

• Preventive screening

• Women's Health

• Health and wellness expert

• Weight loss management

• Pediatric treatment

• Adult Treatment

• Geriatric treatment

• Multilingual in Tagalog, Cebuano, and Basic Spanish Experience

RN Case Manager Mayo Clinic - JACKSONVILLE, FL 10/2022 - Current

• Developed patient care plans, overall patient health assessments and evaluations.

• Actively participated in family and patient planning processes.

• Determined and coordinated appropriate levels of care to meet individual patient needs.

• Updated and maintained discharge plan of care with the physician, members of healthcare team, patients, and families.

• Assessed and reviewed patients for discharge and planning and integrated services for patients requiring home care, home infusion and durable medical equipment (DME).

• Advocated for patients by identifying insurance coverage, communicating care preferences to practitioners, and verifying interventions met patients' treatment goals. FNP Student-Completed 415 Hours Emed - JACKSONVILLE, FL 01/2022 - 11/2022

• Offered preventive services such as well-child, adult, and gynecological examinations.

• Instructed and counseled patients to comply with prescribed medical or physical regimens, medications, health maintenance, and addiction treatment.

• Provided women's health services for contraception, reproductive concerns, and family planning.

• Checked and repaired wounds with techniques such as liquid skin, sutures, and bandages.

• Performed physical exams, ordering, and evaluating lab test as well as medications.

• Delivered primary care for patients and handled diagnosis, treatment, referral for consultation or specialty services, follow-up care, evening urgent care call and on-call emergency consultation.

• Promoted health by advising patients about diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease.

• Managed care of critically ill patients with hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, cardiac disease, closed head injuries, strokes, seizures, and tumors.

• Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

FNP Student- Completed 97 Hours North Florida Integrative Medicine - JACKSONVILLE, FL 08/2021 - 12/2021

• Offered preventive services such as well-child, adult, and gynecological examinations.

• Instructed and counseled patients to comply with prescribed medical or physical regimens, medications, health maintenance, and addiction treatment.

• Provided women's health services for contraception, reproductive concerns, and family planning.

• Checked and repaired wounds with techniques such as liquid skin, sutures, and bandages.

• Performed physical exams, ordering, and evaluating lab test as well as medications.

• Delivered primary care for patients and handled diagnosis, treatment, referral for consultation or specialty services, follow-up care, evening urgent care call and on-call emergency consultation.

• Promoted health by advising patients about diet, hygiene, and methods for prevention of disease.

• Managed care of critically ill patients with hypertension, diabetes, renal failure, cardiac disease, closed head injuries, strokes, seizures, and tumors.

• Utilized computerized Resource and Patient Management System (RPMS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

RN Case Manager UF Health Shands Hospital - JACKSONVILLE, FL 05/2017 - 12/2021

• Developed patient care plans, overall patient health assessments, and evaluations.

• Actively participated in family and patient planning processes. Determined and coordinated appropriate levels of care to meet individual patient needs.

• Updated and maintained discharge plan of care with the physician, members of healthcare team, patients, and families.

Assessed and reviewed patients for discharge and planning and integrated services for patients requiring home care, home infusion and durable medical equipment (DME).

• Advocated for patients by identifying insurance coverage, communicating care preferences to practitioners, and verifying interventions met patients' treatment goals. Dialysis Registered Nurse Fresenius Dialysis - JACKSONVILLE, FL 11/2016 - 02/2017

• Supervised dialysis treatments for patients aging from child to adult in community hospital setting.

• Monitored patient status during treatment and reported variances and adverse reactions to care teams.

• Initiated and documented ongoing quality assurance activities to improve patient care and safety.

• Collected and analyzed patient data before, during and after treatments and documented information in patient medical records.

• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise, and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.

• Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.

• Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors, and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.

Adjunct Clinical Instructor Concorde Career Colleges - JACKSONVILLE, FL 06/2016 - 12/2016

• Assessed students' knowledge and skills through assignments and exams.

• Evaluated and monitored the progress of 30 students to promote positive outcomes.

• Educated and mentored students to help individuals surmount academic obstacles and personal difficulties.

• Used individualized instruction techniques to educate students on patient observation, assessment, decision- making and health teaching.

• Held clinical simulation projects and provided each student with individual feedback.

• Frequently provided educational lectures to students.

• Taught students how to intervene in medical emergencies and how to perform head to toe assessments.

• Delegated patient assignments to students based on individual learning needs and patient assessments. Medical Surgical Registered Nurse Memorial Hospital Jacksonville - JACKSONVILLE, FL 01/2016 - 03/2016

• Demonstrated high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and adaptability in fast-paced and unpredictable medical environment.

• Cared expertly for individuals with wide array of medical issues such as pulmonary, cardiology and infectious disease patients.

• Deployed therapeutic communication and active listening and teaching to establish relationships with patients, families, and health care team for optimum patient care.

• Supported successful administration of care plans by communicating with cross-functional teams.

• Coordinated with patient and attending physician in facilitating discharge and continuing needs for home care or transfer to extended care facility.

• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise, and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.

Public Health Nurse Visiting Nurse Services of New York - New York, NY 04/2011 - 11/2013

• Planned and coordinated patient and family teaching and health education.

• Attended functions within community and spoke with public and local officials to promote methods that reduce illness, food contamination and obesity.

• Initiated programs to address health needs of families with emphasis on women and children.

• Ran hospital prevention and health promotion programs to increase awareness of health-related issues.

• Educated public regarding community health resources in correctional facilities, community centers and churches.

• Attended functions within community and spoke with members of public and local officials to promote methods that reduce illness, food contamination and obesity.

• Identified unusual issues, cluster infections and known pathogens on patient records, ensuring that outbreaks were remedied in timely fashion.

Charge Nurse Dewitt Nursing Home - Newark, NY 10/2008 - 10/2010

• Coordinated, tasked, and supervised nurses and ancillary staff based on staffing requirements.

• Directed unit staff and promoted quality care for diverse patients.

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare specialists to devise, implement, and modify plans of care defining patient outcome goals.

• Built and maintained strong working relationships between nursing department and other disciplines.

• Organized and delegated tasks during rapid response and high-pressure code situations.

• Advised, coached, and mentored experienced and student nurses on medical issues, crisis management and appropriate nursing interventions.

• Reviewed staffing patterns and census of nursing units, meeting staffing needs and budgetary controls.

• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise, and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support, and life-saving interventions.

Nursing Faculty COC- Phinma Philippines 10/2005 - 03/2008

• Committed passionately to student development through hands-on training.

• Guided and supervised nursing students in classroom, lab, and clinical learning activities.

• Evaluated students to identify knowledge gaps and conduct thorough assessments.

• Participated in planning, implementing, and evaluating assigned courses for continued development of nursing curriculum.

• Designed personal clinical assignments consistent with student's knowledge base, competency and learning needs.

• Remained current in instructional methods and evidence-based, best practice nursing concepts and impact such concepts place on nursing program students' education.

• Instructed courses in nursing to meet educational requirements stated in credit course outline and board of registered nursing regulations.

• Contributed subject matter expertise toward improving overall training program and skills displayed by student nurses.

Staff Nurse- Rotated ER, OBGYN, & Med Surg Unit Polymedic Medical Center Philippines 12/2003 - 12/2004

• Managed complete processing of patients from initial admission to discharge.

• Triaged incoming patients and communicated with doctors to encourage timely attention to urgent situations.

• Followed standard procedures for collecting personal information, contacting relatives, and transferring patients better accommodated at outside facilities.

• Cared for patients, giving special attention to newborn and geriatric patients with age-specific needs and risks.

• Observed applicable health and safety regulations and house protocols to achieve patient and staff safety and minimize liability to malpractice accusations.

• Assisted licensed physicians in treating or evaluating patients as required to support treatment logistics and document cases in real time.

• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injury and illnesses. Education and Training

University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ 11/2022

MSN: FNP

• 3.89 GPA

• Member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society Member, 2022

• Member of Sigma Alpha Phi Society, 2022

Medina College Ozamis City, Philippines 03/1999 BSN: Nursing

• Miss Medina College 1994

• Choral Group Member- Pianist, 1994

Languages

English:

Native/ Bilingual

Filipino, Tagalog, Cebuano:

Native/ Bilingual

Spanish:

Limited

Websites, Portfolios, Profiles

• https://padlet.com/thaliasmile/natalie-descallar-castillo-s-professional-portfolio-uwzueluw608cfkbt Certifications

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in the State of Florida

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

• Registered Nurse in the State of Florida

• Registered Nurse in the State of New York

Activities and Honors

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

• Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing

• FNA

• Sigma Alpha Phi Society

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