JESSICA MALIZIA
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***** ********* ***** ********, ** 92301
OBJECTIVE
Compassionate and dedicated BSN-prepared Registered Nurse with over 12 years of LVN experience and recent RN licensure, seeking a hospital-based position to provide high-quality, evidence-based care. Committed to patient advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and continuous learning to improve patient outcomes in fast-paced, acute care settings. Eager to contribute clinical expertise, strong communication skills, and a deep sense of integrity to a dynamic healthcare team.
SKILLS
●Great knowledge of general nursing procedures and techniques involved in the care of patients, disease processes and possible results, medical terminology, hospital routine, and equipment
●Ability to administer medications as prescribed by physicians
●Excellent ability to recognize critical and significant changes in patients.
●Remarkable ability to keep records and prepare reports.
●Strong ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the staff, patients and patients' families
●Sound knowledge in the nursing process
●Proficiency in basic computer data entry skills, and experience with email.
●Immense ability to accurately record patient information in the patient medical record and to notify appropriate personnel when deviations from the norm occur.
●Deep ability to accurately measure medication doses, weights, lengths, and count vaccine/pharmacy inventory.
●Cultural sensitivity in serving patients of varied ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds is preferred.
●Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient's medical and personal information.
EXPERIENCE
San Antonio Regional Hospital Upland, CA 08/2024-Present
LVN-Emergency Department
Duties: Obtained vital signs, performed ECGs, initiated IVs, and assist with splinting, wound care, prescribed medications, Monitor for therapeutic response or adverse reactions, Document all patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes accurately, Assist with rapid response and code teams during medical emergencies, ensuring timely access to supplies and assisting with CPR and resuscitation efforts, Maintain a calm, focused demeanor in high-stress situations and adhered to infection control and patient safety protocols at all times, Educate patients and families on discharge instructions, follow-up care, and medication regimens.
Parkview Community Hospital Riverside, CA 02/20220-7/2024
LVN-Med/Surg
Duties: Reporting to physicians and case managers, coordinating care with outside facilities, administer medications (oral, sub-q, IM, etc.), Wound care and dressing changes, Assess the condition of patients, check vital signs, Update records, Insertion of I.V.s, NG tubes, and Foley catheters, Equipment operation (such as IVs, feeding tubes, catheters, and oxygen tanks), Running blood tests on patients.
CDCR Tehachapi/Lancaster, CA 08/2020-02/2022
LVN Strike Team/EHP LVN
Duties: Staff rapid testing, Visitor testing, Case investigations, Contact tracing, Patient
Education, Vaccine clinics, Quarantine rounding/assessments, Collection of Nasal
Covid-19 swabs, Collection and processing of Covid-19 rapid testing, Completing backlogs of tasks associated with Covid-19, Assisting RNs with isolation rounds, Patient education, Obtaining refusals from inmates/patients for any refused service, Reporting to RNs for any changes in the health of patients, Completing appropriate documentation for any services performed, Completing all effective communication paperwork for all inmates/patients who have disabilities.
Wellpath Adelanto, CA 04/2017-09/2020
LVN/QA
Duties: Assists in resolution of customer complaints and quality assurance issues as needed, Performs quality assurance review of peer review reports, correspondences, addendums or supplemental reviews, optimize patient outcomes with cost-effective care, identify, assess, correct and monitoring of important aspects of patient care designed to enhance the quality of Health Maintenance Services consistent with achievable goals and within available resources, Medication administration, Diabetic teaching, Glucose monitoring, Insulin administration, Administering of TB skin testing, Processing of new intakes, Vaccination administration, Obtaining new orders and ongoing orders, Noting of orders, Performing detainee assessments, Proper notification to RN and MDs, Monitoring of VS, Responding to codes, Coordinate care with medical professionals, Isolation Precautions, Performing EKG’s, Visual Acuity testing, Managing special need patients and equipment, Audits of MAR’s and charts, Managing spreadsheets for H and P’s, and Assisting with interviews for all audits.
EDUCATION
Azusa Pacific University Victorville, CA 08/2023-07/2025
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Los Angeles Pacific University San Dimas, CA 05/2020-04/2022 Associates of Health Science
Four-D College Victorville, CA 02/2012-02/2013
Vocational Nursing Program
*CPR Certified expires 11/2025
*ACLS certified expires 10/2026
*PALS Certified expires 06/2027
*Sigma Theta Tau established 09/2024