MARILOU DE ASIS, USRN
Salwa, Kuwait 25609
Cell Phone Number: +965-********
Email Address: *********@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY:
I am Filipino, naturalized American Citizen holding a US passport, 47 years old, worked in Kuwait for ten years.
I am a senior staff nurse with 21 years experienced in Operating Room, specialize in General Surgery, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Bariatric Surgery and ENT Surgery. Has an extensive knowledge and experience in specialize surgical procedures in assisting the surgeon and circulating in the most effective manner. Compassionate and self reliant.
Professional License:
North Carolina Board of Nursing
License number: 366154
Valid Until: August 31, 2025
Vermont Board of Nursing
License number: 026.0033152
Valid Until: March 31,2027
California Board of Nursing
License number: 9538497
Valid Until: April 30, 2026
Philippine Board of Nursing
License number: 0334184
Valid Until: Augst 31, 2026
Kuwait Ministry License
License number: 24251006
License Expiry: September 19, 2025
Areas of Expertise:
Ophthalmology Surgery = 5 Years
General Surgery = 5years
Spine & Joint= 1 Year
General Surgery, Bariatric Surgery and ENT = 9 Years
Plastic Surgery: = 1 Year
Employment History:
Senior Staff Nurse January 2023 to January 2024
Employer: Arkan Clinic, Kuwait
Bed Capacity 10 Bed
Unit/Area Operating Room
Title Senior Staff Nurse
Comprehensive Job Description:
Assisting to the surgeon as scrub & circulating nurse to all the plastic surgery cases.
To provide care for patients, before, during and after the surgery.
Properly check the patient’s name, consent, correct site of the procedure, assess for any allergies and make sure to ask the last meal of the patient.
Carefully verify the patients complete name and birthday for verification.
Assess patient needs, expectations, anxieties and concerns .
Evaluate routine pre – operative orders and skin preparations.
Prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for that particular surgery.
Orient the patient in the Operating Room and assess the patient’s general health status.
Conduct sign in upon receiving the patient inside the operating room, time out before giving the scalpel. Properly account the sponges, needles and instruments and conduct sign out after the surgery.
Employment History:
Senior Staff Nurse September 2013 to September 2022
Employer Hadi Clinic, Kuwait
Bed capacity 100 Bed Capacity, Canadian Diamond Accredited
Unit/Area Operating Room
Title Senior Staff Nurse
Comprehensive Job Description:
Assisting general surgery, plastic; ear, nose and throat, bariatric & ophthalmology surgery.
To provide care for patients, before, during and after the surgery.
Properly check the patient’s name, consent, correct site of the procedure, assess for any allergies and make sure to ask the last meal of the patient.
Assess patient needs, expectations, anxieties and concerns.
Evaluate routine pre – operative orders and skin preparations.
Prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for that particular surgery.
Orient the patient in the Operating Room and assess the patient’s general health status.
Conduct sign in upon receiving the patient inside the operating room, time out before giving the scalpel.
Properly account the sponges, needles and instruments and conduct sign out after the surgery.
Preserve and label specimens obtain for laboratory analysis and take care of medico – legal specimen for safe keeping.
Document the process of surgery, carry out health professionals for continuity of care.
Provides immediate post operative post anesthesia care to the patient, monitoring their general hemodynamics and level of consciousness like airway breathing and circulation.
Safely transport the patient back to the room after having been fully recovered from anesthesia, and properly endorse patient to nurse assign in the ward.
Employment History:
STAFF NURSE: December 15, 2010 to December 09, 2011
Employer Tonik Asia Spine and Joint ( HSC Specialist Center) Malaysia
Bed capacity of the hospital 2 Operating Rooms ( Day Surgery)
Unit/Area Operating Room
Comprehensive Job Description :
Provide care with patients having spinal, joint and back pain.
Prepare the surgical site using aseptic techniques and initiate nursing actions based on psychological and physiological changes.
Coordinate the activities of the health care team during the surgical intervention.
Provide comfort to the patient and family by giving the appropriate information.
Carefully verify the patients complete name and birthday for verification.
Assess patient needs, expectations, anxieties and concerns .
Evaluate routine pre – operative orders and skin preparations.
Prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for that particular surgery.
Orient the patient in the Operating Room and assess the patient’s general health status.
Conduct sign in upon receiving the patient inside the operating room, time out before giving the scalpel. Properly account the sponges, needles and instruments and conduct sign out after the surgery.
Employment History:
Staff Nurse June 02, 2008 to October 11, 2010
July 04, 2005 to October 01, 2007
Employer Dr. Jonathan del Prado
Cebu Eye Associates, Philippines
Bed capacity of the hospital 1 Operating Room (Clinic)
Unit/Area Ophthalmology Operating Room
Comprehensive Job Description :
Working under the direct supervision of the ophthalmologist, assist the surgeon to diagnose and treat various diseases that affect the human eye such us cataracts, partial or full blindness, eye trauma and glaucoma.
Provide pre-operative care, assessment and prepare patients to undergo surgery. Assisting the surgical team and functioning as a scrub nurse.
Carefully and safely position patient for surgery, verify the surgical site, and assist the surgeon during the surgery.
Carefully verify the patients complete name and birthday for verification.
Assess patient needs, expectations, anxieties and concerns .
Evaluate routine pre – operative orders and skin preparations.
Prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for that particular surgery.
Orient the patient in the Operating Room and assess the patient’s general health status.
Conduct sign in upon receiving the patient inside the operating room, time out before giving the scalpel. Properly account the sponges, needles and instruments and conduct sign out after the surgery.
Employment History:
Staff Nurse September 01, 2000 to May 11, 2005
Employer Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital
Bed capacity of the hospital 350 Bed Capacity
Unit/Area Operating Room
Comprehensive Job Description:
Assisting general surgery, plastic, ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, cardiac catheterization and cardiovascular surgery.
To provide care for patients, before, during and after the surgery.
Properly check the patients name, consent, correct site of the procedure, assess for any allergies and make sure to ask the last meal of the patient.
Assess patient needs, expectations, anxieties and concerns.
Evaluate routine pre – operative orders and skin preparations.
Prepare all the necessary instruments and equipment for that particular surgery.
Orient the patient in the Operating Room and assess the patient’s general health status.
Conduct sign in upon receiving the patient inside the operating room, time out before giving the scalpel.
Properly account the sponges, needles and instruments and conduct sign out after the surgery.
Preserve and label specimens obtain for laboratory analysis and take care of medico – legal specimen for safe keeping.
Document the process of surgery, carry out health professionals for continuity of care
Provides immediate post operative post anesthesia care to the patient, monitoring their general hemodynamics and level of consciousness like airway breathing and circulation.
Safely transport the patient back to the room after having been fully recovered from anesthesia, and properly endorse patient to nurse assign in the ward.
Professional Qualification:
Education:
Cebu Doctors’ University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
1995 to 1999
University of Cebu
College of Midwifery
1993 to 1995
Saint James academy
Secondary Education
1989 to 1993
Malhiao Elementary School
Primary Education
1983 to 1989
Certifications taken:
Basic Life Support: Expiry May 2025
CHARACTER REFERENCES:
Mrs Islam Younis
Nurse Manager
Arkan Clinic, Kuwait
Telephone Number: +965********
Laura Sabado
Administrative Nursing Supervisor
Hadi Hospital, Kuwait
Telephone Number: +965********
Rejani Ravi
Operating Room Head Nurse
Hadi Hospital, Kuwait
Telephone Number: +965********
Local 260
Dr. Jonathan del Prado
Oculoplastic Surgeon
Cebu Eye Associates Philippines
Telephone Number: +63-917*******
Mrs Edna Jocelyn Caballero
Nursing Director
Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital
Cebu City
Telephone Number: +633******** / +633********
Mohamad Zafridin Nazer
Operating Room Manager
HSC / Tonik Asia Spine and Joint Surgery
Ampang and Cheras
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Telephone number: +603********