PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• I am a registered nurse who is dedicated, hardworking, compassionate, and quick to learn with experience of 7 years.
• I Worked in a secured unit providing nursing care for Alzheimer s and dementia patients in a nursing home setting.
• I Worked at a hospital providing patient care to geriatrics, adults, infants, children and adolescents, on a medical surgical floor with telemetry monitoring.
• In addition I have experience in renal nursing care initiating hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis to patients in a hospital setting (acutes) as well as in a clinical setting (chronics).
• I also had the opportunity to gain experience working as an Assistant Director of Nursing at a nursing home facility.
• I am confident and open minded that I can and will be a great asset and a positive addition to your prestige company.
• Experienced in different clinical areas
• Skills in patient education and teaching
• Great public relations/Great communication skills
• Typing and basic computer skills
• Basic office skills
• Ability to carry out nursing duties needed for all patients

EXPERIENCE:

Assistant Director of Nursing

Confidential, San Diego, TX

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Director of Nursing with duties assigned by corporate.
• Made schedules for nursing staff
• Attended meetings to discuss resident's care and update the staff with resident"s status
• Worked nursing shifts that were open due to shortage of nursing staff and vacation request. (Worked the floor as needed)
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team on issues that needed to be addressed for improvement on resident's care. Initiated care plans, reviewed and updated as needed for residents in order to individualize their needs.
• Rounding with physicians thought out facility to update them on the resident's status and assisted physician in the examination/evaluation.
• Received new orders from physician and implemented/carried them out as ordered and/or dedicated orders to floor staff and followed orders through
• Interviewed new applicants that were interested in working the nursing department.
• Answered phones as needed and directed the calls to staff/department needed.
• Maintained the nursing department by overlooking the employees and corrected anythinging as needed.
• Educated residents, employees, and families when needed on any issues that was nursing related.
• Coordinated meetings, orientations, and inservices for nursing staff

Registered Nurse/Renal Care Nurse

Confidential, Corpus Christi, TX

Responsibilities:

• Implemented hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment as ordered
• Ratio for patient to nurse 1:1 in ICU and 4:1 in dialysis unit
• Maintained infection control and safe environment
• Collaborated with patients and family, nurse aids, nurses, doctors, pharmacist, physical therapy and other staff members
• Monitored patients with each treatment closely (before, during, and after tx)
• Administered medications ordered by nephrologist
• On call renal nursing care when scheduled/paged out to hospital at any time by doctors when needed
• Ability to work independently without supervision

Registered Nurse

Confidential, Beeville, TX

Responsibilities:

• Provided nursing care to infants and children
• Provided nursing care to adults and geriatrics
• Administered medications when scheduled and as needed
• Developed patient care plans
• Initiated appropriate interventions as needed for patient conditions and status
• Maintained infection control and safe environment
• Collaborated with patients and family, nurse aids, nurses, doctors, pharmacist, physical therapy and other staff members
• Instructed and explained nursing care given to patients and family
• Gave proper admission and discharge care and instructions

Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse

Confidential, Corpus Christi, TX

Responsibilities:

• Cared for patients with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
• Monitored behaviors and redirected as needed
• Maintained daily routine with a calm and safe environment
• Maintained infection control
• Provided social activities with close monitoring
• Administered medications when scheduled and as needed
• Developed patient care plans
• Initiated appropriate interventions as needed for patents conditions and status
• Collaborated with patients and family, nurse aids, nurses, doctors, pharmacist, physical therapy and other staff members.

Pharmacy Clerk/Certified Pharmacy Technician

Confidential, Corpus Christi, TX

Responsibilities:

• Customer service skills
• Rung up prescriptions
• Handled cash, checks, credit cards and coupons for transactions
• Assisted Pharmacists with assembling and processing medications
• Billed third party/insurance claims via online
• Communication skills used with pharmacist, nurses, doctors, patients, insurance personal and others involved in patient’s medications to be processed
• Initiated prior authorizations needed for insurance claims
• Typed prescriptions as ordered by doctor for pharmacist
• Used basic computer skills and office skills

Courtesy Clerk/Checker/Customer Service

Confidential, Corpus Christi, TX

Responsibilities:

• Customer service skills
• Bagged groceries
• Escorted customers to vehicles and helped place groceries in vehicle/carry out
• Brought grocery carts back into the store
• Rung up customers groceries
• Handled cash, checks, coupons, credit cards and lone star for transactions
• Cashed checks, western union, processed bills via online, auto tags refunds and returns
• Typed and used basic computer skills and office skills.