Registered Nurse - Coastal Surgical Institute - Pismo Beach, CA
(2025-12)
- Currently performing the job functions of a Circulating RN in the operating room in a fast-paced outpatient surgery center.
Registered Nurse - Orcutt Union School District - Orcutt, CA
(2025-07 - 2025-09)
- Performed the job functions of a District School Nurse Administrator.
- Oversaw health services across the district.
- Provided direct care to students, communicated with parents regarding health assessments/needs.
- Obtained health history of students and assisted with IEP development.
- Provided training to Teachers and staff.
- Served as a liaison with doctor offices and other agencies.
Registered Nurse - Santa Maria-Bonita School District - Santa Maria, CA
(2025-01 - 2025-06)
- Case management, Health Intakes/IEP development, devised care plans.
- Provided direct care to students as needed/assessments; made appropriate referrals.
- Provided training to Teachers and Health Assistants on student's health care needs, as well as medication administration, inhaler use, EpiPen use/administration.
- Provided direction to Health Assistants, Health Aides and LVN's.
- Collaborated with the health team and school personnel.
- Communicated with parents of pupils in regard to health problems of their children and provided counseling directed toward appropriate action.
- Attended Interdisciplinary Team meetings.
- Dispatch RN: In charge of answering the Nurse Triage line and dispatching LVN's as needed to provide health services to student's in the health office; oversaw a team of LVN's; managed the after-school program.
Registered Nurse - Valhalla Surgery Center - San Luis Obispo, CA
(2024-09 - 2024-11)
- Performed job functions as a Pre-op/PACU nurse in an outpatient pain management surgery center.
- Performed the job function as a Circulating RN in the Operating room.
Registered Nurse - Paragon Surgery Center - San Luis Obispo, CA
(2024-09 - 2024-11)
- Performed the job functions as a Pre-op nurse in an outpatient ophthalmic surgery center.
- Received training in the Operating Room to perform the role of a Circulating RN.
Registered Nurse - Coast Ambulatory Surgery Center - Templeton, CA
(2024-04 - 2024-09)
- Performed job functions as a Circulating RN in the Operating Room in an outpatient orthopedic (foot/ankle) surgery center.
- Received training to scrub in for surgical procedures and assisted the surgeon during surgery; maintaining a sterile field at all times.
Registered Nurse - Posada Ambulatory Surgery Center - Templeton, CA
(2022-11 - 2024-09)
- Performed job functions as a pre-operative nurse; reviewed the patient's medical/surgical history, labs/EKG's, and appropriate consents
- Obtained the patient's vital signs, performed IV placement and maintained a complete and accurate record.
- Some experience in the Post-anesthesia Care Unit; received patients from the Operating Room and made appropriate assessments; performed post-op teaching when the patient was ready for discharge.
- Performed the job functions as a Circulating RN in the Operating Room in an outpatient surgery center.
Registered Nurse - Central Coast Home Health, Inc. - San Luis Obispo, CA
(2023-09 - 2023-12)
- Performed admissions, re-certifications, resumption of care, skilled nurse visits/evaluations, and discharges.
- Observed, assessed and documented patient symptoms and reported any changes in condition to the physician.
- Educated patients and caregivers on the disease process, medications, plan of care and how to manage in-home health care.
Med/Surg Registered Nurse - Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center - San Luis Obispo, CA
(2022-02 - 2023-02)
- Completed a New Grad Residency program. Provided compassionate and detail oriented care to 5 assigned patients daily in the acute care setting.
- Performed patient assessments, monitored patients for change in condition and reported findings to the physician.
- Vital signs monitoring; assisted patients with activities of daily living.
- Medication administration, and stayed on top of pain control/management.
- Educated patients and their families on the disease process/treatment plan, procedures and medications.
Psychiatric Technician - Atascadero State Hospital - Atascadero, CA
(2008-02 - 2022-01)
- Delivered treatment for mental health, substance abuse conditions and forensic psychiatrically unstable patients.
- Advance skill in working with diverse patient populations.
- Emergency interventions; created a safe and therapeutic environment.
- Remained alert to conditions interfering with the safety and well-being of patients.
- In charge of Medication Administration; assisted in training new staff to become medication certified; trained new employees on hospital policies and procedures.
- Expert in treatment plan development.
- Facilitated and Co-facilitated mental health groups.
- Performed the job functions of a Shift Lead on various occasions; ensuring the safety of the unit in regards to patients and staff; responsible for maintaining the operation/milieu of the unit.
