Relief Charge Nurse, Post Anesthesia Care Unit
(2023-03)
- Assume leadership responsibilities as Relief Charge Nurse, ensuring smooth operations during absence of primary charge nurse.
- Oversee a team of nurses, ensuring adherence to protocols, patient safety, and efficient patient flow.
- Coordinate with surgical teams to anticipate patient arrivals and prioritize care based on acuity and surgical schedules.
- Conduct pre-operative assessments and post-anesthesia evaluations, monitoring vital signs, pain management, and patient recovery.
- Proficiently manage emergent situations, including airway management, hemodynamic instability, and adverse reactions to anesthesia.
- Provided comprehensive post-anesthesia care to patients recovering from various surgical procedures.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments and communicated effectively with healthcare team members. Monitored vital signs, assessed pain levels, and managed post-operative complications.
- Proficient in post-operative care protocols and discharge planning.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit - Kaiser - Panorama City, CA
(2015-08 - 2023-03)
- Proficient in independent work and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, serving as relief charge nurse.
- Capable of responding effectively to rapid response situations such as strokes, sepsis, rapid response and code blues.
- Design and deliver tailored patient education, emphasizing self-management through written, verbal, and demonstrative methods.
- Expert in documenting patient care plans promptly and accurately using Epic, with a focus on efficiency.
- Skilled in admissions data collection, full assessments, care planning, and discharge instructions implementation.
- Competent in assisting physicians during examinations and treatments, proficient with various medications and procedures including vasopressors, sedations, and ventilator management.
- Experienced in bedside cardiac monitoring, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, and caring for ventilated patients.
- Versatile in floating across different units including PACU, DOU, Tele, Med-Surg, and OTU.
RN, Intensive Care Unit - Henry Mayo - Santa Clarita, CA
(2016-08 - 2017-09)
- Conducted admissions and comprehensive assessments, assisted in bedside procedures, and implemented new orders from multidisciplinary physicians.
- Provided stabilization for trauma patients and collaborated with trauma teams.
- Skilled in titrating medications and managing invasive monitoring including CVP, arterial lines, and IABP.
- Proficient in neuro monitoring techniques such as ventriculostomy.
- Ensured effective communication with medical staff and families, facilitating patient care transitions.
RN, Intensive Care Unit - Providence Hospital - Burbank, CA
(2013-10 - 2015-10)
- Conducted admissions, assessments, and bedside procedures, implementing physician orders.
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans and clinical protocols.
- Proficient in medication titration and invasive monitoring techniques.
- Facilitated patient transfers and communicated effectively with medical staff and families.
RN, Emergency/ICU - Community Hospital - Panorama, CA
(2012-11 - 2018-02)
- Developed nursing care plans and implemented clinical protocols.
- Assisted in various bedside procedures and provided relief charge nurse duties.
- Skilled in-patient care procedures including IV insertions, NGT insertions, and foley catheter insertions.
- Effective communication with medical staff and families, responding to critical situations.
RN, Intensive Care Unit/Emergency dept - Sherman Oaks Hospital - Van Nuys, CA
(2012-01 - 2012-11)
- Conducted admissions, assessments, and implemented physician orders.
- Provided relief charge nurse duties and facilitated patient transfers.
- Effective communication with medical staff and families, floating to other units as needed.
