Amanda Colunga
Fresno
Summary
My objective is to gain knowledge, experience, and to utilize my skills as a registered nurse in a manner that would provide safety and security to my patients, their families, and peers while providing excellent medical care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
House Supervisor of ED, MedSurg
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
Coalinga
12.2020 - Current
- Directed hospital-wide operations for a 25-bed acute care facility during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Coordinated staffing for ED and MedSurg units, optimizing coverage based on patient acuity and census fluctuations.
- Supervised patient throughput, reducing transfer delays and improving bed utilization.
- Led emergency response efforts, including rapid response and code situations.
- Served as liaison between clinical staff, physicians, and executive leadership to ensure continuity of care.
- Managed incident reporting and risk mitigation to maintain regulatory compliance and patient safety standards.
- Resolved complex patient and staff concerns, fostering collaborative interdisciplinary teamwork.
- Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitored ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, and communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations.
- Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, urinalysis, HCG testing, and/or administering medications.
- Collaborated with the intradisciplinary team to help the patient receive adequate care once discharged from the Med Surg floor.
- Monitored COVID patients to make sure they are receiving the correct amount of oxygen and keeping them UpToDate on their prognosis.
- Preceptor to new RNs
Veteran Affairs Medical Center ED
Fresno, CA
07.2023 - 09.2023
- Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitored ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations.
- Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, urinalysis, and administering medications.
- Obtain multiple laboratory specimens from patients for further evaluation.
- The pleasure of providing care to United States military veterans.
Exodus Crisis Center
Fresno, CA
10.2018 - 01.2023
- Performed psychiatric assessment on patients who are current crisis to themselves, others, or gravely disabled.
- Provide a safe monitored environment and document their behaviors every 10 minutes.
- Provides leadership and supervision (Charge Nurse) to multiple LVNs, PTs, and MHWs in a 25-bed acute adult psychiatric facility and a 12-bed facility for adolescents.
- Transcribe physicians’ orders, administer medications, and provide a therapeutic milieu for groups.
- Work closely with the treatment team that is working with the patients to help maximize the patient's care.
- Set up outside resources such as mental health appointments for therapy and a psychiatrist.
- Preceptor to new RNs
Psychiatric Technician
Exodus Recovery
Fresno, CA
04.2010 - 10.2018
Psychiatric Technician
Coalinga State Hospital
Coalinga, CA
11.2006 - 10.2010
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Ohio University
Athens, OH04.2022
ADN Registered Nursing Program - undefined
West Hills Community College
Lemoore, CA05.2018
Completed Psychiatric Technician Program - undefined
West Hills Community College
Coalinga, CA08.2006
Skills
- Critical thinking skills to assess and start care plans for patients
- Monitoring and evaluating telemetry patients
- Documenting using different EMR systems such as EPIC Cerna, and CPSI
- Reliable
- Fast learner
- Effective communicator
- Team player
Certification
- Licensed Psychiatric Technician — 33965
- Registered Nurse — 95178383
- BLS- Renewal Jan 2028
- ACLS- Renewal Feb 2028
- PALS- Renewal Feb 2028
Timeline
Veteran Affairs Medical Center ED
07.2023 - 09.2023
House Supervisor of ED, MedSurg
Coalinga Regional Medical Center
12.2020 - Current
Exodus Crisis Center
10.2018 - 01.2023
Psychiatric Technician
Exodus Recovery
04.2010 - 10.2018
Psychiatric Technician
Coalinga State Hospital
11.2006 - 10.2010
ADN Registered Nursing Program - undefined
West Hills Community College
Completed Psychiatric Technician Program - undefined
West Hills Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Ohio University