Ana Lopez
Whittier
Summary
Experienced with patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. Utilizes medical knowledge to support patient recovery and manage complex conditions. Strong understanding of healthcare protocols and compassionate care delivery.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical/Lab VN Instructor (Adjunct)
Stanbridge
Alhambra, CA
05.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented engaging lesson plans to enhance student learning experiences.
- Facilitated classroom discussions that fostered critical thinking and collaboration among students.
- Developed instructional materials utilizing current educational technologies to improve course delivery.
- Facilitate hands-on clinical instruction to group of 10-15 students in a hospital and community health setting, ensuring students gain safe and effective patient care experience.
- Provide lab-based instruction and skill validation to prepare nursing students for clinical practice.
- Support student learning through mentorship, demonstration of critical nursing competencies, and reinforcement of professional standards.
- Collaborate with faculty and clinical site staff to align clinical experiences with curriculum objectives and accreditation requirements.
- Evaluate student performance, provide constructive feedback, and promote clinical reasoning and critical thinking.
Supervising Clinic Nurse I
Los Angeles Public Health Department
Los Angeles, CA
09.2018 - Current
- Provide direct supervision to 1 secretarial staff and 38 licensed and non-licensed staff under the Nurse Manager’s direction.
- Manage 3 sites: Monrovia, Pomona and Whittier Health Center.
- Develop policies and procedures for nursing practice.
- Collaborate with other disciplines to achieve community health goals.
- Establish and coordinate the hiring and training of nursing personnel.
- Work with Clinic Health Services in the preparation of budgets and personnel resource requests.
- Collaborate with various Programs and Services in complying with mandated clinical work as well as community requests.
- Conduct monthly In-Service training/meetings to Nursing staff.
- Instrumental in developing SPA 3 & 7 Public Health measures for TB, STD, Influenza, Tobacco, and Nutrition.
- Active member on the Quality Assurance and Risk Management Committee for Public Health.
- Participated in HIPPA Audit
- Facilitator for Key Staff meeting.
- Trained and managed 55 staff, registry and permanent in DPH COVID-19 Case Interview and Contact Tracing Branch under Incident Command Services.
- Acting Nurse Manager in the absence of Nurse Manager.
- SPA 3 & 7
Clinical Nurse II
Central Health Center
Los Angeles, CA
02.2014 - 08.2018
- Provided nursing care services to clients within the community in Immunization/Triage Clinic, Sexual Health Clinic, and Tuberculosis Clinic.
- Lead Nurse to DPH Immunization/Triage Clinic and Vaccine for Children Coordinator.
- Participated in patient care conferences and committee meetings.
- Delegated, assigned and supervised the assigned work of LVNs, nursing attendants, clerical staff, students, and community workers.
- Trained over 10 new licensed staff and assisted supervision in providing employee input for annual performance evaluations.
- Performed blood draws, throat/nasal/buccal swaps, administered vaccines to infants and adults, and administered oral and injectable medications.
- Communicated assessed physical and psychosocial needs of patient to all members of the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes and plan of care.
Registered Nurse
LAC-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
01.2006 - 01.2013
- Provided nursing care within Level 1 Trauma Center.
- Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- 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, cleaned wounds, conscious sedation monitoring, and lead to code blue events.
- Mentored new staff.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT01.2022
Associates Degree - Nursing
Cerritos College
Cerritos, CA01.2005
Skills
- Effective verbal communication
- Engaging presentation skills
- Structured lesson delivery
- Curriculum development
- Proficient in collaborative environments
- Documentation expertise
- Infection control protocols
Accomplishments
- Recognition for collaboration with COVID-19 Pandemic -2021
- Recognition for Department of Public Health Outstanding Nurse of the Year-2018
Certification
- Licensed Registered Nurse, CA - 2005
- Basic Life Support 2025
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Clinical/Lab VN Instructor (Adjunct)
Stanbridge
05.2023 - Current
Supervising Clinic Nurse I
Los Angeles Public Health Department
09.2018 - Current
Clinical Nurse II
Central Health Center
02.2014 - 08.2018
Registered Nurse
LAC-USC Medical Center
01.2006 - 01.2013
Associates Degree - Nursing
Cerritos College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Western Governors University
Interests
Running, Musicals, Reading
Pandemic Mobilization
During Covid-19 Pandemic Response, Clinic Services leadership had to come up with multiple innovative strategies to provide services to our communities. At the end of January 2020, as LA County began to see its first COVID-19 cases, this team came up with strategies to ensure that we were providing testing for patients under investigations by creating models of testing that reduced exposures to our staff. The team developed a drive thru testing model at 3 of our health centers to provide testing for COVID-19 while patients stay in their cars. These sites have provided over 19,000 tests since they began in March of 2020 and provided a way to minimize exposures to staff by testing in an outside setting. Another example of innovation came as a result of the stay-at-home orders implemented in March 2020 which challenged the team to ensure we were continuing to provide services to our Tuberculosis patients. Our team worked to establish telemedicine appointments to provide care via an electronic platform that would allow real time communication with the provider and the patient via video.
Nurse of the Year
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health