ANABEL WINANTS
San Diego
Summary
NICU RN with 5+ years of critical care experience and current Assistant Nurse Manager, seeking PACU transition. Expertise in airway management, patient stabilization, and high-acuity monitoring, with demonstrated leadership in team support and clinical operations.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Nurse Manager
Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, CA
01.2026 - Current
- Led nursing staff in daily operations, ensuring adherence to best practices and patient care standards.
- Facilitated communication between departments, ensuring alignment on patient care strategies and resource allocation.
- Performed real-time chart audits for patients ensuring accuracy and completeness of information while capitalizing on opportunities for process improvement.
- Resolved conflicts among staff members by employing effective communication techniques and seeking mutually beneficial solutions when issues arose.
- Monitored compliance with regulatory requirements, implementing corrective actions as needed to maintain quality assurance.
Registered Nurse, Traveler with Aya Healthcare
Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health
La Jolla, California
09.2024 - 09.2025
- 52 bed level III NICU
- Preceptor to nursing students, new graduate RNs, and travel nurses
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments, identifying changes in condition requiring intervention or escalation of care.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Assisted with bedside neonatal eye procedures, providing monitoring, comfort measures, and post-procedure support to promote comfort and safe recovery
Registered Nurse, Traveler with Aya Healthcare
Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California
06.2024 - 08.2024
- 60 bed level IV NICU
- Experience floating to CVICU, PICU, and Medical Units
- Delivered comprehensive critical care to high-risk patients requiring continuous monitoring and timely clinical intervention
- Performed pre- and post-surgical assessments, ensuring safe recovery and physiologic stabilization
- Provided advanced respiratory support, including ventilator management and rapid airway intervention during acute events
- Monitored and managed hemodynamic status through ongoing assessment and administration of vasoactive medications and analgesics
- Recognized early signs of clinical deterioration and initiated prompt, evidence-based interventions
- Supported neonatal retinal examinations by assisting with patient positioning, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring physiologic stability throughout procedures
Registered Nurse
Inova Fairfax Medical Center
Falls Church, VA
07.2020 - 05.2024
- 108 bed level IV NICU
- Highly involved in unit committees including Green Team, Developmental Positioning, Professional Development, Retention Committee, and March of Dimes
- Experience floating to PICU, PIMC and Medical Surgical Units
- Preceptor
- Charge Nurse
- Assisted providers with neonatal ophthalmologic examinations (e.g., ROP) exams, supporting patient positioning, monitoring, and comfort measures
- Provided high-acuity, critical care to unstable patients requiring continuous monitoring and rapid intervention
- Pre- and post-surgical monitoring and stabilization
- Managed advanced airway support including mechanical ventilation and assisted ventilation during acute respiratory events
- Hemodynamic stability assessment and intervention, including vasoactive agents and analgesics
- Responded to acute deterioration and rapid intervention
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
George Washington University
Washington, DC05-2020
Bachelor of Science in Education - Kinesiology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
12-2017
Skills
- Staff leadership
- Quality improvement
- Staff and student preceptor
- Charge Nurse
- Airway management and respiratory support
- Rapid patient assessment and early recognition of clinical deterioration
- Hemodynamic monitoring and stabilization
- IV medication administration, including analgesics and vasoactive agents/drips
- Pain assessment and management
- Post-procedural and recovery-based monitoring
- Emergency response and resuscitation
- Multidisciplinary collaboration in high-acuity settings
Certification
- California Nursing License #95374464 (expires 07/31/2027)
- BLS (expires 03/30/2026)
- PALS (expires 01/31/2028)
- NRP (expires 08/31/2026)
Timeline
Assistant Nurse Manager
Kaiser Permanente
01.2026 - Current
Registered Nurse, Traveler with Aya Healthcare
Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health
09.2024 - 09.2025
Registered Nurse, Traveler with Aya Healthcare
Rady Children’s Hospital
06.2024 - 08.2024
Registered Nurse
Inova Fairfax Medical Center
07.2020 - 05.2024
Bachelor of Science in Education - Kinesiology
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
George Washington University