Angela Mae De Guzman
Calgary,AB
Summary
Competent and compassionate healthcare professional with 6 years of experience in Hemodialysis, 3 years of experience in long – term care, and 7 years of international nursing experience providing patient – focused interventions in Intensive Care Unit and Medical – Surgical settings. Dedicated, reliable, and with proven ability to multitask and remain calm and professional throughout critical incidents. Demonstrated ability to build positive relationships with patients, family members, physicians and other medical professionals. Display respect, understanding, and cultural sensitivity to patients, families and colleagues’ emotional, psychological and social needs. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse - Hemodialysis (Charge Nurse)
Alberta Health Services
03.2018 - Current
- Specializes in nursing care of patients with chronic renal failure.
- Effectively manage clinical oversight for 15 patients per shift as charge nurse. As staff nurse, patient ratio is 1:3.
- Assess patient's condition throughout treatment and report any relevant changes or abnormalities to physician.
- Monitors client status during dialysis and providing symptomatic relief.
- Advocates for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plan.
- Operates dialysis machine and prime dialyzer and bloodlines.
- Programs Fresenius machine appropriately following patient’s prescribed dialysis treatment.
- Assesses and calculates patient target weight appropriately.
- Initiates and administer hemodialysis treatment via AV fistula, AV graft, and CVC.
- Administers oral, intradialytic, and intravenous medications as ordered.
- Draws blood works, review results, and refer critical values to physician.
- Reviews hemoglobin, iron blood work, and potassium results of patients and adjusts patients’ medications and potassium bath as per anemia protocol, iron protocol, and potassium protocol.
- Reviews INR results of patients and adjust Coumadin dosing as per Warfarin Nomogram.
- Provides care of clients with central line catheters, and dressing changes.
- Trains new hire nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Registered Nurse (Charge Nurse)
Extendicare Michener Hill
03.2017 - 03.2018
- Provided initial and ongoing assessment to residents within scope of nursing practice and based on principles of resident and family centered care.
- Identified patient and/or family needs and coordinated referrals to interdisciplinary health care team and other providers of care.
- Provided ongoing monitoring of client’s response to intervention and identified, reported, and documented any abnormalities from expected outcomes.
- Planned, developed, and updated individualized plan of care in collaboration with client and their family, interdisciplinary health care team, and other care providers to offer appropriate care and address their needs.
- Established and maintained therapeutic relationship with residents as well as their families.
- Implemented prescribed interventions such as medication administration and performed independent nursing interventions such as providing health teachings and education to residents and their families.
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients on long-term care, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments and supervising team comprised of LPNs and health care aides.
- Performed procedures such as foley catheter insertion, capillary blood glucose monitoring, wound dressing, bladder scan, vital signs and neurovital signs taking and monitoring, and specimen collection.
Registered Nurse (Charge Nurse) - ICU, Med-Surg
Angeles Medical Center Inc
03.2008 - 01.2015
- Performed complex assessment to patients and provided appropriate nursing interventions .
- Collaborated with members of interdisciplinary health team such as respiratory therapists, laboratory staff, physical therapists, and radiology technicians, to plan and implement patient care in consultation with patients and their families.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Administered oral and parenteral medications and treatments such as IVF therapy, oxygen therapy, nebulization, nasogastric tube feeding, total parenteral nutrition feeding, and suctioning as prescribed by physician.
- Operated and monitored medical apparatus such as mechanical ventilator, suction machine, electrocardiogram, glucometer, nebulizer, pulse oximeter, and chest thoracostomy apparatus.
- Observed, recorded and reported patients’ condition and reaction to drugs, treatments and significant incidents to supervisor or physician so that potentially life-threatening problems were quickly addressed.
- Performed procedures such as insertion of intravenous (IV) catheter, nasogastric tube (NGT), and foley catheter.
- Assisted physician in changing dressings and cleaning wounds or incisions.
- Provided discharge instructions and counseling to patients and caregivers regarding diet, safe medication use, proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, and disease management.
Education
Certificate - Bridge To Canadian Nursing Program
Mount Royal University
Calgary, AB06.2017
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Holy Angel University
Philippines04.2007
Skills
- Charge nurse experience
- BLS certified
- Strong clinical judgment
- Staff supervision
- Precepting
- Patient/family centered care and advocacy
- In-depth knowledge of hemodialysis therapy, troubleshooting, and care of various dialysis access
- Medication administration including oxygen therapy
- Health education
- Wound and foot dressing
- Point of care testing and symptom management
- Proficient with computer software such as Connect Care, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Languages
English
Full Professional
Tagalog
Native or Bilingual
Affiliations
Registered Nurse (College of Registered Nurses of Alberta)
REFERENCES
Melissa Witowski, RN
Unit Manager, Hemodilaysis
Alberta Kidney Care - South, PLC, NEHD
Email: Melissa.Witowski@albertahealthservices.ca
Phone: 403-650-6556
Michelle Pike, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator, Hemodialysis
Alberta Kidney Care - South, PLC
Email: Michelle.Pike@albertahealthservices.ca
Phone: 403-943-5994
Maria Labus, RN
Charge Nurse, Hemodialysis
Alberta Kidney Care - South, NEHD
Email: Maria.Labus@albertahealthservices.ca
Phone: 403-617-5979
Timeline
Registered Nurse - Hemodialysis (Charge Nurse)
Alberta Health Services
03.2018 - Current
Registered Nurse (Charge Nurse)
Extendicare Michener Hill
03.2017 - 03.2018
Registered Nurse (Charge Nurse) - ICU, Med-Surg
Angeles Medical Center Inc
03.2008 - 01.2015
Certificate - Bridge To Canadian Nursing Program
Mount Royal University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Holy Angel University
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