Denise Delfin
Camarillo
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 20 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Staff Nurse
CMH Regional Health System
11.2005 - Current
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies, and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures, and nursing best practices.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Directed patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
- Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Verified patients had information necessary for ongoing care, providing guidance on diagnoses, management of medications, and prevention methods.
- Collaborated with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Coordinated patient discharge planning to provide post-discharge patient care, promoting healing and recovery.
- Participated in hospital committees to recommend quality improvement initiatives.
- Assisted with delivery of newborns, providing care and support for successful transition to motherhood.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
St Anthony College of Nursing
Phlippines03.1995
Skills
- Patient Management
- Compassionate and Caring
- Dispensing Medications
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Building Rapport and Trust
- Intakes and Discharges
- Patient Care Assessment
- Treatment Recommendations
- Infection Control Measures
- Confidentiality and HIPAA
- Delegation and Motivation
- Taking Vital Signs
- Diagnostic Screenings
- Nursing Performance Assessment
- Routine Examinations
- Patient Care Oversight
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Intravenous Injections
- Community Healthcare Programming
- Clear Patient Communication
- Charting and Documentation
- Patient Admission
Timeline
RN Staff Nurse
CMH Regional Health System
11.2005 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
St Anthony College of Nursing
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