EDELIN BARBOZA

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Participated in nursing simulation activities, evidence-based practice project implementation and competency development to further nursing education.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
• Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.

• Educated individuals and families on health education and disease prevention
• Performed physical examinations to make tentative diagnoses
• Consulted and coordinated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
• Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
• Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs
• Administered medications to patients and monitored for reactions or side effects

CLINICAL:

• Performed ongoing assessment of assigned patient's nursing care needs to include consideration of biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational and discharge planning factors
• Developed, reviewed and revise assigned patient's care plan of nursing interventions to address patient's nursing care needs
• Practiced safe medication
• Evaluated patient's progress toward expected outcomes and responses to nursing interventions
• Participated in ongoing training to enhance own job skills and knowledge

LEADERSHIP:

• Lead and contributed to the development, implementation, and evaluation of unit activities and unit-based performance improvement activities
• Acted as shift resource, charge person, and/or team leader when assigned
• Reported equipment failure, safety and security issues and/or reduction of supply inventory to Nurse Manager or designee
• Integrated transcultural principle into nursing care

• Educated individuals and families on health education and disease prevention
• Performed physical examinations to make tentative diagnoses
• Consulted and coordinated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans
• Monitored, recorded, and reported symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
• Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs
• Administered medications to patients and monitored for reactions or side effects
• Performed ongoing assessment of assigned patient's nursing care needs to include consideration of biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, self-care, educational and discharge planning factors
• Developed, reviewed and revised assigned patient's care plan of nursing interventions to address patient's nursing care needs
• Practiced safe medication
• Evaluated patient's progress toward expected outcomes and responses to nursing interventions
• Participated in ongoing training to enhance own job skills and knowledge
• Lead and contributed to the development, implementation, and evaluation of unit activities and unit-based performance improvement activities
• Acted as shift resource, charge person, and/or team leader when assigned
• Reported equipment failure, safety and security issues and/or reduction of supply inventory to Nurse Manager or designee
• Integrated transcultural principle into nursing care
• Formulated nursing care plan to patients according to their individual needs
• Identified and documented needs and problems through clinical observation, interaction and physical assessment

• Participated in education and rehabilitation of patient as well as in promotion of mental health
• Recorded and immediately relayed pertinent findings to physician regarding patient's condition
• Performed resuscitative and CPR techniques during emergency situations
• Adhered to hospital, departmental policies and regulatory requirements, maintaining safe work environment
• Communicated test results and patient care needs to family members and caregivers
• Sanitized facility surfaces and sterilized medical equipment for treatments
• Updated patient charts and information in company databases, maintaining confidentiality
• Adhered to infection control policies and substance control procedures
• Assisted in defining goals and developing systems and work processes for nursing unit