KATARINA FERREIRA
Irvine
Summary
Dedicated and responsible Pediatric ICU Nurse with 2 years experience. Experienced in providing care to critically ill patients at a level I trauma center. Seeking to expand career through new nursing avenues.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, PICU
CHOC Children's Hospital
08.2022 - Current
- Provide patient care, perform assessments, and interventions at a 30-bed Level I PICU.
- Assess patient condition, notify physicians of critical changes as well as prepare and implement patient care plans.
- Manage critically ill children requiring mechanical ventilation, intubation, chest tubes, CRRT, hemodynamic monitoring, surgical interventions, sedation, paralytics, and vasoactive medications.
- Monitor vital signs, adequacy of ventilation, level of consciousness, and pain.
- Educate patients and families on diagnoses, medications, and plan of care.
Graduate Nurse - PICU
CHOC Children's Hospital
03.2022 - 08.2022
- Worked in partnership with bedside nurses to deliver family-centered patient care and utilization of the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Collaborated with the patient/family and other professional disciplines to provide efficient and safe care.
- Assisted staff nurses with hands on care including: administration of medications, assessments, charting, catheterization, and cares.
Medical Assistant
Almaden Pediatrics Inc.
07.2020 - 03.2022
- Offered age-appropriate patient care before, during and after exams.
- Collected and charted patient vital signs including height, weight, head circumference, blood pressure and pulse.
- Performed vision and hearing exams.
- Assisted with procedures including: circumcisions, suture placement and removal, ear rinses, and removal of foreign objects in ears and/or nose.
- Collected and performed in-house labs including: urinalysis, COVID, Flu, and/or Strep testing.
- Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
Waitress
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar
12.2018 - 03.2022
- Maintained customer satisfaction with timely table check-ins to assess food and beverage needs.
- Collaborated with the kitchen team to support order preparation, manage efficient deliveries and minimize customer service issues by verifying meals.
- Resolved guest and employee complaints to maintain complete customer satisfaction and workforce effectiveness.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA12.2021
Skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
- Patient safety
- Communication
- Understanding of disease processes and treatment
- Patient Teaching
- Patient centered care
Certification
- California Registered Nurse (RN), license #: 95274879
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), American Heart Association
Educational Internship
Nursing Student Work-Study Intern – PICU, 06/2021 - 08/2021
Kaiser Permanente – Oakland, CA
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and developed care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, including the nurse preceptor, physicians, case managers and social workers.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections.
- Observed and reported patient condition, progress and medication side effects to accurately document updates.
- Educated patients and families on diagnosis, neurological conditions and processes, treatments and expected outcomes.
Timeline
Registered Nurse, PICU
CHOC Children's Hospital
08.2022 - Current
Graduate Nurse - PICU
CHOC Children's Hospital
03.2022 - 08.2022
Medical Assistant
Almaden Pediatrics Inc.
07.2020 - 03.2022
Waitress
Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar
12.2018 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
San Jose State University
- California Registered Nurse (RN), license #: 95274879
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), American Heart Association
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