Katrina Bauer
Long Beach
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams and patient care coordination (charge nurse) in a critical care setting. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Works well in unison with multidisciplinary teams to create safe patient outcomes. Precepts new graduate nurses into roles of a novice nurse.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
UCI Health
Orange
06.2006 - Current
- Provides direct patient care in a critical care setting, stabilized patients and determined next course of action
- Collaborates with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Works in Level 1 Trauma Center in teaching hospital with residents and nursing students.
- Preceptes new graduate nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Utilizes evidence based practices for assesments and care plans
- Charge nurse experience for more than 10 years
Home Infusion Registered Nurse
Premier Infusion Care
Torrance
03.2017 - 03.2019
- Instructed patients and caregivers in standard care, developed and revised individual plans of care and implemented physician orders.
- Collaborated with administrative and pharmacy staff to plan refill scheduling and deliveries of medications.
- Refilled and programmed intrathecal pumps for chronic pain and spasticity patients.
- Performed infusion and patient assessments and monitored patient response to fulfill emergency needs and provide psychosocial support.
- Fullfilled billing requinments for assesments and infusions
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA05.2014
Associates Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Golden West College
Huntington Beach, CA06.2006
Skills
- provides specialized care for post-operative Trauma, kidney/pancreas transplant, Whipple, ENT including neck dissections and tracheostomies, CABG, vascular TEVAR/AAA and many other complex surgical patients
- Collaborates well with multidisciplinary teams (physicians/surgeons, case managers, respiratory therapists, etc) for safe patient care/outcomes
- Charge Nurse experience for 10 years
- Home infusion nurse
Certification
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS- Advance Cardiovascular Life Support
- AACN- member of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Timeline
Home Infusion Registered Nurse
Premier Infusion Care
03.2017 - 03.2019
Registered Nurse
UCI Health
06.2006 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Vanguard University of Southern California
Associates Degree in Nursing - Nursing
Golden West College
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- ACLS- Advance Cardiovascular Life Support
- AACN- member of American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
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