Liliana Ramirez
San Fernando
Summary
Self-motivated, decisive healthcare professional with proven bedside manner and 1 year experience in geriatric care.
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety, and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Woodland Care Center
07.2024 - Current
- Ability to identify,apply nursing interventions and monitor on abrupt onset of abnormal vital signs such as high or low blood pressure readings, increased respiration or changes in level of conscience.
- Ability to identify and act on episodes of hyper or hypoglycemia.
- Familiar with opioid monitoring.
- Familiar with anti-depressant and anti-psychotic medication monitoring.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors, and conditions to communicate concerns to supervisors
- Administered controlled narcotics via solutions,tablets and performed catheterizations.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Ability to perform and interpret bladder scan, relay abnormal findings as needed, and document
- Ability to administer Intramuscular, Subcutaneous and Intradermal injections safely
- Daily manual apical pulse and heart rate monitoring.
- Familiarized with Re-ordering medications via PCC and pharmacy, including controlled narcotics.
- Administration of enemas, suppositories per orders.
- Provided necessary assessment and assistance with breathing treatments via nebulizer, inhalers.
- Familiar with oxygen therapy responses, oxygen masks such as nasal cannula,non-rebreather and oxygen concentrator use.
- change of conditions/COC and care plans.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers such as CNA's, RN's, Physical Therapist , and NP To address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Casitas care center
09.2023 - 04.2024
- Ensured HIPAA compliance and adhered to all applicable laws regarding confidentiality of protected health information
- Emergency care/ CPR/ BLS
- Inputting data into electronic healthcare system such as Point Click Care.
- Kept EHR updated with patients' vital statistics, tracking metrics and observations about behaviors or responses.
- Patient charting including MAR and TAR
- Measure and record vital signs, such as blood pressure, respirations and temperature.
- Assisted with maintaining Inventory and Re-ordering medications
- Indwelling catheter care
- Monitoring fluid intake and output levels
- Blood sugar monitoring and giving insulin according to sliding scale
- Administration of TB PPD intradermal injection testing
- Collecting samples and preparing residents for treatments
- Helping ensure residents/patients understand their care routines
- Maintained accurate patient records documenting treatments, medications administered and other pertinent information.
- Removing and replacing Lab reports including critical labs
- Implemented infection control measures per facility policy.
- Seizure care precautions
- Utilized medical instruments safely and effectively while providing direct care to patients.
- G-tube feeding and care/stoma care/bolus feeding
- Interacting one on one with residents to ensure medication regimen is being followed
- Administered medications orally or by intramuscular or subcutaneous injection such as heparin
- Administration of medications also through gastrointestinal tubes, mouth, topical and eye/ear drops
- Giving Oxygen and Nebulizer Breathing treatments
- Assists in delivery of other/all patient care through nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters
- Familiar with safe delegation to CNA
- Spent quality time with residents, providing compassionate support and understanding
- Evaluate patient responses to care, monitor symptoms daily, document changes in condition, and provide treatment in alignment with care protocols.
Licensed Vocational Nursing Student
Family Circle Clhf inc.
11.2021 - 12.2021
- Assisted in the preparation of medical instruments and supplies for patient treatments.
- Provided patient care under the direction of a registered nurse or physician.
- Demonstrated knowledge of proper infection control techniques while providing patient care.
- Monitored vital signs, such as pulse rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, temperature and weight.
- Maintained accurate records regarding patient care activities, including charting of vital signs, treatments administered, progress notes and discharge summaries.
- Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
- Provided assistance with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating and ambulating.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Provided behavioral and emotional support and closely supervised patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's.
- Prepared or examined food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.
Licensed Vocational Nursing Student
Pacifica Assisted Living
05.2021 - 06.2021
- Performed wound dressings and other nursing procedures as directed by a nurse or physician.
- Monitored vital signs, such as pulse rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, temperature and weight.
- Responded to emergency situations and provided appropriate interventions.
- Observed patients' conditions closely to detect any changes in their condition or behavior.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families.
- Provided assistance with bathing, dressing, toileting, eating and ambulating.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient-related information.
- Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
Education
National Career College
Panorama City, CASkills
- Monitoring vital signs
- Principles of patient/family teaching
- Strong communication
- HIPAA Compliance
- Time management
- Familiar working under pressure
- adapatbility
- Patient Assessment
- Infection Control
- Aseptic Technique
- Geriatric Care
- Behavior assessment/analysis
- Medication Administration
- Catheter Care
- Administering injections and performing procedures as needed
- Interpret physician's instructions to patients and perform related tasks as directed
- Treatment plan implementation
- Count and record narcotics
- Re-ordering medications and supplies
- Diabetes management and diabetic glucose monitoring
- Administering medications through gastrointestinal tubes, mouth, injections, topical, eye / ear drops
- Reporting and documentation
Education and Training
other
Timeline
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Woodland Care Center
07.2024 - Current
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Casitas care center
09.2023 - 04.2024
Licensed Vocational Nursing Student
Family Circle Clhf inc.
11.2021 - 12.2021
Licensed Vocational Nursing Student
Pacifica Assisted Living
05.2021 - 06.2021
National Career College
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