Lori Garza
Corona
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. 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.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Postpartum
Kaiser Permanente
04.2023 - Current
- 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.
- 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.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
RN Postpartum
Hoag Hospital Irvine
10.2022 - 04.2023
- Educate new parents on how to properly care for infants by instructing parents on bottle feeding, bathing, circumcision care and breastfeeding.
- Monitor and assess mother and newborn after delivery to ascertain proper healing and recovery.
- Accurately document treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Advocate for and strive to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
- Work 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.
RN (Mother Baby/ Nursery)
Hemet Global Medical Center
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Work closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Support physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Schedule follow-up visits and instructed care for new mothers for weeks immediately following childbirth.
- Perform vital signs checks and administered vaccinations to infants following birth.
- Assess infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
Ontario10.2021
Skills
- Postpartum Period
- Breast Feeding
- Nursing Process
- Intramuscular Injections
- Accurate Documentation
- Treatment Preparation
- Patient Care Assessment
- Monitoring Vital Signs
- Nursing Performance Assessment
- Direct Patient Care
Certification
RN BSN License # 95270899 : Expires: February 2027
BLS Expires: October 2026
Timeline
RN Postpartum
Kaiser Permanente
04.2023 - Current
RN Postpartum
Hoag Hospital Irvine
10.2022 - 04.2023
RN (Mother Baby/ Nursery)
Hemet Global Medical Center
01.2022 - 01.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
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