Mary Nguyen
San Diego
Summary
Highly motivated, resourceful, and dedicated registered nurse with over 10 years of healthcare experience across various specialty areas. Proven the ability to provide exceptional patient care, effectively prioritizing tasks, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Proficient in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Demonstrated ability to develop strong critical thinking skills and adapt to diverse patient population. Maintain strong team leadership, interpersonal skills and continuously develop nursing skills to ensure the highest quality patient-centered quality of care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
VA San Diego Hospital (Primary care)
01.2023 - Current
- Providing assessment, screening, healthy lifestyle support, education, and chronic disease management in order to improve quality of life and reduce hospital readmissions and facilitating access to services
- Collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care regarding patient care plans for complex medical problems or acute illnesses that require frequent follow-up visits and to ensure continuity of care
- Providing education on medication management including proper administration, side effects, interactions, and adherence issues
- Triaging and determination for further testing to explore signs and symptoms, disease treatment, prevention, and health promotion
- Administering medication and immunization and assisting in non-invasive procedures.
Registered Nurse
VA San Diego Hospital (Infection Prevention Control)
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Collected, reported, and managed data on communicable diseases in hospital setting
- Conducted surveillance of infections in both community acquired and nosocomial
- Monitored compliance with state and local regulations, OSHA, and JCAHO standards
- Assessed infectious conditions and implemented appropriate control measures related to patients, staff, and hospital environment
- Planned and implemented educational programs pertaining to infection prevention within hospital setting.
Registered Nurse
Ro Health (San Diego County PHD)
02.2021 - 05.2022
- Provided direct patient care including triaging, administering COVID vaccine, and educating patients.
Registered Nurse
SGS Consulting (CVS Minute COVID Clinic)
02.2021 - 03.2022
- Provided direct patient care including triaging, COVID screening/POCT, collecting samples, entering data into EPIC, administering COVID vaccine, and educating patients.
Registered Nurse
Scripps Clinic (Neurology)
10.2019 - 01.2021
- Supervised and delegated relevant tasks to licensed MAs and administration staff
- Overseen clinic workflow and support clinic as a resource/lead nurse
- Provided direct/indirect quality patient care including triaging, assessing, taking vitals, scheduling, processing referrals, entering orders, administering medication and immunization, assisting in non-invasive procedures, and educating patients
- Trained and supported new staff.
Registered Nurse
Sharp Rees-Stealy Clinic (Family/Internal/Allergy)
08.2015 - 04.2017
- Supervised and delegated tasks to LVNs and MAs
- Led allergy department and acted as back-up lead/resource nurse for family/internal medicine department
- Performed nursing tasks such as triaging, assessing, taking vitals, administering medications/immunization, injections, initiating IVs, collecting specimens for testing, and assisted in non-invasive procedures
- Trained new staff and students.
Public Health Nurse
County of Santa Barbara Public Health Department (Disease Control/ID)
07.2013 - 08.2015
- Led and directed communicable disease investigations and responded to epidemic outbreaks
- Provided case management to high-risk populations include TB and other communicable diseases
- Collected specimens include blood, urine, sputum for testing
- Conducted health screenings and participated in immunization program and community outreach
- Supervised and delegated tasks to MAs.
Registered Nurse
Western Home Healthcare (Home Health)
01.2013 - 07.2013
- Conducted home health admission by performing assessment and evaluation of hospital discharged patients per MD order
- Performed wound care and medication management
- Educated patients on infection control, medications, nutrition, and wound care at home to prevent infections and promote optimal healing.
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Southern California Liver and GI Center
10.2010 - 12.2012
- Conducted patient screening, recruitment, consent, and enrollment for studies
- Responsible for study start-up activities for assigned studies
- Performed nursing tasks including initiating IVs, collecting vital signs, administering study medications, assessing, collecting specimens, and reporting AEs and SAEs
- Collected and entered data into eCRF system and resolved study queries
- Coordinated and participated in monitoring activities/visits and prepared audits IRB and/or FDA.
Education
Master of Public Health (MPH) - Public Health
HAW University of Applied Sciences
02.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA07.2010
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology
University Of California Davis
Davis, CA06.2003
Skills
- Team leadership
- Strong communication
- Critical thinking
- Organized and time management
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork
- Ambulatory care
- Primary care
- Triage
- Chronic disease management
- EMR: EPIC, CERNER, CPRS (VISTA)
Certification
- Registered Nurse (Lic# 820995)
- Public Health Nurse (Lic# 83746)
- BLS/ACLS
Volunteer Experience
- Third Avenue Charitable Organization, 2021, Present
- Doctors without Walls, 2013, 2015
- Santa Barbara Medical Reserve Corps, 2013, 2015
References
Available Upon Request
Timeline
Registered Nurse
VA San Diego Hospital (Primary care)
01.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
VA San Diego Hospital (Infection Prevention Control)
08.2022 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse
Ro Health (San Diego County PHD)
02.2021 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse
SGS Consulting (CVS Minute COVID Clinic)
02.2021 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse
Scripps Clinic (Neurology)
10.2019 - 01.2021
Registered Nurse
Sharp Rees-Stealy Clinic (Family/Internal/Allergy)
08.2015 - 04.2017
Public Health Nurse
County of Santa Barbara Public Health Department (Disease Control/ID)
07.2013 - 08.2015
Registered Nurse
Western Home Healthcare (Home Health)
01.2013 - 07.2013
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Southern California Liver and GI Center
10.2010 - 12.2012
Master of Public Health (MPH) - Public Health
HAW University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Azusa Pacific University
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology
University Of California Davis
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