Mirella Aguayo-Chavez
West Covina
Summary
CA Board-Certified Registered Nurse with 25 years of nursing experience, with 10 years in postpartum care unit, delivering high-quality care to patients. Proven leader effective at uniting and guiding nursing teams toward achieving patient care goals, improving satisfaction and continuously driving widespread healthcare system initiatives. Enthusiastic, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to continue to learn, grow, and excel in nursing profession.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Postpartum Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
06.2022 - Current
- Provided critical care in emergency situations, safeguarding health of mother and child.
- Streamlined patient discharge process, ensuring smooth transition home for families.
- Facilitated smooth transitions from labor and delivery to postpartum units by coordinating timely transfers and thorough report handoffs.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members for optimal patient outcomes in the postpartum period.
Postpartum Nurse
Emanate Health Queen Of The Valley
01.2000 - Current
- Accurately document all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management
- Explain, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms
- Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety
- Educate family members and caregivers on patient care instructions
- Educate patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment
- Deliver medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections, monitoring responses to address new concerns
- Oversee nurses as a relief charge and support staff in patient care activities while maintaining high level of staff morale and professionalism
- Adhere to strict safety measures by carefully determining proper dosages before administering medications
- Oversee delivery of care for all patients on 34-bed postpartum unit, delegate nursing assignments, and supervise team comprised of nurses and unit clerk
- Assess needs of new mothers and advise mothers about child care topics, including breastfeeding
- Demonstrated how to express milk and store it in bottles for later feeds
- Administer and monitor magnesium sulfate and Pitocin
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mount St. Mary's College
Los Angeles, CA1999
Skills
- Fluent in Spanish
- Oxygen saturation standards
- Patient discharge
- Infant vitals monitoring
- Maternal vitals monitoring
- Proper Foley catheter insertion/removal
- Precept new hires
- Medication administration
- IV administration
- Newborn care
- Maternity care
- Family Education
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving skills
Timeline
Postpartum Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
06.2022 - Current
Postpartum Nurse
Emanate Health Queen Of The Valley
01.2000 - Current
Associate of Science - Nursing
Mount St. Mary's College
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