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NATALIE MUNOZ

Pomona

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

ICU/Neuro ICU Nurse

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
07.2020 - 01.2022
  • Assist with intubations, EVD placement and monitoring, central/arterial line insertion, chest tube insertions
  • Manage patients receiving thrombolytic/thrombectomy therapy, ventilator support, chest tubes, pacemakers, TTM, proning therapy, massive transfusion protocol, etc
  • Responsible for blood gas analysis, EKG interpretation, invasive/noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring, nerve stimulator assessments
  • Manage patients with Dysrhythmias, Strokes, Aneurysms, ARDS, DKA, Alcohol and Drug Overdose, GI Bleed, STEMI/NSTEMI, Cardiogenic Shock, Hemorrhagic Shock, Sepsis, DIC, Cardiac Arrest, etc
  • Administer vasoactive drips and monitor their effects on preload, cardiac output/index, afterload, HR, and blood pressure
  • Responsible for administration of sedatives and paralytics to ensure proper sedation and ventilator synchrony
  • Mentored new staff and served as a New Graduate preceptor

MICU Nurse

CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
10.2019 - 01.2022
  • Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments
  • Identify problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulate goals, collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop a plan and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care
  • Respond to medical emergencies and notify appropriate doctors
  • Assist physicians with procedures such as intubations, central line insertions, moderate sedations, cardioversions
  • Provide respiratory, NIPPV, and ventilator management and monitoring of patients
  • Interpret blood gases and assess acid base status
  • Hemodynamic monitoring with arterial lines and management of inotropes and vasopressors
  • Perform, interpret findings of, present, and document patients physical examination

Emergency Room Nurse

CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
06.2018 - 09.2019
  • Effectively time manage and handle heavy patient caseloads in everyday operations
  • Independently maintain safe and effective care to patients with different acuity levels in a time-restricted and demanding environment
  • Closely monitored E.R patients, alert Physicians/Charge nurse with any changes in patients status
  • Decisively make judgements on patient conditions based on their vital signs, patient presentation, and initial assessment
  • Administer IV fluids and medications including antibiotics, blood products, narcotics
  • Collaborate with doctors and emergency staff in the assessment, planning and implementation of patient treatment
  • Administer critical IV medications such as Levophed, Cardizem, Amiodarone, Dopamine, Insulin, Propofol, Versed, Adenosine, etc
  • While carefully monitoring for side effects or any adverse reactions
  • Assist in the care of multiple traumas, cardiac arrests, cardioversions, code strokes, and conscious sedations

Education

Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice -

University of Southern California- Keck School of Medicine
05.2025

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

California State University Long Beach
08.2017

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Clinical Experience

General Anesthesia Rotations

  • Keck Hospital of USC March-April 2025, Aug.-Sept. 2024, January 2024
  • University of Irvine January2025-February 2025
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center November 2024
  • Los Angeles General Medical Center April 2024
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center August 2023-December 2023
  • Long Beach Veterans Affairs June 2023-August 2023


Specialty Rotations

  • Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Pediatric Anesthesia February 2024-March 2024
  • Los Angeles General Medical Center, Cardiac Anesthesia May 2024
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Regional Anesthesia June 2024
  • Los Angeles General Medical Center, Preoperative Anesthesia July 2024
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Neurosurgical Anesthesia October 2024
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Obstetrics Anesthesia December 2024

Certifications Licensing Professional Affiliations

  • Registered Nurse, California State Board of Nursing, 95146213
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 245412842101
  • Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association, 245407237863
  • American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, 153739

Publications Presentations

Doctoral Capstone: The Efficacy of Preoperative Hypnosis as a Treatment for Postoperative Pain: An Integrative Review

Timeline

ICU/Neuro ICU Nurse

TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER
07.2020 - 01.2022

MICU Nurse

CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
10.2019 - 01.2022

Emergency Room Nurse

CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
06.2018 - 09.2019

Doctorate of Nurse Anesthesia Practice -

University of Southern California- Keck School of Medicine

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

California State University Long Beach

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