Nicole Casanova

Dedicated nursing professional with more than a year of experience in skilled nursing. Proven ability to enhance patient care through effective communication and health promotion strategies, attention to detail, and critical thinking abilities. Proficient in medication administration and and wound care. Committed to applying evidence-based practices to achieve optimal patient outcomes and foster strong relationships with patients and their support systems.

April 2024 - Currently Employed

Turlock Nursing and Rehab Center -Turlock, CA

Charge Nurse

• Deliver direct patient care to a caseload of 26 patients daily, ensuring accurate administration of medications and treatments.
• Meticulous in documenting patient care, ensuring accuracy and completeness of records resulting in efficient care coordination.
• Ability to assess patient's conditions, identify potential problems, and report finding to the appropriate healthcare professionals.
• Prepared patients for appointments, out-patient procedures, emergency services, and discharge.
• Proficiency in administering medications, including oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, enteral, transdermal, inhalation, and rectal routes.
• Collaborating with pharmacists to resolve prescription-related issues.
• Catheterization: Inserting and maintaining urinary catheters, as well as obtaining straight cath samples.
• PEG Tube: Bolus and Pump Feeding, medication administration, and care.
• Abdominal Paracentesis Tapping with PleurX Catheter
• Interpreting lab results and reporting critical values.
• Understanding and adherence to HIPAA regulations.

April 2025- Current Position

Treatment Nurse/ WOCN

• Wound Classification and Management Certification
• Preserving the integrity of the skin by implementing and monitoring skin preservation strategies
• Developed competency in the areas of wound, ostomy, continence, and pressure ulcers.
• Efficiently manage complex wounds such as pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, and burns.
• Demonstrate competencies in ordered treatments including but not limited to wound assessments and dressings including Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
• Consistently document wound care progress and changes in patient condition.
• Patient and family discharge training for wound care at home.
• Ensures proper infection control techniques are utilizes
• Teaches staff and patients pressure ulcer prevention and implements proper off-loading interventions.
• Organize multidisciplinary skin and wound rounds on a weekly basis for high risk patients and patients with current pressure ulcers and significant wounds.
• Suture and staple removal
• Collecting Deep Culture Specimens