Adriana Salmon Guedes

C.L Brumback Primary Care Clinics, Mangonia Park

• Initialize intake of patients to the clinic for Psychiatric services and/or to the Medicated Assistance Treatment Program by gathering substance abuse/medical/mental health history and social background.
• Screening: PHQ9, GAD, UDS, fentanyl dip, urine pregnancy, COWS and CIWA for opioid and alcohol withdrawals. Primary care: EKG's, blood glucose/HA1c monitoring and pap/pelvic exams.
• Collaborate closely with healthcare providers (PA, ARNP, MD, PMHMP and Psychiatrists) to drive continuity of care.
• Mentor and train new employees as needed.

C.L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, St. Ann's Place

• Assess vital signs, collect detailed patient history and note other signs of patient health to make rapid, informed decisions regarding next steps in patient care.
• Evaluate patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Advocate for patients Social Determinants of Health based on their acute needs.

C.L Brumback Primary Care Clinics

• Administered immunizations to the pediatric, adult and geriatric population to prevent disease.
• Evaluated and assessed phone calls from facilities, physician offices, hospitals and patients to handle urgent issues and prioritize care.
• Called patients to share lab results and discuss physician orders.
• Mentored FAU nursing students through their "Caring-based Academic Partnerships in Excellence: Veteran RNs in Primary Care (CAPE-V)" preceptorship program. (2020-2022)

Lakeside Medical Center

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Worked as part of an interdisciplinary team in order to provide care for a high-risk client population within the wester community in Palm Beach County.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis, and treatment.

Bethesda Hospital West

• Efficiently manage triage and the daily workload of patients by stabilizing, monitoring, assessing, organizing continuance of care and discharge of patients.
• Able to proficiently render care to the growing pediatric population within the community.
• Mentored and trained new hires.
• Daisy Award Nominee 2017

Delray Medical Center

• Provide compassionate and accurate patient care in a level 1 trauma center with a 37-bed, high volume and fast paced emergency department.
• Cared for a diverse patient population with the ability to manage the critically ill and their multiple disease processes.
• Acquire and record patient information while utilizing the Nursing Process and triage skill to prioritize care.
• Maintained, monitored, assessed and medicated psychiatric hold (Baker Act) patients awaiting to be brought inpatient to receiving facilities.