Alejandro Franco
Moreno Valley,CA
Summary
Caring, competent, and compassionate nursing professional with a passion for patient care, especially in life-threatening situations. Responsive and attentive to constantly evolving patient needs and work environment situations. Able to analyze, engage, evaluate, and re-evaluate the clinical picture and plan of care. Has established a plethora of tangible and non-tangible skills to provide safe and effective patient care. A team-player with enhanced verbal and written communication skills to help achieve the goals of the interprofessional healthcare team.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Kaiser Permanente Fontana
Fontana, CA
10.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley
Moreno Valley, CA
12.2023 - 06.2025
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
04.2017 - 07.2023
- Worked in collaboration with physicians, NP's, and PA's to quickly assess patients and provide appropriate treatment and care while managing rapidly changing serious medical conditions.
- Administered several medications via several routes including IV, PO, IM, SQ, IO, and transdermal, and evaluating the patients' response to each with close assessment and cardiac monitoring.
- Provided quality, effective, competent, and compassionate care for multiple patients at a time to improve their current pathophysiologic state.
- Recognized life-threatening clinical situations in a timely manner to provide quality care to the declining patient.
- Performed triage via ESI Algorithm on walk-in patients as well as ambulance patients to establish appropriate flow in the ED.
- Utilized the nursing process to establish a constantly evolving plan of care for multiple patients in all areas of the ED.
- Assisted in Code Blues, Rapid Sequence Intubation, Code Strokes, behavioral emergencies, and other life-threatening emergencies to improve patient outcomes.
- Implemented multiple tangible nursing skills such as IV/IO starts, NG/OG Tube placement, Foley catheter placement, bladder irrigation, Port-A-Cath access, chest tube management, defibrillation/cardioversion, etc.
Phlebotomist/Registered Nurse
Octapharma Plasma, Inc
Colton, CA
07.2015 - 05.2017
- Perform venipunctures for full donations and blood samples
- Recognize, manage, and treat donation-related reactions with quality, safe, and evidence-based care
- Assess, monitor, and intervene during donations to establish quality donations safely with minimal disruptions.
- Process capillary tube blood specimens to evaluate donor eligibility.
- Perform physicals and assessments on new donors to establish eligibility for safe donation.
Education
MICN Certificate (Mobile Intensive Care Nurse) -
Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa, CA04-2021
Associate Degree in Nursing - Registered Nursing
RCC School of Nursing
Riverside, CA12-2016
Certified Phlebotomy Technician 1 Certificate -
Wagner Training Institute
Redlands, CA08-2013
EMT Certificate - Emergency Medical Services
Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley, CA06-2013
Associate in Arts, Associate in Science - Biological Sciences
Riverside City College
Riverside, CA08-2010
High School Diploma -
Valley View High School
Moreno Valley, CA06-2007
Skills
- ESI Algorithm Triage
- Medical procedure education, consent, and preparation
- Charting and Clinical Documentation
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Nursing Process Implementation
- Cardiac Monitoring and Treatment of Dysrhythmias
- Medication Administration (IV, IM, SQ, PO, IO, TD, etc)
- Usage of IV Pumps, Rapid Infuser, Bair Hugger, Arctic Sun, Hoyer Lift, and other machines
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Using stroke scales such as NIHSS, LAMS, MLAPPS
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Certification
BLS (Basic Life Support)
ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)
PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support)
NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)
MICN (Mobile Intensive Care Nurse)
MAB (Management of Assaultive Behavior)
Timeline
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Kaiser Permanente Fontana
10.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley
12.2023 - 06.2025
Registered Nurse: Emergency Department
Redlands Community Hospital
04.2017 - 07.2023
Phlebotomist/Registered Nurse
Octapharma Plasma, Inc
07.2015 - 05.2017
MICN Certificate (Mobile Intensive Care Nurse) -
Crafton Hills College
Associate Degree in Nursing - Registered Nursing
RCC School of Nursing
Certified Phlebotomy Technician 1 Certificate -
Wagner Training Institute
EMT Certificate - Emergency Medical Services
Moreno Valley College
Associate in Arts, Associate in Science - Biological Sciences
Riverside City College
High School Diploma -
Valley View High School