Alexis Hernandez-Herrera

Charge Nurse

• Participate in daily rounding with physician, case management, and nurses focusing on patient discharge barriers and current plan of care
• Regularly update electronic tracking systems on patient care
• Responsible for safely assigning patients to nursing staff, coordinate with staffing office, and patient placement
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit using crisis prevention to control and de-escalate situations.
• Monitor and evaluate cardiac monitoring system, administer medications and evaluate effectiveness
• Educated patients and families on common cardiac procedures, therapeutic regimens, and importance of outpatient maintenance of condition

Preceptor

• Mentored new nursing staff members by fostering professional growth and confidence in patient care.
• Ensured nurses could safely administer medications, perform assessments, provide direct care, and properly document.