Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Canto De Corazon Spanish Choir
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Allisandra Viera

Fort Wayne,Indiana

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced bedside environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle critical patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Adjunct Faculty Clinical Instructor

Manchester University
09.2023 - Current
  • Developed strong rapport with students, offering support and guidance throughout their OB and ICU clinical.
  • Collaborate with OB lecture instructor to create clinical SBAR tool to guide students through report.
  • Mentored 3-4 students during clinical rotations, providing guidance and promoting critical thinking skills.
  • Conducted clinical assessments and assisted with OB simulation.
  • Provided constructive feedback on weekly clinical paperwork, enabling students to improve their skills.

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery

Parkview Regional Medical Center
03.2022 - Current
  • Administered Critical OB medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored fetal and maternal responses.
  • Utilized critical thinking skills in OB triage to prioritize nursing interventions based on patient acuity levels and individual needs.
  • Conducted thorough fetal and maternal assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
  • Travel to outlying lower-level care OB units via EMS to transport critical mother's to higher level of care facilities.
  • Attend quarterly education and unit meetings for updates and professional development.
  • Implemented evidence-based strategies for post partum hemorrhage preparedness and response.

Birth Assistant

Fertility And Midwifery Care Center
08.2022 - 08.2024
  • · Assist Certified Midwives in birth center to deliver infants of low risk mothers who have an un-medicated birth experience
  • Provided compassionate postpartum support, addressing concerns related to newborn care, feeding, and maternal recovery.
  • Guided families in creating a nurturing postnatal environment that supported healthy bonding between parents and newborns.
  • Attend quarterly birth emergency trainings for out-of-hospital

Rapid Response Nurse

Parkview Regional Medical Center
03.2020 - 03.2022
  • Support COVID quarantine floors and nurses during pandemic with ICU-level education.
  • Monitored 400 bed hospital system via EMAR and identify potential patient deterioration using risk assessment tool.
  • Streamlined communication between various inpatient departments, ensuring all parties were informed of transfer plan of care.
  • Participate in emergency phases of care in the Emergency Department and Inpatient setting including but not limited to diagnosis of acute stroke, respiratory distress, cardiac arrest, and emergent blood transfusions.

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

Parkview Regional Medical Center
10.2017 - 03.2022
  • Collaborated with physicians to place and manage ventilator support, feeding tubes and central lines in a 24 bed ICU
  • Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate sterile technique, consent, and appropriate equipment used.
  • Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills for trauma, neuro, and surgical patient population while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures.
  • Advanced training in use of high-volume IV fluid infuser and massive blood transfusion coordination and administration.
  • Participate in NCAT meetings with nurse manager, nursing staff, and clinical nurse specialist to manage unit project and create positive change in unit.
  • Educate and orient new staff members and nursing students to ICU setting

Nurse Supervisor

Sarah Reed Senior Living
10.2016 - 07.2017

· Oversee resident and nursing operations in a 60-bed senior care facility.

· Monitor orders, staffing, critical health issues with residents, and facilitate communication with doctors caring for residents

· Experience with redirecting and implementing behavior plans for demented and confused residents.

ICU Nurse

St. Vincent's Hospital
08.2015 - 07.2017


  • · Worked with diverse nursing staff and resident physicians in a 20 bed MICU to train and develop from New graduate nurse to competent nurse.
  • Administered medications safely and effectively, following established protocols and guidelines for dosage calculations and administration techniques.
  • · Participated in 1 year on-boarding training for new graduate staff to develop professionalism
  • · Monitor critical patient population with multiple health problems including GI bleed, respiratory distress/failure, cardiac arrest, stroke, sepsis, and renal impairment.

Education

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Phoenix University
Phoenix, AZ
06.2026

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA
05.2015

High School Diploma -

Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
Erie, PA
05.2011

Skills

  • Direct Patient Care
  • Clinical reasoning
  • Multicultural Competence
  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
  • One-on-one Student Instruction
  • Online and In-Person Student evaluations
  • Student Precepting
  • End of life care
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)
  • Blood Transfusion Administration

Accomplishments

Quality Improvement- Lead a nursing team in quarterly Skin NDNQI audit to monitor for HAPI's and decrease incidence and prevalence.

Research- Completed evidence-based research class held by Parkview health system to create unit specific quality improvement project.

Recipient of Guardian Angel award from staff member to recognize exceeding nursing care.

Completed Certified Lactation Specialist certification and provide breast feeding support to women in and out of hospital

AWHONN professional membership

Previous Neuroscience Nursing Membership and Neuroscience and Stroke Certification

Canto De Corazon Spanish Choir

Participate in inaugural choir through Heartland Sings organization. Sang in Winter and Spring concerts, learning only music in Spanish. Was a section leader for Alto singers and coordinated with director to recruit more singers.

Timeline

Adjunct Faculty Clinical Instructor

Manchester University
09.2023 - Current

Birth Assistant

Fertility And Midwifery Care Center
08.2022 - 08.2024

Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery

Parkview Regional Medical Center
03.2022 - Current

Rapid Response Nurse

Parkview Regional Medical Center
03.2020 - 03.2022

Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit

Parkview Regional Medical Center
10.2017 - 03.2022

Nurse Supervisor

Sarah Reed Senior Living
10.2016 - 07.2017

ICU Nurse

St. Vincent's Hospital
08.2015 - 07.2017

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Phoenix University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Carlow University

High School Diploma -

Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy
Allisandra Viera