Alma Gomez
San Antonio
Summary
To deliver high quality patient centered care with compassion, respect, and integrity. To use each patient encounter as an opportunity to make a positive impact and advance my nursing practice in the acute care setting. Bilingual and self motivated nurse competent in working in a high stressed, fast paced environment, while maintaining exceptional time management, leadership, and critical thinking skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ICU Nurse
Baptist Westover Hills Hospital
San Antonio, TX
10.2025 - Current
- Provided critical care to patients in intensive care unit, monitoring vital signs and administering medications.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient care plans.
- Led emergency response initiatives, ensuring rapid assessment and intervention for deteriorating patients.
- Mentored junior nursing staff, enhancing their clinical skills and fostering professional development.
Registered Nurse III
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio, TX
12.2015 - Current
- Charge Nurse on Medical/Surgical Unit
- Preceptor to new grad nurses and/or newly hired nurses
- Assessing and identifying patient and family needs and concerns
- Implementing quality patient care in accordance with facility policy and procedures, as well as within my nursing scope of practice
- Initiating and re-assessing patient’s plan of care
- Monitoring and reporting critical laboratory values as well as vital signs
- Applying critical thinking skills in prioritizing patient’s needs in making patient assignments
- Administering scheduled and as needed medications and re-assessing effectiveness of medications
- Caring for wound dressings, sutures, JP drains, PEG tubes, J-tubes, NG tubes and PICC lines.
- Teaching patients and families about health topics and medications, and evaluating their understanding.
- Relief charge nurse
- Direct patient care
Registered Nurse Case Manager
New Century Hospice
San Antonio, TX
10.2014 - 10.2015
- Patient Care Coordination
- Initiating and re-assessing patient plan of care
- Assessing and identifying patient and family needs and concerns
- New admission and continuum patient assessments
- Monitoring and reporting disease progression, monitoring symptom management
- IDT meetings
- Teaching patients and families about health topics and medications, and evaluating their understanding.
- Assessing and identifying patient and family needs and concerns
- Direct patient care
Registered Nurse II
Methodist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
05.2013 - 10.2014
- Patient assessment/patient teaching
- Receiving and carrying out physicians orders
- Medication reconciliation
- Monitoring and reporting lab values
- Maintaining and using central lines
- Medication administration
- Transfusion of blood and blood products
- Direct patient care
Registered Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse
Retama Manor West
04.2012 - 01.2014
- Charge Nurse
- Patient continued assessments
- Daily and weekly skin assessments
- Wound care treatment- assessing and reporting new/current wounds
- Monitoring and reporting laboratory values to physicians
- Medication administration (enteral/parenteral)
- Direct patient care
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Global Rehabilitation Hospital
San Antonio, TX
10.2010 - 04.2012
- Continuum of patient assessments
- Review of medical orders
- Peripheral venipunctures
- Monitoring lab values and reporting results to physicians
- Medication administration (enteral and parenteral)
- Assessment of wounds and reporting any significant findings
- Wound care
- Direct patient care
Licensed Practical Nurse, II
Nevada State Veterans Home
Boulder City, Nevada
10.2007 - 06.2010
- Review of medical orders, transcription of orders onto Medical Administration Records on a monthly basis and as needed.
- Medication administration (enteral, and parenteral)
- Assessment of vital signs and blood glucose levels daily
- Verify and order all medications for residents
- Wound care treatments
- Assisting in communication between patient and medical doctor
- Providing documentation for the following: significant changes, falls, new admissions, recording daily nutritional intakes
- Direct patient care
Licensed Practical Nurse, II
Henderson Healthcare Rehabilitation Center
Henderson, Nevada
11.2006 - 07.2008
- Review of medical orders, transcription of orders onto Medical Administration Records on a monthly basis and as needed
- Weekly and monthly patient summaries
- Medication administration (enteral and parenteral)
- Communication with doctors and nurse practitioners when deemed medically necessary
- Insertion and placement verification of nasogastric tubes
- Suctioning of patients on mechanical ventilation
- Direct patient care
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas at Arlington
Associate Degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
03.2013
Certificate of Completion - License Vocational Nursing Program
St. Philip’s College
12.2005
Skills
- Clinical judgment
- End-of-life care
- Intravenous therapy
- Ethical practice
- Ventilator management
- Cardiac monitors
- Patient monitoring
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Family support
Certification
- Texas Registered Nurse License # 835712
- Texas Licensed Vocational Nurse #203057
- Basic Life Support/CPR
Timeline
ICU Nurse
Baptist Westover Hills Hospital
10.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse III
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
12.2015 - Current
Registered Nurse Case Manager
New Century Hospice
10.2014 - 10.2015
Registered Nurse II
Methodist Hospital
05.2013 - 10.2014
Registered Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse
Retama Manor West
04.2012 - 01.2014
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Global Rehabilitation Hospital
10.2010 - 04.2012
Licensed Practical Nurse, II
Nevada State Veterans Home
10.2007 - 06.2010
Licensed Practical Nurse, II
Henderson Healthcare Rehabilitation Center
11.2006 - 07.2008
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas at Arlington
Associate Degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Certificate of Completion - License Vocational Nursing Program
St. Philip’s College