Ana Valdes Romero
Muscatine
Summary
At Lutheran Living Senior Campus, I excelled in geriatric nursing and compassionate care, significantly enhancing patient outcomes through meticulous medication administration and empathetic support. My expertise in infection control and vital signs monitoring, coupled with a dedication to clinical excellence, positioned me as a key contributor to our team's success in providing high-quality patient care.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Lutheran Living Senior Campus
12.2008 - Current
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Performed wound care treatments using sterile techniques, promoting healing and preventing complications.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and closely monitoring vital signs.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Reduced medication errors by accurately administering medications and diligently verifying patient information.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Provided compassionate end-of-life care, ensuring that patients were comfortable and families felt supported during the process.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
Education
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Muscatine Community College
Muscatine, IA07.2016
Diploma - High School
Columbus Community High School
Columbus Junction, IA05.2008
Skills
- Medication administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Medical documentation
- Geriatric nursing
- Infection control
- Catheter care
- Tracheostomy care
- Compassionate care
- Diabetes management
- End-of-life care
- Hospice care
- Patient documention
- Lab specimen collection
- Wound care
- Vital signs
- Direct patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Clinical documentation
- Patient assessments
- Patient care
- Documentation accuracy
- Immunization administration
- Family communication
- Clinical judgment
- Breathing treatments
- Geriatric care
- Preventive care
- Emergency response
- ADL assistance
- Transcribing orders
- Pulse oximetry tracking
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
LPN
Lutheran Living Senior Campus
12.2008 - Current
Nursing Diploma - Nursing
Muscatine Community College
Diploma - High School
Columbus Community High School
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