Anniela Solano

• Portland Providence Hospital provided opportunities for fast adaptation by being floated to 14 different units such as: Respiratory, Cardiac, Renal, Neuro, Med surg, Covid unit, Ortho, Rehab etc.
• Maintained outstanding attendance record, consistently arriving to work ready to start immediately and with excellent attitude.
• Used Epic as EMR.
• Helped improve customer service by facilitating communication and work flow among Spanish speaking patients, since Spanish is my first language, and was constantly given assignments with Spanish speaking patients.

• Contract was extended from previous assignment and acuity level of patients increased during Covid Delta Variant outbreak.
• Collaborated with Respiratory Therapists to work with high flow NC, heated high flow NC and BPAP to achieve target goals among all patients.
• Recognized patient deterioration on time to find solutions or to proceed to higher level of care.
• Assisted co-workers during difficult situations such as rapid responses.

• Worked in Advent Health Kissimmee COVID- PCU unit with nurse to patient ratio of 1:5 and fast paced observation unit with 1:5 ratio requiring to complete several discharges and admissions and provide excellent customer service.
• Adequate use of PPE such as donning and doffing equipment not only for COVID patients, but also for patients with other isolation requirements.
• Constantly used skills such as venipuncture for all my patient's lab draws, IV placements, IV abx, central line care, Blood cultures, PO cardiac medications, NG tube placements, monitor chest tubes, foley catheter placements, tracheostomy care, high O2 needs, ABG's interpretation, performed wound care, used 12 lead EKG machine, monitor patients with telemetry, monitor drains, monitor renal patients, monitor lab results, accurate use of SBAR communication and worked in conjunction with physicians to find the best plan of care for our patients among many other skills.
• Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
• Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.

Provided high level nursing care to critical patients in the Intensive Care Unit.

• Administered medications and treatment to critically unstable patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Monitored patient condition and identified when the patient is improving or decompensating, updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Took care of patients with IV drips medically unstable, A-lines, intubation, EVD, Drains, Covid ICU patients, used rotorest bed for pulmonary toileting, assisted during intubation and extubation, ABG's interpretation, IV placement, blood draw, monitored CVA patients among many other skills required for ICU.

Floated to the Intermediate Care Unit and provided care to step down ICU patients.

• Provided direct patient care to higher acuity patients, monitored critically ill patients and determined next course of action.
• Managed quality care for patients with varied conditions, including heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.

• Managed 1-7 nurses and nursing activities in 8-33 bed hospital by overseeing daily functioning of Telemetry unit, providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
• Performed ongoing assessments to evaluate health needs, working with multidisciplinary team to develop, initiate, manage and modify individualized plans of care.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Trained several new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.

• Reinforced nursing and leadership skills with patient ratio of 1:4 and staff limitation to 1-2 nurses per shift.
• Job requirements for assessing, teaching, skills such as placing IV'S, provide PO and IV medications, IV antibiotic medications, EKG knowledge, among many other bedside nurse skills.

• Working as a nurse at UMC as allowed me to gain experience for what I consider my vocation, feeling passionate about being able to help people, provide education in regards to their health and make a difference in their lives.
• In Telemetry, provided care to patients with different comorbidities such as renal and cardiovascular diseases.
• Nurse-patient 1:5.
• Developed great customer service, time management skills and team player.
• Constant nursing education given the wide variety of illnesses our patients faced, learned to work better under pressure during several codes and rapid responses.