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Marcela Joven

Bakersfield,CA

Summary

Registered Nurse Venogram and Angioplasty intra-procedure experience Pre-Op/PACU experience Provide direct patient care including assessment, care plan for diagnosis and supervise nursing staff activities. Follow-up on all care related activities and assure all physician orders are accurately transcribed and carried out in a timely manner. Collaborate with nursing staff and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care. Experience as a Lead Nurse. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret hospital policies and procedures, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations. Ability Ordering medication (working directly with Pharmacist Manager) complying with state regulations and hospital policy and procedures. I model leadership behaviors, spirit of collaboration and teamwork. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions. Proficient in all documentation, record maintenance and paperwork to ensure accuracy and patient confidentiality. Interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to critically think and solve problems. Ability to provide interpretation for Spanish speaking. Pain management and GI experience. Conscious sedation experience Strong IV skills Personal traits: patient, kind, helpful, willingness to learn and team player. Acute experience Monitors electrocardiogram continuously, identifies and interprets cardiac rhythms, documents arrhythmia and reports significant changes to nursing staff. Supports the unit monitoring and evaluation process to improve patient outcome. Provides frontline electronic medical record order entry support for physicians and staff. Monitors electronic medical records throughout the day and addresses concerns with the registered nurse as necessary.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Emergency Registered Nurse

Adventist Health Hospital
08.2022 - Current
  • Collects relevant data pertinent to the patient’s health or situation.
  • Analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnosis and care issues.
  • Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain outcomes.
  • Implements the plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
  • Evaluates progress toward attaining outcomes.
  • Identifies outcomes for the patient or the patient’s situation.
  • Collaborates with the team of patient, family, and healthcare providers in providing patient care in a safe, healing, humane, and caring environment.
  • Provides learning opportunities for patients/family members and team members.
  • Directly provides health information to patients, families, and treatment team.
  • Participates in discharge planning in order to provide continuity of care.
  • Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties of healthcare team members.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Bakersfield Specialist Surgery Center
07.2018 - 06.2022
  • Pre-op and PACU experience in ophthalmology, pain management, urology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, and general surgery, and Intra-procedural experience
  • Moderate Sedation experience
  • Ability to critically think and solve problems
  • Collaborate with nursing staff and ancillary services to assure seamless communication and uninterrupted patient care.
  • Experience as a Lead Nurse.
  • Experience in PACU with nerve blocks.

Pre-op, and PACU Nurse

Vascular Health
09.2015 - 06.2018

Clinical Orthopedic Registered Nurse

Mercy Southwest Hospital
04.2013 - 09.2015

Med-Surg Registered Nurse

Mercy Hospital
02.2012 - 03.2014
  • Provides appropriate nursing interventions in stable and emergent patient situations.
  • Is competent in all routine nursing skills including: (1) medication administration, (2) intravenous therapy including blood products, (3) care & maintenance of indwelling catheters & drains and, (4) safe use of any medical equipment such as glucose meters, IV pumps and PCA machines routinely used in the medical/surgical setting.
  • Provides for age-related physiological, emotional and cognitive needs of the following patients populations, including but not limited to: Adolescent, adult, geriatric, and those with hearing, learning and physical disabilities.
  • Includes, but not limited to: Vital signs, medication dosages, physiological changes, and psychosocial needs.
  • Initiates a multidisciplinary, goal oriented care plan for each patient in collaboration with members of the health care team and provides care based on that plan.
  • Is competent in (1) epidural management, (2) care of acute post op wounds, (3) sterile technique and, (4) assessment of vascular patency.
  • Educates patients and/or their families regarding care.
  • Uses teaching methods appropriate to the age, condition, culture, and assessed learning-readiness of the patient.
  • Delegates patient care tasks to ancillary personnel based on individual competency and scope of practice.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of care performed.
  • Completes legible, accurate and timely documentation of all nursing care provided, including evaluation of patient’s response to medications, treatments & procedures.
  • Consistently performs necessary unit specific safety & quality control checks (i.e. Shift and 24hr MD order checks, VO/TO Read Back, crash cart checks, urine QC, refrig logs & outdate checks).
  • Identifies and communicates opportunities to improve care, services, and unit operation.
  • Is open to change and reaching new goals for the unit.
  • Efficiently uses down time for job-related or unit specific work, including, but not limited to: chart auditing, cleaning and restocking, training or .edu modules.
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Monitor Technician

Mercy Hospital
03.2011 - 02.2012
  • Monitors electrocardiogram continuously, identifies and interprets cardiac rhythms, documents arrhythmia and reports significant changes to nursing staff.
  • Supports the unit monitoring and evaluation process to improve patient outcome.
  • Provides frontline electronic medical record order entry support for physicians and staff.
  • Monitors electronic medical records throughout the day and addresses concerns with the registered nurse as necessary.

Education

Associate in Science - Registered Nursing

12.2010

Associate in Arts - undefined

12.2010

Skills

  • Medication and IV administration
  • Medication administration
  • Direct patient care
  • Patient assessments

Certification

  • California Board of Registered Nursing
  • BLS Certified
  • ACLS Certified
  • PALS Certified
  • NIHSS Certified

Timeline

Emergency Registered Nurse

Adventist Health Hospital
08.2022 - Current

Bakersfield Specialist Surgery Center
07.2018 - 06.2022

Pre-op, and PACU Nurse

Vascular Health
09.2015 - 06.2018

Clinical Orthopedic Registered Nurse

Mercy Southwest Hospital
04.2013 - 09.2015

Med-Surg Registered Nurse

Mercy Hospital
02.2012 - 03.2014

Monitor Technician

Mercy Hospital
03.2011 - 02.2012

Associate in Science - Registered Nursing

Associate in Arts - undefined

Marcela Joven