Camilla Pereira

• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
• Provided health education to patients and families regarding discharge instructions and plans of care.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Ordered and analyzed diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient conditions.
• Performed emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other condition stabilizing interventions.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Performed intravenous therapy procedures and monitored chest tubes.
• Managed patient pain relief and sedation by providing non-pharmacological and pharmacological interventions.
• Monitored patient vital signs to perform thorough condition assessments.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.

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• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.