CARLA ARAUJO

• Managed staff scheduling and time off to adequately staff nursing floors and allow nurses earned time off.
• Participated in hospital-wide initiatives aimed at improving overall patient experience and satisfaction levels.
• Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with guidelines relating to HIPAA, benefits administration and general liability.
• Developed strategy to target nursing and patient satisfaction issues, improve response, and patient care quality and suggest actionable improvements to promote hospital-wide quality and safety initiatives.
• Assisted in budget management, optimizing resource allocation to maximize patient care quality without compromising fiscal responsibility.

• Verified facility remained up-to-date and compliant with laws and regulations.
• Manage 51 nurses and nursing activities in 25 bed hospital by providing comprehensive nursing guidance and maintaining outstanding patient satisfaction and care standards.
• Ensured timely documentation of all nursing activities within electronic medical records system, contributing to accurate record keeping and informed decision-making processes.
• Maintained compliance with regulatory standards by staying up-to-date on industry best practices and incorporating them into daily operations as necessary.
• Promoted a positive work environment by fostering open communication, teamwork, and professional growth opportunities for nursing staff.
• Developed departmental goals and objectives to improve satisfactory rating with patients.

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• Meeting with the interdisciplinary team
• Administered schedule and emergency medications
• Delegation to other staff
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• SBAR communication
• Medication and IV administration
• Patient Care
• Utilized strong clinical judgment in prioritizing patient needs during high-stress situations, ensuring optimal outcomes.

• Admissions to the program
• Discharges to another facility or home
• Administer medications and IV administration
• Immunization skills
• SBAR communication
• Health and wellness expertise
• Patient Care
• Diabetes management.

• Demonstrates knowledge of crisis management and intervention
• Transcribes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner
• Administers medication and treatments to members served
• Receives and presents change of shift report as assigned
• Adheres to medication management policies and procedures
• Notifies the prescriber and nursing supervisor of any changes in behavior or condition
• Leading therapy groups.

• Care plans
• Administer schedule medications
• Assist providers in procedures
• Teach health education classes such as HIV, Hepatitis, fall prevention and Naloxone training
• Nursing Care plans
• Dispense Immunizations
• Check Blood pressure and Diabetes reading once a week
• Organize and supply treatment room
• Familiar with electronic charting.

3.5 GPA

• Elected president of nursing class

• Elected president of class.
• Thesis: Moral Injury
• 3.0 GPA