Carolina Gonzalez
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Excels at delivering patient care while leading, guiding, and supporting nursing staff to complete all tasks efficiently and on time—a compassionate nurse with solid judgment and problem-solving skills and a demonstrated facility to handle stressful situations. Patient, empathetic, and driven Charge Nurse with 15 years’ experience supporting patient care in hospital setting.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse (ER Dept)
BEVERLY HOSPITAL
Montebello, Ca
07.2019 - Current
- Responsible for managing, supervising, and assisting the nursing staff, providing administrative support and patient care
- Directed the admission, discharge, and general flow of patients, and assigning nurses and support staff to patients
- Provided guidance on administering care to new patients or those with special needs and answering questions regarding protocol
- Worked with other nurses and patients to create a plan of care that is individualized to a patient's needs
- Documented the performance of nurses, perform evaluations and counsel nurses on unsatisfactory performance
- Meet with upper management to discuss personnel and administrative issues and address and solve problems among staff
- Patient care and safety and patient teaching
- Triage patients, insertion and maintaining of IV catheters, Foley catheters and NG tubes
- Blood transfusions, IV therapy, administer oxygen, medication administration, collection of specimens for lab, place orders on computer for special procedures, wound care, assist in intubations and code blues.
Registered Nurse (psychiatric)
AURORA CHARTER OAKS HOSPITAL
08.2017 - 09.2019
- Facilitating social and emotional needs for patients, supervising medication schedules and evaluating patient progress
- Collaborated with a variety of interdisciplinary professionals to determine and provide the best possible care for patients
- Educating the patients' family about their condition and how to create a supportive environment for the patient to return to long-term care and recovery
- Responsible for maintaining a safe environment through the use of monitoring devices and restraining techniques were deemed necessary
- Provide social support for patients by creating and encouraging patients to take advantage of opportunities such as support groups, social activities and other therapeutic measures, as well as participating with patients where appropriate.
Home Health
Home Care
05.2015 - 08.2017
- Private duty
Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
COAST PAZA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
Norwalk, CA
04.2013 - 04.2015
- Patient care and safety and patient teaching
- Triage patients, insertion and maintaining of IV catheters, Foley catheters and NG tubes
- Blood transfusions, IV therapy, administer oxygen, medication administration, collection of specimens for lab, place orders on computer for special procedures, wound care, assist in intubations and code blues
Register Nurse (Home Health)
EPIC HOME CARE
Los Angeles, CA
04.2014 - 07.2014
- Patient care and safety and patient teaching
- Full body assessment, vital signs, disease process teaching, s/s of infection and standard precaution teaching, diet teaching, home/falls prevention strategies to specific areas of risk teaching, pain management teaching, medication teaching, IV insertion and IV maintenance, s/s of IV complications teaching, obtained labs samples via venipuncture and in and out catheter, catheter insertion and maintenance, administration of medications, wound dressing, report any abnormal results to pt primary physician
- Develop appropriate care plan for pt.
Charge RN/Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
BEVERLY HOSPITAL
Montebello, Ca
07.2010 - 03.2013
- Responsible for managing, supervising and assisting the nursing staff, providing administrative support and patient care
- Directed the admission, discharge and general flow of patients, and assigning nurses and support staff to patients
- Provided guidance on administering care to new patients or those with special needs and answering questions regarding protocol
- Worked with other nurses and patients to create a plan of care that is individualized to a patient's needs
- Documented the performance of nurses, perform evaluations and counsel nurses on unsatisfactory performance
- Meet with upper management to discuss personnel and administrative issues and address and solve problems among staff
- Patient care and safety and patient teaching
- Triage patients, insertion and maintaining of IV catheters, Foley catheters and NG tubes
- Blood transfusions, IV therapy, administer oxygen, medication administration, collection of specimens for lab, place orders on computer for special procedures, wound care, assist in intubations and code blues.
Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
COAST PAZA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
Norwalk, CA
06.2009 - 08.2010
- Patient care and safety and patient teaching
- Triage patients, insertion and maintaining of IV catheters, Foley catheters and NG tubes
- Blood transfusions, IV therapy, administer oxygen, medication administration, collection of specimens for lab, place orders on computer for special procedures, wound care, assist in intubations and code blues
Education
Masters/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program -
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY
02.2024
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing -
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
12.2020
Associates Degree in Nursing, Nursing (RN) -
MOUNT ST. MARY’S COLLEGE
05.2007
Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, General and transfer -
EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
05.2002
Skills
- Team Leadership
- Licensed RN
- Patient Care Assignment
- Care Quality Evaluation
- Patient Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
- Decision-Making
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Clinical Leadership
- Patient Advocacy
- Care Coordination
- Rapport Building
- Performance Evaluations
- Nursing Care Coordination
- Patient Care Planning
- Patient Care Management
- Discharge Planning
- Duty Delegation
- Patient Assessments
- Performance Management
- Direct Patient Care
- Medication Administration
- Patient Care
- Issue Resolution
- Personal Integrity
- Patient Management
- Critical Care
- Calm and Composed
Bilingual
ENGLISH & SPANISH
Certification
- Registered Nurse License
- BLS certified
- ALS certified
- PALS certified
- MSUD Training certified
- MRMN certified
- Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-10-CM certified
Languages
English
Professional
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Charge Nurse (ER Dept)
BEVERLY HOSPITAL
07.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse (psychiatric)
AURORA CHARTER OAKS HOSPITAL
08.2017 - 09.2019
Home Health
Home Care
05.2015 - 08.2017
Register Nurse (Home Health)
EPIC HOME CARE
04.2014 - 07.2014
Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
COAST PAZA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
04.2013 - 04.2015
Charge RN/Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
BEVERLY HOSPITAL
07.2010 - 03.2013
Registered Nurse (ER Dept)
COAST PAZA DOCTORS HOSPITAL
06.2009 - 08.2010
Masters/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program -
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing -
CHAMBERLAIN UNIVERSITY
Associates Degree in Nursing, Nursing (RN) -
MOUNT ST. MARY’S COLLEGE
Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, General and transfer -
EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE
- Registered Nurse License
- BLS certified
- ALS certified
- PALS certified
- MSUD Training certified
- MRMN certified
- Diagnosis Coding: Using the ICD-10-CM certified
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