Carrie Niccole Diaz

• Empowered clients by teaching coping mechanisms and self-advocacy skills to promote independence and resilience.
• Conducted group therapy sessions, fostering a supportive environment for individuals to share experiences and learn from one another.
• Built strong rapport with clients, fostering trust and open communication for effective therapy sessions.
• Established clear boundaries with clients, maintaining ethical practice standards while preserving the therapeutic relationship.
• Utilized motivational interviewing techniques to help clients recognize personal barriers to change and identify actionable steps towards improvement.
• Enhanced client well-being by providing comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, and tailored interventions.
• Guided patients through mindfulness exercises, enhancing their ability to manage stress and anxiety.
• Identified indications of mental deficiency, abnormal behavior, or maladjustment through direct observation.
• Referred clients to other specialists, institutions or support services as necessary.
• Trained in techniques such as EMDR, stress reduction therapy and play therapy to improve outcomes.
• Maintained accurate case records and documentation, ensuring compliance with state regulations and ethical standards.
• Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
• Supported clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times.
• Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.
• Advocated for clients to assure respected rights and wishes.
• Evaluated clients' social, emotional and psychological needs to create treatment plans.
• Educated clients and families on mental health, wellness and recovery topics.
• Developed creative therapeutic approaches to address unique client challenges and promote lasting change.
• Conducted therapy sessions focused on trauma recovery, facilitating patient healing and empowerment.
• Improved client coping mechanisms with cognitive behavioral techniques.
• Utilized psychoanalytic methods to uncover underlying issues for deeper patient insight.
• Engaged in continuous professional development to stay abreast of latest therapeutic techniques and best practices.

• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease, and coronary artery disease.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Monitored patient reactions to drugs and carefully documented findings.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Provided didactic and clinical instructions to orient new nurses and potential student nurses to achieve training outcomes.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.

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• Implemented infection control measures consistently, minimizing risk of cross-contamination among vulnerable ICU patients.
• Advocated for patient needs, working closely with healthcare providers to ensure individualized care plans were developed and executed accordingly.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.
• Performed arterial cut-downs, inserted central lines and inserted endotracheal tubes as part of trauma team.
• Provided compassionate end-of-life care for terminally ill patients and their families, ensuring dignity and comfort during difficult moments.
• Operated advanced life support equipment proficiently during emergencies, stabilizing critically ill patients swiftly when necessary.
• Proactively addressed potential issues through regular rounds with physicians which led to early identification of deteriorating conditions.