Charito Sicat

• Provided direct patient care for critically ill patients in a Medical Intensive Care Unit.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to identify potential problems or changes in condition that required medical intervention.
• Monitored ventilator settings as needed to maintain adequate oxygenation levels for mechanically ventilated patients.
• Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol, and procedures.
• Operated and maintained life support systems and other medical equipment with precision and care.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for ICU patients.
• Utilized strong critical thinking skills to make quick and accurate clinical decisions in emergency situations.
• Responded to life-saving situations using appropriate resuscitation techniques and emergency protocols.
• Managed comprehensive care for critically ill patients, ensuring adherence to ICU protocols and guidelines.
• Evaluated patient vital signs and laboratory data to assess needs and provide emergency interventions.
• Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.

• Provides critical care to patients suffering drom complex neurological disorders and injuries, monitoring and assessing patients with life threatening issues such as stroke, aneurysms, neurosurgeries such as post craniotomy and craniectomy, tumor resections, seizues, brain infections and tumors,, hydrocephalus,
• Collaborates with a team of healthcare professionals , including neurologist, neurosurgeons, and other specialist, to develop comprehensive treatment plans
• Managing patients with EVDs and lumbar drains, ICP and EEG monitoring
• Performed in-depth neurological assessment on post stroke patients

• Ensured compliance with hospital policies and procedures related to ICU operations.
• Assessed and monitored vital signs of critically ill patients.
• Performed bedside procedures, including intubation, central line placement, arterial lines, chest tubes and wound care.
• Implemented evidence-based practice guidelines when caring for critically ill patients.
• Responded quickly and efficiently to any changes in patient condition or treatment plan.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team members in order to provide quality patient care.
• Provided emotional support to patients' families during difficult times.
• Initiated resuscitation measures when necessary following cardiac arrest or respiratory failure events.
• Provided care to a variety of complex medical and surgical patients.
• Assisted physicians with various invasive procedures within the ICU setting.
• Analyzed laboratory results and other diagnostic tests in order to develop an appropriate plan of care for individual patients.
• Developed effective communication strategies with fellow healthcare professionals regarding patient status updates.
• Successfully managed multiple tasks while maintaining focus on providing safe, high-quality patient care.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for ICU patients.
• Responded to life-saving situations using appropriate resuscitation techniques and emergency protocols.

• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and restore vital functions.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery.
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well- coordinated treatment strategies.
• Personalized bedside care and interactions based on cultural backgrounds of different patients.
• Protected critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by limiting visitors, using proper PPE and using strong infection control procedures.
• Administered medications to treat patients' symptoms and address underlying disease progression.
• Provided targeted care and treatment to critically ill patients.
• Guided and educated patients and caregivers on diagnoses, disease management, preventive measures, medication use and self-care to
• foster consistency in care administration.
• Counseled patients and families on treatments, care options and
• discharge instructions.
• Electronic Health Records Systems - EPIC, Cerner
• Medication Administration and Titration of multiple IV drips
• Documented work in EPIC system and updated patients' charts with orders and observations.
• Completed diagnostic tests and patient assessments to evaluate treatment progress.
• Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
• Assessed and managed various patient treatments for numerous patient diagnoses from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
• Worked with interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement and manage care plans, ensuring inclusion of patients' individual needs.
• Promoted a safe environment by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
• Performed necessary treatments and interventions as prescribed by medical staff.
• Developed individualized plans of care based on evidence-based practice guidelines.

• Travel nurse in General Adult ICU
• Provides high quality nursing care for a wide variety of critical care patients, encapsulating all interventions within Critical Care RN scope of practice
• Participates/Responds to code situations BLS/ACLS certified
• Manages ventilated /sedated patients, arterial and central lines, all other invasive lines an , tubes and catheters, continuous ECG, EEG and hemodynamic monitoring
• Manages and titrate mulltiple IV drips and infusions
• Manages critical care patients hooked to different ICU equipments such as cardiac /hemodynamic monitors, mechanical ventilators, EEG monitoring, ICP monitor, CRRT machine, cooling and warming blanket machines
• Delivered optimum treatments to critical-care patients following prescribed rules, policies, protocol and procedures.
• Checked on patients regularly to track progress with treatments, changes in symptoms and need for emergency interventions.
• Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
• Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.

• Floated in ICU/Progressive/Medical Surgical Units
• Care of critical care patients, manage and operated ICU equipments and monitors, titrated multiple drips and infusions, responded to codes and cared for ventilated patients
• Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
• Managed caseload of 4 to 6 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
• Started intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
• Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non- pharmacological pain management interventions.
• Used EPIC to document patient plan of care by taking into account nursing interventions, diagnosis and expected patient outcomes.
• Collaborated daily with health care team to achieve optimum patient care, boosting patient satisfaction scores
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
• Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eli

• Delivered outstanding patient care in critical care units.
• Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and
• reporting on conditions to maintain stats within optimal levels.
• Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization
• treatments and restore vital functions.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote
• recovery.
• Managed needs of chronically ill and acute patients with well-
• coordinated treatment strategies.
• Administered medications , titrating drips and life saving drugs to treat
• Managed critically ill patients' symptoms and underlying disease and progression

•Answered codes quickly and orchestrated efficient, skilled medical care.

•Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.

•Communicated openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.

•Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.

•Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.

•Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.

• Floated in different areas of the hospital such as CCU, CVICU, PICU, Trauma/ED, Trauma/Neuro/Surgery, PACU, Special Procedures, Med Surg Floors and Progressive/Telemetry Unit
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
• Assisted in diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as unstable angina, cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, and cardiac dysrhythmia.
• Oversaw various aspects of ICU by responding to codes,emergency resuscitations, administering emergency medications,vasoactive drugs, titration, thrombolytic therapy, dysrhythmia interpretation and bedside procedures, operating and managing different types of ICU equipment

• Performed RN duties for critically ill trauma, orthopedic, vascular, oral, maxillofacial, surgical oncological, neurosurgery, urology and post operative patients
• Provided trauma specific patient care such as stabilizing critical patients, performing mass transfusion and fluid resuscitation, titrating
• intravenous critical drips, ACLS, assist providers with bedside procedures such as chest tube, ETT, line insertions,washouts, wound care, brain death protocols while working with organ procurement specialist.
• Operated critical care equipment to keep patients stable and promote recovery such as ventilators, EKG machine, defibrillators,CRRT dialysis machine, central line, arterial lines, pulmonary catheters, bedside procedure equipment carts( ET tube/chest tube insertion, lap trays, abdominal wash outs, tracheostomy, peg tube insertion, EVDs,camino, cooling and warming blankets, pacemaker
• Provided care specific for reconstructive vascular surgery patients such as leech therapy, flap monitoring

• 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.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored
• responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records
• current and support accurate treatments.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies
• and procedures.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources
• of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients'
• post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit.

• Assisted pediatric patients with disabilities and /or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum function.
• Assisted patients in adapting to an altered lifestyle while providing a therapeutic environment for patient's development.
• Designed and implemented treatment strategies that are based on scientific nurse theory related to self care and that promoted physical, mental and psychosocial health.
• Coordinated educational activities and used appropriate resources to develop and implement individualized teaching ad discharged plan with patients and their families.
• Facilitated therapeutic communication, conflict resolution and crisis intervention by redirecting negative behaviors and helping patients regain or improve coping abilities.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
• Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
• University Of Perpe

• Managed caseload of medical surgical patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
• Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non- pharmacological pain management interventions.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
• Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered,
• discharge instructions and follow-up care.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.
• Administered different therapies and medications in line with
• physician orders and treatment plan.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical
• activity levels and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.