Christina Merizema
West Richland,WA
Summary
Dynamic Registered Nurse with extensive experience at Kadlec Wound Healing Center, excelling in patient advocacy and education. Proven ability in wound care and infection control, enhancing patient outcomes through compassionate, holistic care. Skilled in team coordination and precepting, fostering professional growth in nursing staff while delivering high-quality care to diverse patient populations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Kadlec Wound Healing Center
07.2016 - Current
- Managed over 30 phone calls, faxes, and email per day to assist in patient care and general clinic function.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Trained over 10 new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Updated an average of 16 patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments a day face to face. Not including phone and web based patient care
- Served as a preceptor for 5 nursing students during their final nursing practicum and over 50 nursing students through clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
Registered Nurse Acute Care Unit
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
07.2015 - 07.2016
- Providing care for patients from all walks of life and medical issues
- Providing care and patient teaching to patients newly diagnosed and those that are chronically ill and medically fragile
- Working with families, patients, and medical staff to provide holistic care to patients and to meet their medical, physical, spiritual, and emotional needs
- Seeking out and carrying out doctors orders
- Helping patient with and providing help with patients their activities of daily living
- Reviewing medications, and administering them
- Take and monitor patients vital signs and report at necessary
- Perform physical head-to-toe assessments and be able to recognize abnormalities
- Interpret basic cardiac rhythms.
Registered Nurse Step Down Unit
Kennewick General Hospital (Trios Health)
10.2009 - 11.2015
- Providing nursing care, implementing doctors orders, administering medications, carrying out charge nurse duties, and aiding patients in any way as for them to benefit health wise in a step down unit
- Floating to other departments as needed
- Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records
- Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and orient patients to unit
- Delivered high-quality and compassionate treatment to indigent and low-income patient community
- Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.
Nurse Volenteer/Teacher
Real Hope For Haiti
09.2014 - 06.2015
- Organizing, planning, and implementing lesson plans and testing for four students at different grade levels
- Assisting with and providing care to malnourished children through an inpatient rehab program
- Assessing a child/adult and recognizing malnutrition and tropical diseases
- Assisting with care as needed in emergency clinic such as; wound care, IV starts, medication administration, vitals, tube feedings, and fluid hydration.
Nurse Volunteer/English Teacher
Foundation For Peace
11.2013 - 07.2014
- Organizing, hosting, and managing nursing and other medical teams coming into Haiti
- Teaching English as a second language at a professional school
- Managing, planning, and implementing lesson plans and testing
- Assisting and hosting construction teams coming into Haiti
- Providing medical care to the Foundation For Peace staff when needed such as referrals, vital signs, medication administration, and disease/diagnosis teaching.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northwest Nazarene University
Nampa, ID, United States08.2009
Skills
- Skilled in conducting physical assessments
- Strong medical ethic
- Patient and family advocacy and education
- Infection control measures
- Wound Care
- Compassion and Empathy
- Care Planning
- Nursing staff leadership
- Precepting
- Team Coordination
- Relationship Building
- Medical Recordkeeping
- Managing deadlines
- Culturally sensitive
- Documentation and Charting
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Washington, RN60105467, 2009-Present
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, 2003-Present
Interests
I love volunteering, spending time with my family, gardening, and reading a good book.
Addendum
I learn quickly, am motivated, and work well with others and alone. I am flexible, easy going, and enjoy learning new things. I'm always up for a new challenge!
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Kadlec Wound Healing Center
07.2016 - Current
Registered Nurse Acute Care Unit
Kadlec Regional Medical Center
07.2015 - 07.2016
Nurse Volenteer/Teacher
Real Hope For Haiti
09.2014 - 06.2015
Nurse Volunteer/English Teacher
Foundation For Peace
11.2013 - 07.2014
Registered Nurse Step Down Unit
Kennewick General Hospital (Trios Health)
10.2009 - 11.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Northwest Nazarene University