CLOVER RODRIGUEZ
Loxahatchee,FL
Summary
Skills
Operate effectively in fast-paced emergency settings to address concerns with acute and chronic conditions. Good communication, decision-making and prioritization skills useful for assessing and triaging patients to optimize department resource utilization.
Overview
55
55
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Per
Maxim Healthcare Services
Boynton Beach, FL, Fl.
08.2018 - Current
- Promising homecare and visits to pediatric patients
- Provide educational training to parents
- Assisting in Wellness and Flu
- Immunization Clinic
- Registered Nurse Per Diem, Provide in home care for pediatric patients
- Provide in home assessment visits and medication administration to pediatric patients.
Optum United Healthcare Group
Boca Raton, FL
02.2016 - 08.2017
- Provide care to patients receiving in home infusion therapy including IVIG
- Assess and monitor patients with central lines
- Setup peripheral intr4avenous infusion lines
- Provide in home patient and family education on an ongoing basis
- Provide wound care.
Nurse Supervisor
Jackson Health System
Miami, FL
07.1989 - 10.2012
- Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within the designated specialty of obstetrics & neonatal care
- Observe, interview, and assess patients and parents to identify care needs
- Monitor and evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals
- Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care
- Provide preceptorship to newly hired staff on a regular basis
- Plan, evaluate, and modify treatment programs based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients, and by analyzing patient records
- Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice within organizational systems at the unit level
- Identify training needs and conduct training sessions for staff and nursing students
- Participate in educational and organizational conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing
- Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, and infection control standards
- Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology
- And resources
- Direct and supervise nursing staff and other healthcare personnel at the unit level
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans
- Instruct individuals, families, and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, childbirth and develop health improvement programs
- Perform administrative or managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, and long-range goals
- Provide NRP training and certification to staff on a regular basis.
Clinical Nurse
Colombia Aventura Medical Center
07.1998 - 03.2000
- Established and managed Pediatric After-Hours Satellite Clinic and facilitated admissions into the main hospital
- Coordinated and managed Immunization and school physicals programs to clients within the community
- Scheduled and supervised Nurses and other professionals and nonprofessional workers assigned to the clinic
- Provided health education to the community through health fairs and other activities
- Coordinated services with the main hospital and other regional hospitals to ensure patients are meeting guidelines for insurance reimbursement and facilitate smooth transmission into the systems
- Maintained accurate, detailed reports and records
- Conducted specified laboratory tests
- Collaborated with clinic doctors and other service providers to ensure optimal patient care and appropriate reimbursement.
Clinical Nurse
Catalanos Nurses Registry
Hialeah, FL
04.1986 - 07.1989
- Provided nursing care in private homes and hospital base setting
- Provided contract services in staff relief capacity to several hospitals within Dade county
- Provided assessment, evaluation and treatment in the home health setting
- Conducted client and services reviews according to Medicare guidelines.
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Miami Beach, FL
04.1979 - 04.1985
- Collaborated with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care
- Provide specialized direct and indirect care to the designated pediatric population at the unit level
- Observed, interviewed, and assessed patients to identify care needs
- Monitored and evaluated medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals
- Developed, implemented, and evaluated standards of nursing practice in pediatric specialty
- Evaluated the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice within the organizational systems
- Identified training needs and conducted training sessions for nursing students and other staff members
- Coordinated and participated in ongoing Quality Improvement hospital wide as well as unit base
- Conducted chart review on a regular basis
- Effectively transition the unit during the introduction of DRG and was credited as the only unit hospital wide to achieve the goal of fifty percent budget reduction in a given time
- Performed discharge planning for patients
- Direct supervision and evaluation of nursing care staff at the unit level.
Clinical Nurse
Center for Living Nursing Home
Fort Lauderdale, FL
05.1978 - 02.1979
- Provided nursing care to geriatric population
- Direct supervision of nursing care staff in the provision of patient treatment and therapy
- Presented clients and family members with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions
- Provided direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, as required
- Prepared reports to document patients' care activities
- Maintained departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.
Clinical Nurse
Busta Mante Children's Hospital
Kingston, Jamaica
04.1971 - 03.1977
- Provided nursing care to inpatient pediatric population age neonate to twelve years in various setting as
- Medical
- Surgical, Orthopedic, Infectious Diseases
- Ophthalmology, ER including the Burn's Unit
- And Intravenous Infusion Team.
- Managed the Special Formula Kitchen in preparing special formulas and the pasteurization of donated breast milk for premature babies.
Education
MBA/HCM - Business- Health Care Management
Phoenix University
08.2002
BSN - Nursing
Barry University
12.1992
Diploma - Midwifery
Simpson Maternity Pavilion
03.1972
Diploma - Nursing: Nursing
Kingston School Of Nursing
04.1971
Skills
- Medication Management
- Patient Assessments
- Regulatory Compliance
- Charting and Clinical Documentation
- Patient Examination
- Direct Patient Care
- Vitals Monitoring
- Medical Recordkeeping
- Patient Condition Monitoring
- Infection Control
- Needs Assessment
- Documentation
- IV Drug Therapy Management
- Treatment Plan Modification
- Client satisfaction survey
- Decision-Making
- Blood Draw
- Intake and Discharge
- Staff, student training & preceptorship
- Immunizations and Vaccination
- Medication and IV Administration
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Patient Care Assessment and Discharge Planning
- Nursing Performance Assessment
- Physical and telephonic patient triage
- Microsoft Office
- Accurate Documentation
- Attention to detail
- Critical Thinking and decisions making
- Multitasking and prioritizing
- Effective Communication
- People Oriented
- Staff supervision and evaluation
- Laparasopic Procedures Familiarity
Timeline
Registered Nurse Per
Maxim Healthcare Services
08.2018 - Current
Optum United Healthcare Group
02.2016 - 08.2017
Clinical Nurse
Colombia Aventura Medical Center
07.1998 - 03.2000
Nurse Supervisor
Jackson Health System
07.1989 - 10.2012
Clinical Nurse
Catalanos Nurses Registry
04.1986 - 07.1989
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Mount Sinai Medical Center
04.1979 - 04.1985
Clinical Nurse
Center for Living Nursing Home
05.1978 - 02.1979
Clinical Nurse
Busta Mante Children's Hospital
04.1971 - 03.1977
Diploma - Nursing: Nursing
Kingston School Of Nursing
Diploma - Midwifery
Simpson Maternity Pavilion
BSN - Nursing
Barry University
MBA/HCM - Business- Health Care Management
Phoenix University