Corina Belmonte
San Jose,CA
Summary
Results-oriented, high-energy, hands-on professional, with seven years of experience in the field of nursing. Maintain favorable working relationships between medical agencies, fostering harmonious working climates that maximize morale, productivity and efficiency along many spectrums of the nursing field. Major strengths include strong leadership, excellent communication skills, competent, strong team player, attention to detail, dutiful respect for compliance in all regulated environments. Innate ability to form very productive teams. Extensive knowledge of current nursing practices with a clear vision to accomplish company goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
12.2023 - Current
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- 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.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care Sytem
07.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for optimal patient care, ensuring seamless communication between healthcare providers.
- Consistently maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments, interventions, and outcomes in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- Skillfully performed venipuncture, IV insertion, and catheterizations, ensuring proper technique and adherence to infection control standards.
- Provided health education to patients and families regarding discharge instructions and plans of care.
Registered Nurse
Nursing Acute Care Service - Inpatient Surgical Unit OVAMC
12.2020 - 07.2023
- Relieve charge nurses by assisting in preparing assignments, designating tasks, and organizing activities with unit needs and situation in mind.
- Possess an inherent ability to work independently and with other nurses that systematically manage COVID-19 operations.
- Provide nursing care for Veterans who are hospitalized for COVID-19. Treat patients with chronic and acute health problems such as shortness of breath, asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.
- Manage a defined but dynamic caseload of five COVID-19 patients per shift in collaboration with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Initiate, plan, implement, evaluate, and appropriately document patient care based on identified measurable outcomes in applicable assigned COVID patient care environments.
- Adhere to all sanitation, personal protective equipment, screening, confinement strategies, and triage protocols based on the latest COVID-19 guidance.
- Protect critically ill patients from unnecessary risks by limiting visitors, using proper PPE, and employing strong infection control procedures.
- Anticipate and respond appropriately to emergencies, coordinate interventions, and evaluate responses through critical analysis of patients and operational situations.
- Provide total and complete nursing care to include physical assessments, identifying changes in patients’ conditions and provide rapid intervention methods.
- Responsible for coordinating care with other health care team members through effective communications, following up and advocating on the veterans’ behalf with family members and other facilities as required for aftercare recovery.
- Prepare patients for surgical procedures to include offering education.
- Coordinate with interdisciplinary professionals, develop plans of care, administer tests, and monitor patient status.
Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical Floor
Osceola Regional Medical Center
11.2015 - 12.2021
- As nurse leader, I managed care and treatment of 20 patients per shift and supervised a team of registered nurses and patient care technicians. Formulated assignments, delegated tasks, arranged activities based on unit needs and situations. Coordinated with the supervisor to resolve staffing issues.
- Assessed and ensured overall well-being of all patients. Notified physicians of clinical changes and maintained patient charts and confidential files.
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared patients for laboratory transport.
- Managed care for post-operative patients from initial recovery through discharge.
- Liaised with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, and changes. Performed patient treatment according to urgency of condition while multitasking and delegating treatment needs to qualified staff to ensure effective and safe care to promote better outcomes.
- Developed care plans based on nursing diagnosis and incorporated therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing methods.
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments to restore vital functions.
- Provided direct supervision and often assigned as a preceptor to new or less experienced staff and nursing students.
- Provided orthopedic trauma/spine care and treatment for patients with musculoskeletal diseases, bone fractures, arthritis, and osteoporosis.
- Managed pain effectively by implementing position changes, cold therapy, activity, timely administration of analgesics with consideration of prior function, chronic pain, assistive devices and emotional requirements.
- Facilitated discharge coordination and administration in collaboration with Case Managers and Social Workers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Manuel V. Gallego Foundation Colleges
05.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Education
Central Luzon Polytechnic College
Nueva Ecija Philippines03-1994
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Strong clinical judgment
- Infection control measures
- Patient care
- Patient and family advocacy
- Clinical judgment
- Patient education and counseling
- Documentation and charting
- Patient assessment
- Compassion and empathy
- Patient monitoring
- IV setup
- Intravenous therapy
- Care planning
- Patient management
- Care plan development
- Professional bedside manner
- Physical assessments
- Patient care planning
Languages
Filipino
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
12.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care Sytem
07.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Nursing Acute Care Service - Inpatient Surgical Unit OVAMC
12.2020 - 07.2023
Registered Nurse, Medical/Surgical Floor
Osceola Regional Medical Center
11.2015 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Manuel V. Gallego Foundation Colleges
Bachelor of Arts - Industrial Education
Central Luzon Polytechnic College
Awards
Garnered 2018 Unit Best Orthopedic Nurse Award for receiving the most positive and constructive patient comments from a ward of over 30 nurses., Nominated for the Daisy Award for Exceptional Nurses in 2019 for displaying compassion to patients and their families., As Nurse Leader, I evaluated collective patient care outcomes, sought and adopted suggestions. I empowered my staff by delegating authority based on member’s education and training. Morale increased by 60% which subsequently increased overall productivity and patient care., As Nurse Leader, I noticed a problem with the transfer of information during shift change. After extensive research and weighing the pros and cons of delivery methods, I implemented a combination of methods that yielded a 30% decrease in data transfer and medication errors.
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