Cristina Pizano

Med-surg I practicum- 135 hours completed at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Pediatric clinical practicum- 90 hours completed at Kaiser Permanente

Pediatric clinical practicum- 90 hours at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Maternal Health Clinical Practicum- 90 hours completed at Kaiser Permanente

Med-Surg II practicum- 180 hours completed at El Camino Hospital

Community Health practicum- 50 hours completed with Mercy Housing in Santa Cruz

Psychiatric Clinical Practicum- 30 hours at Good Samaritan and 60 hours at San Jose Behavioral Center

Preceptorship- 120 hours at St. Louis regional Hospital in L&D and Mother Baby

• Supervise CNA's on the floor to ensure resident's receive proper care and receive report from them during shift changes.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses
• Managed care from admission to discharge
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and tube feedings
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management

• Trained new caregivers in agency policies and proper methods to meet clients' needs.
• Monitored progress and documented patient health status changes to keep care team updated.
• Provided transportation and appointments management.
• Duties include intermittent catheterization, wound cleaning, dressing, meal prep, feeding, medication administration, transfers, and running errands.

• Applied positive behavior management techniques to enhance social interactions and emotional development.
• Prepared group activities to enhance socialization, communication and problem-solving skills for children.
• Maintained effective schedule balance between rest periods, active play, and instruction.
• Prepared healthy foods and beverages for children based on optimal dietary guidelines and individual restrictions.

• Duties include greeting guests, seating parties, taking drink orders, answering phones, cashiering, cleaning and setting tables.
• Maintain establishment cleanliness, work alongside servers and other staff to maintain flow of customers.

• Duties include mass meal prep and distribution for surrounding shops on campus
• Our unit worked alongside Catering to prepare and deliver food for the events on campus
• Maintain proper hygiene and prevent cross contamination of foods.

• Duties included cashiering, online orders, returns, exchanges, and closing.
• Displayed merchandise by arranging in appealing ways to boost sales
• Informed customers of current store promotions to encourage additional sales purchases.

• [Alpha Tau Delta] Member
• [California Nursing Student Association] Member
• Professional Development: [Braven Fellowship]