Daisy Desiree Avila

• Provided patient care for dialysis patients simultaneously focusing on providing clean, safe and comfortable treatment environment.
• Completed thorough assessments to understand current patient conditions, complaints, and symptoms.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Assessed, cleaned, and connected fistulas, grafts, and catheters using aseptic technique to prevent infection.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized patient care plans that addressed unique medical needs and promoted optimal health outcomes.
• Maintained a positive, patient-centered culture by modeling exceptional nursing care and reinforcing the value of empathy, compassion, and professionalism among team members.

• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments on postpartum mothers and neonates to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary. Closely collaborating with antepartum, labor & delivery and NICU.
• Obtain infant vital signs, routine labs, and blood sugar checks
• Evaluated patient histories such as pre-eclampsia, chronic hypertension, diabetes, and other illnesses along with current complaints and symptoms.
• Ongoing pain assessment and management for mothers along with hemorrhage assessment and fundal checks
• Administered blood transfusions per protocol
• Administered medications safely via oral and IV according to guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Promote breast feeding, newborn care, and patient education.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.

(Same duties as previously listed with addition of)

• Clinic: Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Collected blood specimens with focus on accuracy and adherence to aseptic technique. Prepared samples for shipping and disposed of bodily fluids in proper containers.
• Monitored lab results monthly to create customized care plans per patient alongside dietician, social worker, and nephrologist to assess, implement, and meet individual patient needs.
• Set up peritoneal dialysis machine and connected patient aseptically
• Flushed peritoneal catheter to ensure patency
• Exit care site and dressing changes for peritoneal catheter
• Acutes: floated to different units such as PICU, CCU, and pediatric med-surg to provide hemodialysis treatment at bedside.
• Set up manual continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) for neonates
• Set up continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) machine, connected patients at bedside or worked with ECMO specialist while patients' on ECMO circuit.
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.

• Started and ended reverse osmosis water systems and completed water quality monitoring tests.
• Set-up equipment for dialysis, primed dialyzer in preparation for use, and performed safety checks on all equipment.
• Measured and recorded patients' pre-dialysis and post-dialysis vital statistics.
• Looked, listened, felt, cleaned, cannulated, and connected patients fistulas or grafts to hemodialysis machines using aseptic technique.
• Explained dialysis procedures to patients and answered questions and concerns prior to starting dialysis alongside my interdisciplinary team.
• Administered Heparin, oxygen, and saline as prescribed.
• Monitored each patient closely during treatment to check for any adverse reactions or change in condition to report to attending nurses.
• Cleaned and disinfected hemodialysis machines, chairs, trays, and equipment.
• Safely transported, transferred, and positioned patients on chairs for treatment.