Damari Ortiz
Chicago,IL
Summary
Passionate for assisting emergency services such as: emergency department, Sicu/Micu/Ticu/Ccu/Pacu, rapid response team and all floor units such as step down/med surg/tele. Dedicated team player, eager to learn. Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, PACU
St. Bernards Medical Center, PACU
05.2024 - Current
- Reduced complications by promptly identifying and addressing post-operative issues in PACU patients.
- Decreased medication errors by meticulously administering medications following proper protocols and verifying dosages.
- Provided emotional support to patients and their families during the recovery process, easing anxiety related to surgery outcomes.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures in the PACU setting, such as wound care, dressing changes, and insertion of invasive monitoring devices.
- Contributed to efficient unit operations by assisting in the orientation of new staff members to PACU procedures and best practices.
- Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
Registered Nurse
Stroger Hospital ED/ICU Float/PACU
04.2022 - 03.2024
- Prioritizing patient care acuity and providing proper delegation for greater outcome in patient treatment
- Managed multiple patients with differing drug dosing in a timely and safe matter
- Managed multiple acuities at a 1:6 ratio without minimizing efficiency
- Continue vent management for respiratory failure patients
- Provided care for Pediatric trauma/medical patients
- Floated to all floors, MICU/SICU/TICU/CCU/PICU/BURN/PEDS/TELE/PCU/MED-SURGE.
- Championed a culture of patient-centered care, consistently demonstrating empathy, respect, and professionalism in all interactions with patients and their families.
- Increased efficiency in the Float Pool by effectively prioritizing tasks and managing time across multiple units.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Shannon Hospital, ED
01.2022 - 03.2022
- Managing drips in ambulance transfer
- Manage critical holds in emergency departments
- Performed laboratory duties, including throat/nasal cultures, ekgs, cardiac monitoring vital signs, and including urinalysis
- Maintained medical documentation in a thorough manner.
- Optimized patient flow within the Emergency Department by collaborating with charge nurses in coordinating bed assignments and discharges according to capacity constraints.
- Promoted a safe and supportive environment for both patients and staff members by adhering to infection control protocols, maintaining equipment, and following safety guidelines.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Macneal Hospital, ED
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Triaging and prioritizing to improve patient outcomes
- Proficient and detailed oriented in managing acuities of ratios 1:5
- Adheres to hospital's policies and code of conduct
- Responding to rrt and codes
- Epic software charting
- Communicate with healthcare team members about patient's change in status
- Independently maintained safe and effective care to patient with different acuity levels in a time-restricted and demanding environment.
- Contributed to improved departmental performance metrics through prompt documentation of assessments, interventions, and patient responses in electronic medical records.
- Prevented potential medication errors by diligently verifying orders, double-checking dosages, and administering medications according to established protocols.
- Upheld professional nursing standards and ethical principles when advocating for patients'' rights, respecting their autonomy, and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Jesse Brown Va, Micu/Sicu
09.2020 - 11.2021
- CVVH monitoring
- CPRS, BCMA, PICIS system charting
- Surgery and Cath lab recovery to Icu
- Managing ventilators and specialty lines such as picc/central/mid lines/external pacers
- RRT team, great with IV starts
- Ratios 1-2 patients icu, 1-6 for med-surge
- Floated to step down/tele/med-surge.
- Administered medications accurately and effectively, preventing adverse reactions through careful monitoring of drug interactions.
- Increased family involvement in patient care by providing timely updates on their loved one''s progress and addressing any concerns or questions they may have had.
- Demonstrated advanced critical thinking skills while managing complex clinical situations involving multiple organ systems failures in critically ill patients.
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Illinois Masonic, ED
04.2020 - 09.2020
- Reacting effectively in emergency scenarios, demonstrating sound decision-making that helped increase patient outcomes
- Contributing to strategic plans and initiatives to advance standards of care excellence, improve patient outcomes and drive continuous improvement
- Highly proficient clinical skills, IV starts, pushes, drip management
- 12 lead EKG, cardiac monitoring
- Central line care, drawing blood gasses, A-line setups
- Defibrillation codes, managing ventilations
- Cerner computer charting.
- Demonstrated strong clinical reasoning skills when assessing patients'' conditions, initiating appropriate interventions, and escalating concerns to physicians as needed.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit/Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Community First Hospital, ED/Micu/Sicu
11.2017 - 06.2020
- Prioritizing patient care and stabilizing incoming patients
- Interactions with patient care with hand off report to Cardiac cath lab and ICU/ED
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.
- Respond to rapid response calls/codes
- Monitoring and titrating IV drips
- Delivering direct patient care through the nursing process
- Implement doctor's orders and knowledge of EKG/ECG readings
- Document patient status at the time of admission, transfer, and discharge
- High level success in obtaining IV access in patients with poor vasculature
- Communicate with healthcare team members about patient's change in status
- Independently maintained safe and effective care to patient with different acuity levels in a time-restricted and demanding environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Resurrection University
Chicago, United States12.2016
Skills
- Cardiac monitoring
- IV Insertion
- Vital signs monitoring
- Assessments
- HIPPA compliance
- Clinical judgment
- Airway Management
- Patient Examination
- Medication administration
- Detail Oriented
- Phlebotomy
- Strong communicator
Certification
- Registered Nurse/NCLEX Licensure, State of Illinois, 2017-Present
- BLS CPR Certified, 2025
- PALS Certified, 2025
- ACLS Certified, 2025
- TNCC Certified, 2025
Leadership Experience
- Veterans of foreign wars- teach salsa/bachata to veterans while working alongside with Warriors beyond war foundation.
- Help teach veterans with mental illness (PTSD), how dance can help aid with de-stress of emotions with an up movement such as salsa and bachata dance movement.
- Charge Nurse in Intensive care and Emergency department
Timeline
Registered Nurse, PACU
St. Bernards Medical Center, PACU
05.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
Stroger Hospital ED/ICU Float/PACU
04.2022 - 03.2024
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Shannon Hospital, ED
01.2022 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Macneal Hospital, ED
07.2021 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Jesse Brown Va, Micu/Sicu
09.2020 - 11.2021
Registered Nurse, Emergency Department
Illinois Masonic, ED
04.2020 - 09.2020
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit/Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Community First Hospital, ED/Micu/Sicu
11.2017 - 06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Resurrection University
- Registered Nurse/NCLEX Licensure, State of Illinois, 2017-Present
- BLS CPR Certified, 2025
- PALS Certified, 2025
- ACLS Certified, 2025
- TNCC Certified, 2025
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