Damilka Wenzell-Angeles Registered Nurse
Yonkers,NY
Summary
Dedicated and patient focused Registered Nurse with over 16 years of experience within the fields of NICU/ pediatric/OB-GYN/public health.
Very effective communication skills both written and spoken forms.
Fluency in English and Spanish establishing multicultural discourse.
Experience working within an interdisciplinary team within a constantly influx work environment.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Public Health Nurse
NFP- NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
01.2018 - Current
- Performed pertinent assessments on mother/infant/toddlers to evaluate physical, social, emotional and environmental needs of clients within the Nurse Family Partnership paradigm of home-based visitation.
- Performed public health nursing duties as a registered professional nurse community health setting.
- Develop therapeutic relationships utilizing concepts of reflective/motivational interviewing in helping clients identify salient goals and generating plans of action through education, support and providing resources to reach their targeted outcomes.
- Promoting the program through outreach within appropriate settings (I.e. OB/GYN clinics, hospitals) within the specified communities while establishing direct rapport between potential clients and front-line staff.
Public Health Nurse
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
01.2021 - 10.2022
- Mobilized as a NYC Emergency First Responder within city-based “points of dispensing” community centers and facilities.
- Provided medical education related to the inoculation of the COVID 19/Monkey pox vaccine to prospective patients.
- Facilitated the administration of the COVID/Monkey pox vaccine admidst the crisis of the pandemic.
- Observed and evaluated the patients post-vaccine administration to establish absence of adverse effects and if needed scheduling future vaccine doses.
Public Health School Nurse
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
02.2016 - 01.2018
- Performed public health nursing duties as a registered professional nurse in a school health setting.
- Identified students with health through nursing assessment, record review, diagnostic screening tests, and conferences with school officials, parents/guardians, and physicians.
- Administered medications, and other treatments to students as prescribed by an authorized licensed health care provider.
- Provided first aid to students with episodic illness that is consistent with the nursing process.
- Provided individual health counseling to students, parents/guardians, and school personnel.
- Oversaw all activities in the medical office, including the work of assistants.
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
New York Presbyterian Medical Center
07.2009 - 11.2014
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Responsible for admitting, assessing and caring for critically ill newborns suffering from RDS, IDM, Hyperbilirubinemia and congenital diseases.
- 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.
- Assisted performing UAC, UBC, PICC, Ches tube; intubation, infasurf insertion and assisted in caring in infants on ECMO.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Built trust with parents; providing them with detailed instructions to ensure proper care for infants.
Education
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
College of New Rochelle, The
New Rochelle, NY05.2008
Skills
- Patient Assessment
- Infant care
- IV management
- Tracheostomy care
- Medication administration
- Bedside care and procedures
- Patient triage
- Empathetic
Certification
Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC)
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
LICENSES
Registered Nurse (RN) NC
Registered Nurse (RN) NYS
Timeline
Public Health Nurse
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
01.2021 - 10.2022
Public Health Nurse
NFP- NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
01.2018 - Current
Public Health School Nurse
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
02.2016 - 01.2018
Registered Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
New York Presbyterian Medical Center
07.2009 - 11.2014
Bachelor Of Science In Nursing - Nursing
College of New Rochelle, The
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