Danette Tafoya

• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Oversaw daily operations of the clinic including caring for patients and assisting with procedures. I supervised staff, performed evaluations and scheduling of staff . I was also the OR coordinator for the clinic.

• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
• Secured controlled narcotics and distributed medication on schedule to meet patient needs and minimize misuse opportunities.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.

Care of patients in clinic, assisted with procedures.

Supervised staff, performed staff evaluations, scheduling and hiring of new staff.

Oversee daily operations of clinic

Monitor, educate and adjust doses for patients being cared for in the Anticoagulation Clinic.

Served as consultant to hospital staff and physicians .

Served as liaison patients and physicians who required LMWH

therapy for surgery and procedures .

Co-investigator in research studies being conducted through the Anticoagulation Clinic.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Led successful team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
• Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.
• Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
• Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
• Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring and specimen collection.