DANICA V. PERIO
Westmont,IL
Summary
Experienced with providing high-quality patient care in diverse environments. Utilizes critical thinking and adaptability to meet varying patient needs. Strong understanding of patient assessment and healthcare protocols.
Professional healthcare provider prepared to excel in dynamic environments. Adept at delivering comprehensive patient care and adapting to diverse clinical settings. Reliable team collaborator with focus on achieving optimal patient outcomes and seamless workflow. Highly skilled in patient assessment and critical thinking.
Professional healthcare provider with focus on delivering high-quality patient care in diverse settings. Skilled in patient assessment, critical thinking, and emergency response. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and achieving results. Adaptable and reliable, ensuring seamless transitions and optimal outcomes in dynamic environments.
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Travel Nurse
Anderson Hospital
Maryville, IL
03.2026 - 06.2026
- Administered patient care plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
- Monitored vital signs and documented changes to ensure timely interventions.
- Educated patients and families on treatment plans and post-discharge care.
- Streamlined patient intake processes, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify patient needs and tailor care accordingly.
- Delivered high-quality patient care during emergency situations, remaining calm under pressure and effectively prioritizing tasks according to urgency.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
Telemetry
Memorial Hospital Of Belleville
Belleville, IL
05.2024 - 03.2026
- Participated in quality improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing the overall performance of the medical telemetry unit.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Educated patients and families on heart health management, medication adherence, and lifestyle modifications.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments of cardiac patients, ensuring timely interventions based on telemetry readings.
- Enhanced patient care by accurately interpreting cardiac monitor readings and promptly reporting critical findings to healthcare team.
- Prevented life-threatening complications by quickly recognizing early warning signs of deterioration in critically ill patients under close observation.
- Administered prescribed medications safely and effectively while closely monitoring potential side effects or adverse reactions.
- Ensured patient safety through vigilance in infection control practices, falls prevention strategies, and medication administration protocols.
- Administered heart and blood pressure medication to cardiac patients as prescribed by physicians.
- Managed complex patient caseloads with varying acuity levels, effectively prioritizing care needs and allocating resources as necessary.
Progressive Care Unit/Telemetry
SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
10.2023 - 06.2024
- 12hoursX3days
- Monitored patient telemetry and vital signs to ensure timely intervention and care adjustments.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments to evaluate patient conditions and identify potential complications.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed, ensuring adherence to safety standards.
- Facilitated patient education on telemetry equipment usage and health management strategies.
- Streamlined workflow processes in telemetry unit, enhancing operational efficiency and patient care quality.
- Facilitated seamless transitions of care from ICU to telemetry unit by coordinating necessary equipment, resources, and personnel.
Emergency Department Nurse
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
Bacolod City, Philippines
06.2020 - 07.2023
- Provided nursing care within Level 3 Trauma Center.
- Responding during emergency situations
- Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitored ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations.
- Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, urinalysis and administering medications and monitors and record intake and output.
- Quickly and accurately assess patient care needs
- Work collaboratively with doctors and staff to provide exceptional care
- Perform all requested diagnostic tests
- Diagnose and develop treatment plans collaboratively with doctors and staff
- Manage multiple cases simultaneously, prioritizing needs continually
- Comply with all legal and safety requirements at all times
- Maintain a clean, sanitary, and organized work environment
- Work at maximum efficiency without compromising quality of care
- Abide by all hospital rules and regulations
- Act in a composed and professional manner, especially under pressure
- Monitor coworkers and voice concerns to minimize errors
- Provide follow up care instructions to patients and make necessary referrals
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient charts
- Attend all required training and continuing education events
- 400 bed capacity, certified by ISO and JCI
- Tertiary teaching-learning hospital
- Unit/Area: Emergency Department
- Number of Hours Worked (per week):40 hours per sweek
Intensive Care Unit Nurse
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
Bacolod City, Philippines
06.2020 - 07.2023
- Performs direct nursing care procedures, which include bedside nursing, hygiene, pre- and post-operative nursing care, admission and discharge duties.
- Observe, records and reports patient’s symptoms, conditions and progress of treatment and therapy.
- Prepares patient for, and assist the physicians with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for both normal and specialized treatment cases.
- Administers medication and note’s reaction.
- Performed IV insertion and total body patient assessments
- Performs bedside care and health teaching
- Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members
- Taking care patients holistically and establishing personal rapport with patients and their families
- Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families and folks.
- Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
- Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.
- Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; calling for repairs; and evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and participating in professional societies.
- Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods.
- Responding during emergency situations
- Performed various nursing procedures
- Using Hospital Information System
- 400 bed capacity, certified by ISO and JCI
- Tertiary teaching-learning hospital
- Unit/Area : Adult Intensive Care Unit
- Number of Hours Worked (per week):40 hours per week
Emergency Department Nurse
Riverside Medical Center Inc.
Bacolod City
09.2018 - 06.2020
- Provided nursing care within Level 3 Trauma Center.
- Responding during emergency situations
- Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitored ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations.
- Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, urinalysis and administering medications.
- Quickly and accurately assess patient care needs
- Work collaboratively with doctors and staff to provide exceptional care
- Perform all requested diagnostic tests
- Diagnose and develop treatment plans collaboratively with doctors and staff
- Manage multiple cases simultaneously, prioritizing needs continually
- Comply with all legal and safety requirements at all times
- Maintain a clean, sanitary, and organized work environment
- Work at maximum efficiency without compromising quality of care
- Abide by all hospital rules and regulations
- Act in a composed and professional manner, especially under pressure
- Monitor coworkers and voice concerns to minimize errors
- Provide follow up care instructions to patients and make necessary referrals
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient charts
- 300 bed capacity
- Tertiary teaching-learning hospital
- Unit/Area : Emergency Department
- Number of Hours Worked (per week): 40 to 48 hours per week
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Riverside College Inc.
03.2018
Skills
- Highly passionate RN with more than eight years experience in clinical settings providing direct nursing care to infants, children, adolescents and adults in Emergency Department and in Intensive Care Unit
- Have knowledge on how to take care patients holistically
- Open to new learnings and fast learner
- Have knowledge during emergency situations with ACLS and BLS license
- Skilled in various nursing procedures
- Skilled in IV Insertion
- Can assist client effectively
- Have knowledge on how to use Hospital Information System
- Have knowledge using computers and MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)
- Flexible and calm even under pressure
- Can communicate effectively in English
- Skilled in developing trust and build good rapport with people
- Multitasking, compassionate
- Critical thinking
- Demonstrated capacity for developing new skills
- Good time management and organizational skills
- Good listening skills
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
Certification
- State of licensure: Illinois
- License Number: 041.529716
- Valid Until: 2028-05-31
Timeline
Travel Nurse
Anderson Hospital
03.2026 - 06.2026
Telemetry
Memorial Hospital Of Belleville
05.2024 - 03.2026
Progressive Care Unit/Telemetry
SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
10.2023 - 06.2024
Intensive Care Unit Nurse
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
06.2020 - 07.2023
Emergency Department Nurse
Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital
06.2020 - 07.2023
Emergency Department Nurse
Riverside Medical Center Inc.
09.2018 - 06.2020
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Riverside College Inc.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Telemetry Monitoring & Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation
- Cardiothoracic & Post-Operative Patient Care
- Comprehensive Patient Assessment
- Medication Administration & IV Therapy
- Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Documentation
- Acute Care & Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Patient & Family Education
- Care Planning & Coordination
- Infection Prevention & Safety Compliance
- Critical Thinking & Clinical Decision-Making
- Emergency Response & Rapid Intervention
- Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Time Management & Prioritization
- Discharge Planning & Transitional Care
- Compassionate Patient-Centered Care
- ACLS & BLS Certified, NIHSS Certified