David Guereca

• Collaborate with attendings, residents and APRNs in a 30+ bed ER with 1:4 ratios.
• Perform triage on arriving patients and quickly prioritizing based on severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Provide emergency interventions in high acuity trauma cases including gunshot wounds, multi-victim MVCs, and burns. Using critical thinking and implementing evidence based practice to promote better health outcomes
• Train new staff to understand emergency room policy and procedure. Providing education on workflow and use of equipment such as Level 1 rapid infuser, cardiac monitors, and restraints.

Registered Nurse (August 2022 - January 2024)

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to provide quality patient centered care on a general medicine unit with 1:6 patient ratios.
• Routinely performed nursing skills including wound care and staging, blood draws and IV insertion, central line dressing changes, and accurate EMR documentation.
• Assumed charge nurse role. Facilitated conflict resolution and crisis intervention by being a first line resource to nursing staff and involving patient relations, ethics team if needed.
• Created safe and suitable patient assignments for oncoming shifts. Updated acuity rankings using clinical knowledge and unit-based tools.

Patient Care Technician (June 2021 - August 2022)

• Learned and developed key clinical skills such obtaining vitals signs, performing EKGs, and therapeutic communication.
• Organized and replenished unit supplies to maintain team readiness for expected demands.
• Assisted patients with ADLs and anticipated needs to promote patient safety.

• Greeted visitors upon arrival, offered assistance, and answered questions to build rapport.
• Answered and managed incoming and outgoing calls while recording accurate messages for relay to office staff.