DAYANNE SOTO
Harrison,NJ
Summary
Passionate Nurse Manager brings talents in patient education, employee management and leadership development. Productive mentor and natural leader focused on fostering positive and collaborative organizational culture. Hardworking well-versed in primary care. Treats patients of all ages and specializes in delivering effective quality nursing care. Performs in stressful and crisis situations and interprets and applies policies and procedures with good judgment.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Nursing
Harbour View Senior Living
06.2023 - Current
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with physicians and staff to support seamless healthcare operations.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents, and families.
- Discussed medical histories with patients in effort to provide most effective medical advice.
- Developed positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs to promote teamwork and mutual respect.
- Monitored and evaluated nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care
Assistant Director of Nursing
Harbour View Senior Living
12.2022 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with staff, management and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents and families.
- Established and monitored infection control programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to prevent transmission of disease and infection.
- Developed positive employee relations, incentives and recognition programs to promote teamwork and mutual respect.
- Evaluated work performance for nursing personnel to implement discipline.
- Planned and assigned workload to nursing staff to direct patient care.
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes and resident complaints or concerns.
Medical Surgical Staff Registered Nurse
Mountainside Hospital
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens and pain management techniques.
- Managed caseload of 6 - 8 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, IV therapy and wound care.
- Monitored patients before, during and after surgical operations to evaluate patient care and maintained aseptic techniques.
- Managed pre-op and post-operative patient care by stocking medical supplies and preparing operating rooms.
- Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques
RN Unit Manager
wayne
12.2021 - 11.2022
- Created and updated care plans
- Managed performance of 6 person nursing staff, reviewing task completion, prioritization and report quality
- Applied clinical judgment and comprehensive knowledge of facility policies to assist floor nurses with patient care decisions
- Offered exceptional care to every patient in Sub-Acute unit by handling duties such as wound care, feeding tubes, IV medications, TPN, draining tubes system.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions
LPN Nursing Supervisor
wayne
12.2020 - 12.2021
- Monitored infection control and critical incidents and made changes and improvements to processes where necessary
- Coordinated and led in-services to facilitate nursing leadership development and career growth
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions
- Maintained thorough, accurate and confidential documentation in electronic medical records
- Trained and mentored new nurses on best practices, facility policies and standards of care
- Collaborated with doctors to plan post-treatment home care and prevent return hospitalization.
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Manhattanview healthcare center
03.2018 - 12.2020
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns
- Collected biological specimens and packaged for laboratory transport to complete diagnostic tests
- Used sterile techniques to prepare patients for procedures
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider
- Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids to address patient symptoms and underlying etiologies.
Education
Master of Science - Nursngi
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ12.2025
Associate of Science - undefined
University of The Sacred Heart
San Juan, PR12.2021
Associate of Science - LPN
Eastwick College
Hackensack, NJ01.2018
Skills
- Nursing Intervention Evaluations
- Medical Administration
- Emergency Response
- Patient Counseling
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Education and Advocacy
- Staff Supervision
- Corrective Action Implementation
- Patient Care
- Treatment Planning
- Discharge Planning
- Samples Collection
Certification
BLS Certified through American Heart Association.
Languages
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Spanish
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Portuguese
Limited Working
Timeline
Director of Nursing
Harbour View Senior Living
06.2023 - Current
Assistant Director of Nursing
Harbour View Senior Living
12.2022 - 06.2023
Medical Surgical Staff Registered Nurse
Mountainside Hospital
11.2022 - 06.2023
RN Unit Manager
wayne
12.2021 - 11.2022
LPN Nursing Supervisor
wayne
12.2020 - 12.2021
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Manhattanview healthcare center
03.2018 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Nursngi
William Paterson University of New Jersey
Associate of Science - undefined
University of The Sacred Heart
Associate of Science - LPN
Eastwick College
BLS Certified through American Heart Association.
Languages
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Spanish
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