Eleana Ochoa
Houston,US
Summary
Professional, competent and compassionate Registered Nurse with 15 years of Nursing experience including 13 years in Critical Care and 2 years in PACU. Delivering high quality, high standards of care, effective communication skills and excellent collaboration with interdisciplinary team. Providing excellent care to patients and their love ones. Post operative recovery care experience Pain and sedation management. Cardiovascular Board Certified Nurse CVRN-BC. Organized and knowledgeable Registered Nurse experienced in treating and caring for patients. Successful in providing fast and accurate assessments and working calmly under pressure. Recognized for collaborating well with doctors to maintain top-notch healthcare practices.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Memorial Hermann Hospital
Houston, TX
10/26/22 - Current
- Manage on staff team of 6-10 license and 1-2 unlicensed staff members as a charge Nurse
- Conducted daily rounds with attending physician to discuss treatment plans for each patient.
- Prepared equipment for invasive procedures such as central line insertions, arterial line insertions, pacemaker insertions and changes.
- Identified changes in a patient's condition promptly and reported them to the physician on call.
- Managed emergency situations quickly and effectively utilizing evidence based practices.
- Assisted with insertion of ventilators, tracheostomy tubes, chest tubes, Swan Ganz catheters.
- Utilized evidence based guidelines for best practice management of cardiac arrhythmias.
- Implemented appropriate infection control measures within the unit environment.
- Coordinated discharge planning activities with interdisciplinary team members to ensure successful transition from hospital setting to home or other facilities.
- Assessed and monitored patient conditions, including vital signs, lab results, and symptoms.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary healthcare team members to develop individualized patient plans of care.
- Educated patients and families on post-operative care instructions and lifestyle modifications.
Registered Nurse
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Caring post interventional Radiology post procedure, post sedation patients having Cerebral angiograms, Cerebral embolization, Port placement, Tunneled Central, Carotid stents, Liver biopsy, uterine embolization among other procedures
- Performed patient assessments and diagnostic tests in order to provide physicians with critical patient health information that they could use to develop targeted treatment plans and manage ongoing care
- Made patients and their families feel at ease during difficult and stressful situations, which aided recovery and reduced compliance issues
- Collaborated with physicians and other clinical staff to plan treatment, implement interventions, and improve the continuum of care in order to provide comprehensive services.
Post-Anesthesia Care Nurse
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX
02.2019 - 03.2022
- Provided individual care to patients having Vascular procedures from Cath lab including Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), Mitral clips, Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI), s/p Watchman, Bronchoscopies
- Also caring for patients with new fistulas, central line placements, LVADS, management of drips like Nicardipine, levophed, Amiodarone
- Caring for patients with complex surgeries in a level one trauma Hospital
- Patients with Ortho, Neuro, shock trauma, surgeries including patients on ventilator support
- Provided emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and caregivers
- Evaluate Patients pain level, implementing correct dosage of medication to alleviate pain and/or discomfort
- Determine patient readiness for in hospital transfer or discharge.
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX
06.2017 - 02.2019
- Assessed, planned, implement, and evaluate patients care and performed patient education in accordance to facility standards after open heart surgeries, CABG, Aortic dissections, Heart Valve replacement, post cardiac arrest care, Myocardial Infarction(MI),Patient ratio 1:1 or 2:1
- Maintain and monitor care for patients on Ventilators
- As well as assist and coordinate with intubation, extubating, line placements, chest tubes placements
- Management of Pulmonary Artery catheter
- Hemodynamic monitoring, EKG interpretation
- Management of IABP, Pacemakers, s/p STEMIs
- Assessed and managed various patient treatment for complex patient diagnoses from sepsis and acute respiratory distress
- Management of Inotropes, pressors, sedation, antiarrhythmic drips
- Worked with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to meet the personal, physical, psychological, and cognitive needs of patients.
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Northwestern Medicine Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Winfield
Winfield, IL
08.2009 - 04.2017
- Caring for patients post open heart surgeries CABG, Valve replacement, Cardiac arrest, complex vascular surgeries, stroke, sepsis
- Preceptor for new staff charge nurse, Rapid Respond team member
- Delivered outstanding and safe patient care in CVICU,CCU units
- Monitoring patients
- Contacted patients to inform them of their lab results and to give them care instructions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University College of Nursing
Addison, IL01.2016
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Elgin Community College
Elgin, IL01.2009
License Practical Nurse -
Elgin Community College
Elgin, IL01.2008
Skills
- Registered Nurse
- Nursing
- ICU
- CCU
- CVICU
- PACU
- Care
- Communication skills
- Collaboration
- Post operative recovery care
- Pain management
- Sedation management
- Ventilator management
- Vasopressors management
- Chest tube management
- Cardiac nurse
- EKG interpretation
- IABP management
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- Cardiovascular Board Certified Nurse
- CVRN-BC
Certification
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Houston Methodist Hospital
02.2022 - 08.2022
Post-Anesthesia Care Nurse
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
02.2019 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
06.2017 - 02.2019
Registered Nurse, CVICU
Northwestern Medicine Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Winfield
08.2009 - 04.2017
Registered Nurse
Memorial Hermann Hospital
10/26/22 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University College of Nursing
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Elgin Community College
License Practical Nurse -
Elgin Community College
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