Emily Cardenas
Kerrville,TX
Summary
Dedicated nursing professional with a focus on patient care for diverse medical conditions. Proficient in evaluating patient responses and developing care plans in collaboration with healthcare teams, ensuring effective interventions and advocacy for patient rights.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Peterson Regional Medical Center
Kerrville, Texas
06.2024 - Current
- Cared for individuals with wide array of medical issues such as pulmonary, cardiology and infectious disease patients.
- Assisted in developing patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams.
- Administered medications according to prescribed guidelines, monitoring patients for reactions and adverse side effects.
- Advocated for patients by supporting and respecting basic rights, values, and beliefs.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to healthcare team.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
- Trained and mentored new RNs on best practices, hospital policies and standards of care.
- Assisted in wound care, dressing changes, and other clinical procedures.
- Administered intravenous fluids, inserting and removing Foley catheters, administering and adjusting tube feedings, inserting and removing NG tubes, administering enemas, medications, blood transfusions, and other treatments according to physician orders.an orders.
- recovering patients after heart catheterization procedures, EGD procedures, bronchoscopies, and pacemaker placement.
- managed wound vac's on patients with diabetic osteomylitis
- managed PCA pumps, JP drains
- transferred patients to higher level of care due to changes in patient condition
- assisted with hospice and palliative care patients
- Provided patient education on disease processes, medications, treatment plans, diet and lifestyle modifications.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Schreiner University
Kerrville, TX05-2024
Skills
- Patient care planning
- Medication administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Clinical assessment
- Wound management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Healthcare advocacy
- Problem solving
- Catheter care
- Pressure ulcer prevention
- Telemetry monitoring
- Blood transfusion
- Discharge planning
- pain management
- Seizure management
- Cardiac care
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
- RQI basic life support-renewal date September 9/2025
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Peterson Regional Medical Center
06.2024 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Schreiner University