Emmy Markabail

Work History

Valley Presbyterian Hospital

11.2020 - Current

Treat and evaluate both adult and pediatric patients
Serve as a clinical supervisor (charge nurse). Create appropriate assignments, and determine which patients need to be seen first.
Prepared and monitored patients during procedural sedation.
Serve as a resource for colleagues.
Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Monitored vital signs, conducted physical assessments and evaluated laboratory results.
Take care of a wide variety of high acuity patients (STEMI, stroke, ROSC, DKA, etc.)
Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Assess patient conditions and prioritize treatments
Communicate with interdisciplinary team to provide excellent patient care
Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

Specialty Surgical Center

07.2019 - 02.2021

Provide patient and family pre-operative and post-operative education
Perform duties of a circulating nurse in both the operating room and GI department
Perform conscious sedation for procedures supervised by a physician
Prepared and monitored patients during procedural sedation.
Ensure operating room readiness by maintaining quality standards and safety precautions
Complete a surgical count, surgical time out, and document details of the procedure
Serve as a patient's advocate during surgery
Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
Monitored surgical patients and delivered quality level of care before, during and after operations to promote positive outcomes.
Provided direct support to surgical team during procedures.
Prepped operating rooms to comply with environmental asepsis standards.

Adventist Health White Memorial

11.2017 - 01.2019

Provide patient and family pre-operative and post-operative education
Function as a circulating nurse and recovery nurse in multi-specialty surgery center Conduct in depth patient interviews preoperatively
Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
Obtain informed consent for all surgeries
Ensure proper documentation is accurate and complete
Serve as a patient's advocate during and after surgery
Administer medications as ordered postoperatively in PACU and make sure the patient remains comfortable throughout their recovery process
Provide education to the patient and their caregiver regarding discharge instructions
Determine patient readiness for discharge home