Erica Ruvalcaba
Huntington Park,CA
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Versatile Clinical Nursing Instructor with over 8 years of experience providing hands-on training to students. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Experienced in teaching clinical courses.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Navigator
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center
10.2017 - Current
- Provide education to patients who will be undergoing Total Knee Replacements, Total Hip Replacements, and Spine surgeries.
- Ensure patient has necessary equipment after surgery.
- Follow up calls to ensure the patients are doing well
- Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Provided emotional support to patients during challenging times, fostering a sense of trust and rapport that contributed to better overall wellbeing.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Reduced hospital readmission rates through effective patient education on self-care techniques.
Clinical Professor
California State University of Los Angeles
08.2016 - Current
- Responsible for providing quality instruction to students using the skills lab and clinical rotations
- Guide students in their nursing endeavor
- Serve as a mentor
- Help develop students critical thinking
- Supervise students in clinical areas
- Orient students to clinical area, demonstrate proper techniques, proper patient care
- Nursing Fundamentals: Assisted students with: Activities of daily living (ADL), ambulate patients, feed patients, making, insertion of urinary catheters, aseptic techniques
- Medical Surgical: Assisted students with: assessments, dressing changes, IV starts, medication administration via different routes, insertion of urinary catheters, insertion of nasogastric tubes, etc
- Public Health Clinicals: Assisted students with projects that would help educate the community's needs
- Visited Nursing homes and provided in-services to Nursing Staff
- Maintained active membership in professional nursing organizations to stay current on industry trends and best practices in clinical education.
- Evaluated student performance through assessments, providing timely feedback for continuous improvement.
- Delivered engaging presentations on various clinical topics, improving students'' knowledge and skills in patient care.
- Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
- Assigned students to patients based on students' learning objectives and patient needs.
- Fostered a culture of safety within the learning environment by emphasizing proper use of equipment, infection control measures, and patient privacy guidelines.
- Implemented innovative teaching strategies tailored to diverse learning styles, optimizing instruction effectiveness for each individual learner within the classroom setting.
Staff RN
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center
07.2008 - 10.2017
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess a patient's condition
- Inform the physician of the patient's post-operative condition and evolution during hospitalization
- Administer oral, intravenous, Patient Controlled Anesthesia and other anesthetics
- Implement, or evaluate patient care plans
- Provide information to patients and families on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and help develop health improvement programs
- Assess the needs of individuals, families, or communities, including the assessment of individuals' home or work environments, to identify potential health or safety problems
- Precept new nurses and students
- Act as Relief Charge Nurse
- Work closely with Ortho Nurse Practitioner, assisted MD with dressing changes, and facilitated discharge
- Assisted with Preoperative Classes
- Educated patients regarding hip and knee post-operative care
- Served as a preceptor for new nurses, sharing knowledge, expertise, and best practices to improve their skills and confidence.
- Improved patient satisfaction scores by providing compassionate, attentive, and empathetic care.
- Provided education on disease management, self-care techniques, and preventive measures to patients and families.
- Advocated for the needs of patients within the healthcare system while maintaining confidentiality and respecting patients'' rights.
- Delegated tasks to nursing assistants and support staff effectively, ensuring safe and efficient care delivery.
Education
Masters - Nursing Education
University of Phoenix
11.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
04.2013
Skills
- Microsoft Work
- PowerPoint
- Preceptor Experience
- Canvas
- Great Communicator
- Reliable
- Fluent in Spanish
- Basic life support
References
- Felipe Nunez, MS, PA-C, Adventist Health White Memorial, 562-639-1163
- Professor Bhelkys Macall, MSN ed, PHN, California State University of Los Angeles, 323-459-0854, Bmacall@calstatela.edu
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
RN Navigator
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center
10.2017 - Current
Clinical Professor
California State University of Los Angeles
08.2016 - Current
Staff RN
Adventist Health White Memorial Medical Center
07.2008 - 10.2017
Masters - Nursing Education
University of Phoenix
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Phoenix
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