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FARIDA LABARAN

Los Angeles,Ca

Summary

7 Years nursing experience with strong clinical background in Cardiovascular Surgery Transplant Progressive Care (CVS-PCU), General Care units and Clinical Research. Versatile clinical research professional knowledgeable about coordinating patient information, laboratory samples and compliance documents for diverse clinical trials. Highly organized and thorough with good planning and problem-solving abilities. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Work History

Founder and Vice President

Nonprofit Co, Share The Warmth International
11.2019 - Current
  • Joined forces with 7 compassionate, solution based and purpose driven women who are from different backgrounds and share common goals of inspiring hope and contributing to enhancing safety and wellbeing of people experiencing homelessness
  • Serve about 2500 unhoused people annually through organized event that provide food, drinks, clothes, shelter, hygiene kits and grooming services
  • Appoints & recommends committee members alongside President while providing tools to enhance success for all members
  • Lead in conflict mediation among internal team members to resolve any minor to major issues that may arise.
  • Founded performance- and merit-based evaluation system to assess staff performance

Travel Nurse, Post-Op Unit

Mercy Medical Center
07.2022 - 11.2022
  • Performed safe care practices on 40-bed unit in specialty population that includes: Ischemic strokes, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, spinal cord injuries, intracranial hemorrhage, transient ischemic attacks, seizures, encephalitis, rule out shortness of breath, rule out chest pain, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, supra-ventricular tachycardia, and varied other diagnoses
  • Established appropriate resources to plan and provide nursing services that are effective and cater to psychosocial needs of patients
  • Designed clinical and professional competency courses specific to appropriate age, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of patients served
  • Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency

Charge Nurse Cardiothoracic Surgery Transplant

Cedars Sinai Hospital
07.2020 - 07.2021
  • Supervised groups of approximately 30 nurses each shift to provide safe care for post cardiac surgery and transplant patients on 64- bed unit
  • Investigated and resolved issues affecting hospital operations and patient care.
  • Organized training seminars and courses to educate new staff or introduce new procedures and protocols
  • Oversaw daily administrative duties, including schedules, nursing assignments, and patient care
  • Implemented effective and efficient strategies for responding to emergencies calmly through teamwork

Cardiothoracic Surgery Registered Nurse

Cedars Sinai Hospital
09.2019 - 07.2021
  • Provided safe direct and indirect patient care services that ensures safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients on 54- bed unit while being assigned to 3 to 4 patients per shift
  • Specialized in identifying emergent needs of cardiac surgery specialty population that includes: cardiac bypass and/or valve post-surgical patients, post-implant mechanical circulatory support device patients including ventricular assist devices (LVADs)
  • Performed individualized patient care based on observations and make special adjustments as required to specific populations' needs, including cultural, spiritual, age, psychosocial, communication, gender, sexual orientation, economic, education, family and condition needs

Planned Career

Family Break
05.2019 - 09.2019
  • Took break from work to attend some personal family needs

Travel Nurse, Medical-Surgical Telemetry

St. Francis Medical Center
01.2019 - 05.2019
  • Provided professional patient care to 4-5 patients on 30- bed telemetry unit as well as float nurse duties in medical surgical and rehab units
  • Collaborated with multidisciplinary cardiovascular (CV) surgery team, including physician assistants (PA), nurse practitioners (NP), surgical residents, cardiac surgeon consultants, social workers, pharmacy and more to provide best possible quality of care to all patients and families
  • Performed thorough nursing assessment, patient education, discharge planning and deliver overall high quality patient centered care to patients
  • Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.

Travel Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit

Mercy Medical Center
09.2018 - 12.2018
  • Provided exceptional nursing care to adult patient populations on 4-5 patients per shift on 32- bed unit
  • Provided emotional support and guidance to patients and family members to help cope with emotional challenges of illness
  • Focused on providing individualized culturally competent care to ensure that each patient/ family’s culture, demographics and history are observed and respected
  • Utilized 5 steps of nursing process to determine needs of each patient and provide individualized interventions to all patients
  • Developed discharge plans for patients and provided information about follow-up care to reduce risk of readmission.
  • Documented all elements of care and updated patient charts and confidential files to reflect changes in care plans, interventions applied, and observations.

Nurse Residency Program Instructor

Mayo Clinic
08.2017 - 09.2018
  • Designed educational material and coached 200 new graduate nurses throughout their 9 months of Nurse Residency
  • Conducted 9 months of Evidence Based Practice research on patient satisfaction disparities between patients of social majority vs
  • Social minority backgrounds
  • Educated 160+ registered nurses, patient care technicians, nurse managers, health unit coordinators, clinical nurse specialists and nurse education specialists on strategies to implement in order to bridge gaps between patient satisfaction disparities
  • Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks

Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Surgery

Mayo Clinic
08.2016 - 09.2018
  • Delivered high quality nursing care to adult and pediatric patient populations to 3-5 patients on 37- bed unit each shift
  • Assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated
  • Recognized patient deteriorating trends and execute emergency medical interventions such as Basic Life Support (BLS) and
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.

Skills

  • Laboratory Testing
  • Patient Interviews
  • Individualized Treatment Plans
  • Patient Admission
  • Medication Side Effect Knowledge
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Clinical Research
  • Quality Improvement Plans
  • Documentation Research
  • Microsoft Office
  • EMR Systems
  • Site and Study Management

Timeline

Travel Nurse, Post-Op Unit

Mercy Medical Center
07.2022 - 11.2022

Charge Nurse Cardiothoracic Surgery Transplant

Cedars Sinai Hospital
07.2020 - 07.2021

Founder and Vice President

Nonprofit Co, Share The Warmth International
11.2019 - Current

Cardiothoracic Surgery Registered Nurse

Cedars Sinai Hospital
09.2019 - 07.2021

Planned Career

Family Break
05.2019 - 09.2019

Travel Nurse, Medical-Surgical Telemetry

St. Francis Medical Center
01.2019 - 05.2019

Travel Nurse, Intermediate Care Unit

Mercy Medical Center
09.2018 - 12.2018

Nurse Residency Program Instructor

Mayo Clinic
08.2017 - 09.2018

Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Surgery

Mayo Clinic
08.2016 - 09.2018

Certificate - Women Enterpreneurship

Cornell University

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Illinois

Education

Certificate - Women Enterpreneurship

Cornell University
Remote
07.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
05.2016

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

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