Favour Okoro
Albuquerque,New Mexico
Summary
I currently work at the Suite at Rio Vista as a long-term care nurse. I got my RN license in November 2024 and started my first job as an RN in January 2025. I have worked as both a CNA and a Caregiver from 2011 to 2024. I have worked in nursing homes, assisted living, and at the client’s homes. Skills: Oral, IV, and G-tube medication administration, patient assessment, processing methadone orders, monitoring inventory, wound care, foley catheter insertion, inputting physician's orders, proper documentation, and companionship. Graduated from Central New Mexico Community College (CNM). Currently pursuing my Bachelor's degree at University of New Mexico (UNM).
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
The Suites at Rio Vista
Rio Rancho, NM
01.2026 - Current
- Administered medications and treatments in accordance with established protocols.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualized patient care plans.
- Monitored patient conditions and documented changes for timely interventions.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Implemented evidence-based fall prevention strategies, resulting in a significant decrease in patient falls within the unit.
RN Staff Nurse
Ladera Center
09.2025 - 01.2026
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses to treatments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans.
- Educated patients and families on health management and post-discharge care.
- Creating an incident report
- Patient's assessment, including skin check
- Reporting abnormalities to the provider and initiating hospital transfer when needed.
- Following wound care orders while performing wound care.
- Collecting urine samples and placing them for lab collection.
Dispensing Nurse
MedMark treatment center
01.2025 - 10.2025
- Duties: pour doses and administer to patients when they come to my window.
- Dispense methadone using a liquid methadone dispensing machine.
- Document in Samms-Enter orders from the provider, document on nurses note, Open safe.
- Complete the beginning and end of shift inventory reports.
- Enter shipment into Samms, count bottles for accuracy and label each bottle.
- Call patients for diversion call back, check their bottles for diversion.
- Put in dose increase/decrease request form for patients.
- Assess intake patients for 10 minutes and randomly assess patients.
- Breathalyze patient whenever we suspect alcohol intake while on methadone.
- Hold methadone dose if breathalyze result is high.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses to ensure safe treatment outcomes.
- Trained new staff on dispensing protocols and best practices to maintain compliance and safety standards.
Caregiver
Home Care Assistance of Albuquerque
06.2024 - 12.2024
- Safety supervision, companionship, errands including grocery shopping.
- Transportation to appointments etc.
- Light housekeeping, laundry.
- Meal preparation.
- Medication reminder.
- ADLs assist by allowing them to do as much as they can by themselves.
- Reporting incidents to the supervisor and reporting abnormal.
- Assisted clients with mobility, promoting independence while adhering to safety protocols.
Elderly Caregiver
Westwind House Assisted Living
Albuquerque, New Mexico
01.2022 - 05.2023
- Handled personal needs for elderly individuals including peri-care.
- Helped meet social, intellectual and emotional needs with caring companionship.
- Served meals and assisted in feeding individuals unable to feed themselves.
- Managed daily schedules for multiple clients while ensuring all needs were met on time.
Caregiver
Interim HealthCare of Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
02.2022 - 02.2023
- Improved the well-being of patients by assisting with daily living needs and personal hygiene.
- Offered care and companionship to homebound clients with varying mental and physical capacities.
- Assisted residents with meeting daily needs through positive encouragement and direct support.
- Respecting client’s dignity while assisting them. Keeping client’s information confidential.
Caregiver
Right at Home
Albuquerque, New Mexico
01.2020 - 09.2022
- Worked with the physical and occupational therapies to meet patient’s goal.
- Offered care and companionship to homebound clients with varying mental and physical capacities.
- Supported client needs with basic housekeeping and food preparation.
- Recorded completed activities to support medical administration.
- Assisted patient with exercise needs including range of motion.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Princeton Place
Albuquerque, New Mexico
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Improved patient quality of life by assisting with daily living activities.
- Assisting patients with shower, bed bath, and reporting any skin problem noticed.
- Handled non-medical patient care activities, including laundry, food preparation, and room cleaning.
- Handled non-medical patient care activities and provided laundry and meal assistance.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Austin, Texas
12.2015 - 10.2017
- Assisting patients with dressing, grooming, and bed making.
- Assisting the RNs or LPNs in inserting foley on patients by holding their legs in place.
- Providing proper training/orientation to the newly hired aids.
- Transferred patients between beds, wheelchairs, and other locations.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Buckner Villas
Austin, Texas
06.2013 - 11.2015
- Transfers using different equipment including the gait belt, Hoyer lift, sit-to-stand, transfer boards etc.
- Assisting with ambulation and locomotion in and out unit.
- Repositioning the bed bound patients every 2 hours to prevent pressure sore.
- Prepared patients for treatments, visits, and social activities.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Pflugerville Care Center
Pflugerville, Texas
03.2011 - 07.2013
- Provided comfort care to patients who are in hospice.
- Protected patients by monitoring vital signs and any changes in conditions and promptly reporting problems to RNs.
- Kept patients clean, dry, and properly cared for under the direction of registered nurses.
- Keep rooms clean and ready to meet individual needs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
UNM College of Nursing
Albuquerque, NM07-2026
Associate in science (A.S.) - Nursing
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, New Mexico04-2024
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Austin Community College
Austin, Texas01-2017
Skills
- Safe Patient Transportation
- Empathy
- Effective Communication
- Documentation And Reporting
- Medication administration
- Personal Protective Equipment Use
- Compassion
- Infection Prevention
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Patient education and counseling
- Clinical judgment
- Wound care
- Patient monitoring
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Collecting vitals
- Lab result interpretation
- Patient discharge
- Proper catheter insertion/removal
- Vaccine administration
- Diabetes management
- Long-term care
- Mental health nursing
- Geriatric nursing
- Care Planning
- Critical thinking
- Decision-Making Skills
- Long-Term Care
- Recording Vital Signs
- Active listening
- Chronic Disease Management
- Patient assessment
- Medication and IV administration
LANGUAGE
English
Igbo (Nigeria)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
The Suites at Rio Vista
01.2026 - Current
RN Staff Nurse
Ladera Center
09.2025 - 01.2026
Dispensing Nurse
MedMark treatment center
01.2025 - 10.2025
Caregiver
Home Care Assistance of Albuquerque
06.2024 - 12.2024
Caregiver
Interim HealthCare of Albuquerque
02.2022 - 02.2023
Elderly Caregiver
Westwind House Assisted Living
01.2022 - 05.2023
Caregiver
Right at Home
01.2020 - 09.2022
Certified Nursing Assistant
Princeton Place
07.2019 - 09.2020
Certified Nursing Assistant
Riverside Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
12.2015 - 10.2017
Certified Nursing Assistant
Buckner Villas
06.2013 - 11.2015
Certified Nursing Assistant
Pflugerville Care Center
03.2011 - 07.2013
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Austin Community College
Associate in science (A.S.) - Nursing
Central New Mexico Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
UNM College of Nursing