Franchesca Cuevas

West Hills Hospital & Medical Center, West Hills, CA

November 19, 2023 - November 26, 2023 - ICU

Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett, WA

November 11, 2023 - November 18, 2023 - ICU

Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, CA

September 28, 2023 - October 06, 2023 - ER RN support

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

August 06, 2023 - September 21, 2023 - Neuro ICU/ Float pool

Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, NY

August 02, 2023 - August 04, 2023 - Neuro Stepdown

• Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.

• Provided nursing care for patients with acute neurological disorders or injuries.
• Management of external ventricular drains.
• Monitoring of intracranial pressures.
• Airway and ventilatory management.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
• Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.

• Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with poor prognosis and/or end of life care
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.

• Administered medication as prescribed by patient's physician
• Utilized clinical data to implement appropriate interventions
• Demonstrated responsibility and accountability for own professional practice
• Utilized nursing process and practice standards as framework for management of patient care
• Analyzed assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions
• Sought assistance and support in unfamiliar clinical situations and utilized guidance of mentors
• Implemented care in thorough, skillful, consistent and continuous manner
• Organized, coordinated and prioritized patient care consistently utilizing available resources
• Exhibited creativity and flexibility through times of change
• Demonstrated proficiency in using cardiac monitoring system
• Performed cardiovascular, neurological and respiratory assessments

• Utilized departments equipment correctly and efficiently
• Analyzed assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis and appropriate interventions
• Organized, coordinated and prioritized patient care consistently utilizing available resources
• Inserted and managed NG tubes and Foley catheters
• Administered medications and monitors use and side effects
• Demonstrated proficiency in using cardiac monitoring system
• Sought assistance and support in unfamiliar clinical situations and utilized guidance of mentors
• Performed cardiovascular, neurological and respiratory assessments
• Performed evaluation tasks, including vital signs and medication review
• Provided care for patients in neuroscience intensive care unit
• Administered medication as prescribed by patient's physician
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge of mechanical ventilation.