Felix Gutierrez
Chula Vista,CA
Summary
Dependable and experienced Registered Nurse with 15 years of expertise in acute, critical, and surgical patient care settings. Committed to upholding high standards of culturally competent care for a diverse range of patients with varying needs. Seeking an opportunity in the Interventional Pulmonary setting to fully utilize, challenge, and expand acute and critical care knowledge and skills.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Care Registered Nurse
San Ysidro Health
09.2024 - Current
- Responsible for assessing the medical needs of individuals enrolled in the Home and Community Based Alternatives (HCBA) waiver program, developing personalized care plans, coordinating necessary services, and monitoring the delivery of those services to ensure participants maintain their health and safety within their community setting, all while adhering to the guidelines of the HCBA waiver program
- Conducting thorough medical evaluations to identify participants' functional, cognitive, and social needs, including medication reviews and assessments of their living environment.
- Creating individualized care plans based on assessment findings, outlining specific services required like personal care, skilled nursing, therapy, and community supports.
- Maintaining detailed records of assessments, care plans, service delivery, and communication with other healthcare providers.
Registered Nurse, Urgent Care Center
Scripps Green Hospital
03.2024 - Current
- Utilize critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conduct thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administer medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhance patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that address physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Scripps Health
06.2022 - 09.2023
- Responsible for supporting and facilitating the overall quality of medical record documentation by improving the completeness, accuracy, and reliability of clinical documentation
- Collaborate with providers and support them with education and feedback to accurately reflect the patient's true clinical picture within the medical record
Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Registered Nurse
Scripps Mercy Hospital
01.2017 - 06.2022
- Assisting with pre operative screening and preparation of patient for surgical procedures
- Work closely with surgical team and assisting scrub nurse in positioning, scrubbing and preparing patient and equipment for surgery in both scheduled and emergent cases
- Assess, evaluate, and accurately record patient's post-anesthesia status and provide supportive care and pain management during post-surgical phase following a wide variety of procedures from routine outpatient surgeries to complex spinal, orthopedic, abdominal, and thoracic surgeries including critical care patients requiring continuous mechanical ventilation
- Perform numerous tasks such as intravenous access, medication administration, vital signs, hemodynamic and airway monitoring of patient, and observing for potential complications in post-operative phase
- Communicate pertinent information with Charge Nurse and Anesthesiologist as needed, and provide detailed report to unit nurse for patient transfer/admission
Emergency Department, Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Hospital
07.2015 - 03.2017
- Work in a fast-paced environment using critical thinking skills and decisive judgement
- Perform emergency nursing care to a diverse population and effectively communicating with providers to ensure appropriate care and address emergent needs
- Assess and treat respiratory, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, and abdominal symptoms/ emergencies in patients across the lifespan
- Administer medications and assist Physician with cardioversions, central venous catheter insertions, and bedside orthopedic procedures requiring moderate sedation while monitoring patient respiratory and hemodynamic status
- Administer and monitor intravenous cardiac medications and drips
Urgent Care Center, Charge Nurse, Registered Nurse
Scripps Green Urgent Care
03.2014 - 01.2017
- Overseeing urgent care department and team of multi-disciplinary professionals in high-volume, fast-paced environment
- Navigate conflict resolution by effectively communicating with patients, family members, and team members
- Implementing daily assignments of nurses and support staff
- Provide leadership support to members of the department
- Identify patien's conditions to address acute vs
- Non-acute nursing care and collaborate with other ER professionals to ensure effective patient care
Critical Care Transport, Registered Nurse
MedFirst CCT
03.2013 - 07.2015
- Responsible for monitoring critical care patient hemodynamics for patients of all ages and administering medications in accordance with the local EMS transport and treatment protocols while transporting patients from one destination typically to a higher level of care facility
- Proficient use of transport monitoring, invasive and noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring devices, mechanical ventilation equipment and supplies in the operation vehicle
- Perform basic life support, advanced life support, and critical care nursing
Emergency Department, Registered Nurse
Scripps Memorial Hospital
07.2009 - 03.2014
- Provide emergent and non-emergent care to neonanatal, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric, psychiatric and obstetric patient populations
- Performing as a member of the ACLS and trauma team responding to emergent codes throughout the facility
- Assisting physician in a variety of procedures using moderate sedation, deep sedation and anesthesia including rapid sequence intubation, transvenous cardiac pacemaker insertion, cardioversions, and reduction of upper and lower extremity fractures and dislocations
US Army Veteran
United States Army
06.2000 - 06.2004
Education
Associates Degree - Nursing
Kaplan College
San Diego, CA01.2009
General Education - EMT Certification
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, CA01.2005
Skills
- Cardiac monitoring
- IV insertion
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Critical thinking
- Infection control measures
- Critical decision-making
- Patient assessment
- Basic life support
- Pediatric advanced life support
- Procedural sedation
- Procedure preparations
- Bilingual fluency in Spanish
Certification
- California Registered Nurse License, 756157
- AHA ACLS Certification, 09/30/25
- AHA BLS Certification, 09/30/25
- AHA PALS Certification, 12/31/25
Timeline
Community Care Registered Nurse
San Ysidro Health
09.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse, Urgent Care Center
Scripps Green Hospital
03.2024 - Current
Clinical Documentation Specialist
Scripps Health
06.2022 - 09.2023
Post Anesthesia Care Unit, Registered Nurse
Scripps Mercy Hospital
01.2017 - 06.2022
Emergency Department, Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Hospital
07.2015 - 03.2017
Urgent Care Center, Charge Nurse, Registered Nurse
Scripps Green Urgent Care
03.2014 - 01.2017
Critical Care Transport, Registered Nurse
MedFirst CCT
03.2013 - 07.2015
Emergency Department, Registered Nurse
Scripps Memorial Hospital
07.2009 - 03.2014
US Army Veteran
United States Army
06.2000 - 06.2004
General Education - EMT Certification
Southwestern College
Associates Degree - Nursing
Kaplan College
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