GABRIELLA RAMIREZ

• Deliver direct, compassionate bedside care for high-acuity patients on a fast-paced Intermediate Care Med-Surg unit, assisting with daily living activities, hygiene, and mobility transfers.
• Monitor, record, and report critical changes in vital signs, blood glucose levels, and daily weights directly to primary nurses to support rapid clinical assessment.
• Directly contributing to patient safety and fall prevention protocols.
• Contributed to patient safety protocols in a fast-paced clinical setting.
• Assist healthcare teams during Rapid Response and Code Blue alerts.
• Execute sterile urine and fecal collection, Foley catheter hygiene, and point of care testing while adhering to infection control protocols.
• Provide continuous 1:1 observation for an individual patient for the 12-hour shift during acute physical or mental illness.
• Maintained clean, sanitized clinical environment and managed unit supply inventory to ensure exam and patient rooms were fully stocked.
• Serve as the central communication point for the unit, operating multi-line phones, and call light systems to relay urgent clinical messages between nurses, physicians and ancillary departments.

• Obtained pre- and post- treatment vital signs, body measurements, and body glucose levels, documenting data accurately for provider review.
• Managed clinical workflow and patient intake by obtaining comprehensive medical histories, current medical profiles, chief complaints and baseline vitals.
• Coordinated with administrative and clinical staff to schedule follow-ups, manage patient data entry, optimize patient flow, and ensure a seamless, patient-centered clinic environment.
• Prepared examination rooms, sanitized clinical tools, and set up sterile equipment to support efficient physician examinations.
• Collaborated with medical and administrative personnel to maintain patient-focused, engaging and a compassionate environment.
• Collaborated with medical and administrative personnel to maintain patient-focused, engaging and compassionate environment.
• Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.

Fall 2017 - Spring 2024