Geoffrey De Castro

• Evaluated patients'' wounds and recommended appropriate treatments, expediting the healing process.
• Treated and carefully tended to vascular and diabetic ulcers.
• Collaborated with healthcare team to implement interventions for wound healing and skin breakdown prevention.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive treatment plans, resulting in improved patient outcomes.
• Implemented plans to prevent pressure ulcers and other wound developments.

• Improved patient outcomes by providing expert acute care nursing interventions and timely responses to critical situations.
• Enhanced interdisciplinary team collaboration through effective communication and coordination of patient care plans.
• Optimized patient recovery by developing targeted treatment strategies based on individual medical conditions and needs.
• Reduced hospital readmission rates with thorough discharge planning, patient education, and follow-up care.
• Managed complex caseloads, ensuring proper prioritization and efficient allocation of resources.
• Promoted a culture of safety within the acute care setting through adherence to best practices and continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Provided compassionate, evidence-based care to patients experiencing life-threatening illnesses or injuries.
• Collaborated with physicians to develop comprehensive diagnostic assessments and treatment recommendations for acutely ill patients.
• Implemented advanced cardiac life support measures during emergency situations, resulting in saved lives and improved outcomes.
• Proactively identified potential complications within the ICU environment through keen observation skills and prompt communication with healthcare team.
• Optimized care efficiency by proactively reviewing medical histories and engaging in comprehensive patient assessments during intake processes.
• Worked with families, caregivers and patients to determine best options for treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
• Coordinated with physicians, specialists, and other medical staff to develop treatment plans for chronic conditions.
• Ordered and interpreted diagnostic tests to develop and implement treatment plans.
• Performed patient physicals and compared and contrasted results with established medical records to provide proper diagnosis and facilitate appropriate treatment.
• Prescribed appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities to support health and comfort of patients.
• Educated patients on treatment options, medical needs, and non-medical options for treatments and therapy.

• Enhanced patient healing by implementing advanced wound care techniques and evidence-based practices.
• Reduced wound infection rates through strict adherence to aseptic protocols and proper wound dressing procedures.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive treatment plans, resulting in improved patient outcomes.
• Evaluated patients'' wounds and recommended appropriate treatments, expediting the healing process.

• Guided and led 20-25 RNs in acute care unit and coordinated, delegated tasks and managed 20-28 nurses and ancillary staff members.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols to optimize performance and safety.
• Maximized team performance by monitoring nursing care, including patient assessment processes and treatment implementations.

-Core group that started the "Nurse driven ECMO" at Keck Hospital and probably the only hospital in southern California that does Nurse driven ECMO.

-Took care of Heart, lung or kidney transplant in the immediate post-op and the devices that came with it. (IABP,CRRT,IMPELLA,HEART MATE 2 AND 3, HEARTWARE AND ECMO)

-Very comfortable with Heart failure and PH patients.

Staff RN CVTICU recovering open-heart surgery patients (CABG,valves, transplants, Mechanical circulatory support devices, etc.)

Rotated to different community and university hospitals like St. Joseph Wayne Hospital,St. Joseph Regional Med Ctr in Paterson, St. Michael's Med Ctr in Newark, Valley Med Ctr and Morristown Med Ctr and worked mostly in their ER,ICU/CCU and CTICU

Travel RN at Kaiser Permanente in West LA and took care of ICU/CCU patients and sometimes will float to med/surg.

Took care and recovered post open heart patients namely CABG and valve replacements with some inclusion of aortic dissections which consists about 10% of the population.

Did ICU/CCU and ER at St Joseph wayne Hospital and Barnert Hospital both in the Northern part of NJ working 3-4 shifts/week.

Worked and started my career in this hospital as an ER nurse doing basic emergencies in a community hospital including MI's and strokes