Gilbert Daco
Bellflower,CA
Summary
Healthcare professional with strong commitment to quality patient care and teamwork. Known for effectively managing patient care and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to achieve optimal outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, consistently meeting dynamic needs of healthcare environment.
Driven, hardworking Registered Nurse bringing demonstrated patient care, medication monitoring and treatment management expertise. Adaptable and resilient with strong attention to detail, clinical expertise, and medical-surgical experience. Bringing 20-year record of success in nursing and desiring an staff RN position.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Registered Nurse- Med Surg (5 North)
Adventist Health Bakersfield
Bakersfield, California
05.2023 - Current
- 5 North is a busy Medical-Surgical ward of Adventist Health Bakersfield catering to patients who have undergone surgical procedures, orthopedic (hip, knee, jaw) and spine, treatment of General Medical cases and also Oncology patients serving the Kern County area. Also occasionally floated to the Emergency Room, Telemetry Unit.
Registered Nurse – Med Surg Agency Nurse
Mediserve Nursing Agency
Brisbane / Gold Coast, Australia
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Medical / Surgical shifts for Public and Private hospitals around Metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Registered Nurse – Surgical, PACU
Miami Private Hospital
Miami, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
09.2023 - 04.2024
- General Nursing duties in a specialty lipoedema surgical overnight ward. Post-surgical care nursing in a day hospital setting caring for patients that have undergone aesthetic surgeries eg, facelift, breast augmentation, blepharoplasty etc.
Registered Nurse – Med Surg Agency Nurse
Your Nursing Agency
Melbourne, Australia
10.2017 - 01.2023
- General Med-surg nursing shifts around Metro Melbourne.
Registered Nurse – Float Pool Med Surg, Emergency
Northern Health
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10.2018 - 08.2022
- General nursing duties as a Pool RN from these units: ED, SSU, Medical, Renal, Oncology, Surgical and Rehab at The Northern Hospital and Broadmeadows Health Services.
Registered Nurse – Agency Nurse Med Surg, Emergency
Belmore Nurses Bureau
Melbourne, Australia
04.2014 - 04.2018
- Assigned to work as an RN to cover shifts in various hospitals assigned mostly in Medical-Surgical wards around Melbourne, Australia.
- Royal Eye and Ear Hospital: Surgical Ward (Ward 8)
- St Vincent’s Hospital: St. Augustine Ward (2nd Floor) Emergency Dept – Short Stay Unit Surgical Ward (7th Floor) Medical – Surgical Ward (9th Floor)
- St Vincent’s Private: Surgical Ward (1st Floor) Surgical Ward (4th Floor)
- Alfred Hospital: Emergency Dept: Short Stay Unit Trauma and Surgical Ward
- Fairfield House (Respiratory and AIDS/HIV unit)
- Northern Hospital: Emergency Dept – Short Stay Unit Surgical Ward Unit H, J General Medical Ward T2 Acute Observation Unit, Unit G Unit A and B
- Western Private Hospital Footscray: CCU, Surgical Unit
Registered Nurse – Apheresis
New Zealand Blood Service
Hamilton, New Zealand
09.2012 - 01.2014
- My primary responsibility is Donor health screening and ensuring that donor eligibility among Whole Blood donors, Apheresis procedures including Plasmapheresis as well as Plateletpheresis donors in our static site in Hamilton, New Zealand. We cover the largest regions in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Coromandel. Job responsibilities are similar to that of Australian Red Cross Blood Service.
Education
Competency Assessment Programme for International Nurses -
Lonsdale Education Centre
Foxton, New Zealand04-2012
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Perpetual Help College of Manila
Manila, Philippines03-2006
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics Major in Computer Science
Far Eastern University
Manila, Philippines03-2001
Skills
- BLS, ACLS
- IV cannulation, phlebotomy, wound care, spine care
- Cerner Electronic Medical Record user trained
- Training on EPIC ongoing with Adventist Health Bakersfield CA
- Skilled in the use of the Internet, E-mail, Microsoft Office Applications, and other computer programs and apps
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient education
- Wound care
- Care plan development
- Infection control measures
- Geriatric nursing
- Patient management
- Condition monitoring
- Emergency care
- Family education
- Patient care coordination
- Clinical judgment
- Quality improvement
- Cardiac care
- Intake and discharge
- Health screening
- Diabetes management
- Mental health care
- Medical evaluation
- Palliative care
- Evidence-based medicine
- Emergency response
- Oncology nursing
- Administering immunizations
- EPIC EMR
- Charting and documentation
- Clinical leadership and supervision
- Dispensing medication
- Inter-disciplinary collaboration
- Building trust and rapport
- Nursing process implementation
- Taking vital signs
- HIPAA and confidentiality
- Medication administration
- Patient care
- Patient safety
- Care planning
- EMR / EHR
- Direct patient care
- Health promotion
- Chronic disease management
- Specimen collection
- Vaccine administration
- Team training and development
- Emergency procedures
- Tracheostomy care
- HIPAA protocol adherence
- Cerner EMR software
- Critical thinking
- Infection control
- Monitoring vital signs
- CPR/AED
- Compassionate and caring
- Intravenous therapy
- Blood draw and sample collection
Certification
- Registered Nurse – California Registration number: 95407708
- Registered Nurse – Australia Registration number: NMW0001761560
Timeline
Registered Nurse – Surgical, PACU
Miami Private Hospital
09.2023 - 04.2024
Staff Registered Nurse- Med Surg (5 North)
Adventist Health Bakersfield
05.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse – Med Surg Agency Nurse
Mediserve Nursing Agency
05.2023 - 05.2024
Registered Nurse – Float Pool Med Surg, Emergency
Northern Health
10.2018 - 08.2022
Registered Nurse – Med Surg Agency Nurse
Your Nursing Agency
10.2017 - 01.2023
Registered Nurse – Agency Nurse Med Surg, Emergency
Belmore Nurses Bureau
04.2014 - 04.2018
Registered Nurse – Apheresis
New Zealand Blood Service
09.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - undefined
Perpetual Help College of Manila
Competency Assessment Programme for International Nurses -
Lonsdale Education Centre
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics Major in Computer Science
Far Eastern University
Other Personal Data
- Fluent in Filipino, Ilocano, Australian English
- US Permanent Resident
- Australian Citizen