HAZEL C. TORRENTES
Miami,USA
Summary
A highly dedicated registered nurse with extensive clinical experience and a solid commitment to providing high quality patient care. Seeking an opportunity to expand and utilize my skills and knowledge while providing a safe and effective care, prioritizing patient satisfaction and family centered care to enhance my nursing skills and grow as a professional.
Experienced with patient care, critical thinking, and effective communication. Utilizes medical knowledge to support patient recovery and manage complex conditions. Strong understanding of healthcare protocols and compassionate care delivery.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Bruce W. Carter Veterans Medical Center 40 Hrs. Per Week
Miami, FL Full Time
06.2024 - Current
- Educated patients and families on disease management and preventive care strategies.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered Opioids medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Prevented the spread of infections by consistently adhering to strict infection control protocols and educating patients on proper hygiene practices.
- Skillfully managed challenging patient situations using de-escalation techniques, crisis intervention strategies, and therapeutic communication skills.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive treatment plans for complex patients with multiple comorbidities.
- Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
- Led quality improvement initiatives that enhanced patient safety and care delivery standards.
- Implemented evidence-based fall prevention strategies, resulting in a significant decrease in patient falls within the unit.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Administered medications and procedures safely while monitoring side effects closely, resulting in effective symptom management without unnecessary complications per establishing policies ad guidelines.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Demonstrate positive, effective communication skills, professional behaviors and leadership that promotes a commitment of excellence, improving nursing practice, ad fostering collaboration among customers beyond the immediate practice settings.
- Leads the implementation of high reliability principles and I CARE values to increase consistency of care delivered and improve patient outcomes.
Clinical Staff Nurse
Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center UHealth/ Jackson Health System 12hrs. Per Week
Miami, FL
07.2022 - Current
- Recognize and prioritize overt/convert unit needs/problems/implements corrective action independently
- Demonstrates behaviors of service excellence and CARE values (Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Expertise)
- Acute rehabilitative cares, tracheostomy management, wound Vac / PEG management, wound care/ dressing change management, colostomy care
- Achieved optimal patient outcomes by carefully monitoring conditions and delivering comprehensive support.
- Pressure injury prevention champion, nursing preceptor
- Mechanical lift and transfer equipment
- Provide exceptional care to LVAD patients
- Skin assessment on daily basis to prevent deep tissue injuries and complications
- Chest tube management to lung transplant patient
- Assist a wide-variety of patients with healing and recovery after surgery, stroke, head trauma and other physiotherapy needs
- Assist charge nurse in the operations of the unit.
Clinical Staff Nurse
Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
Miami, FL
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Managing infusion therapy for kidney, liver, heart, lung and GI transplanted patient
- Performing venipuncture, modifying treatment dosages as needed; and coordinating multidisciplinary care and patient services
- Monitoring the fluid tubes, checking infusions, ensuring the implemented medications don't counteract or cause harm to the patients
- Monitoring the patients constantly, collaborating with the nephrologists, scheduling, and managing infusion therapy for patients
- Administering Monoclonal infusion to transplanted patients
- Teaching patients to self-administer medications
- Administer vaccines, IM antibiotics, insulin medication
- Peripheral/ Central line blood draw procedures in adult and pediatric patients
- IV Antirejection therapy IVIG/ Thymoglobulin administration
- Immunosuppressant therapy
Clinical Staff Nurse
Neuro Ortho Spine Nurse, Jackson Health System 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
Miami, FL
10.2020 - 07.2021
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab test
- Chronic patient care in Medical-surgical unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring care for up to 6 patients per shift
- Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations, and nursing diagnoses
- Delegated staff nurse duties
- Followed infection control procedures
- Fall prevention and intervention
- Monitored fluid intake and output levels
- Proficient in the administration of blood products, wide range IV's solutions/medications, standard skills including Foley insertion and removal catheters, chest tubes, PEG tubes, IV's, and central lines
- Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting, and transferring
- Receive patients from PACU, monitor post-op vitals, set up PCA pumps, fluids, and review post-op orders, orient patient to unit and review plan of care
- Obtain admission history, entering collected data into computer system
- Educate patients specific to condition, including precautions, and potential post-op complications
- Position patients with respect to proper alignment, using understanding of body mechanics
- Enhance patient status to return to baseline function or better, using multi-modal approach and communicating with various therapies and resources (PT, OR, RT, pharmacy, social work, chaplain)
- Manage pain effectively, implementing position changes, cold therapy, activity, timely administration of analgesics with consideration of prior function (chronic pain, assistive devices, emotional requirements)
- Manage Heparin/ Morphine drip therapy following hospital protocol
- Ensure HIPPA compliance
- Contribute substantially to successfully department JCAHO accreditation.
- Maximized resource utilization by accurately triaging patients based on reported and presenting symptoms.
- Supervised, trained and motivated student nurses and inexperienced staff.
Medical surgical Nurse
HCA Kendall Regional Medical Center 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
Miami, FL
04.2019 - 10.2020
- Monitor and interpret their patient's EKG rhythm, track vital signs, and oxygen levels
- Quickly learned to multi-task without compromising patient care of timely administration of oral and IV medications, monitoring patient conditions, timely documentation and reporting any changes in patient condition
- Identifies unsafe patient care practices and assumes responsibility for intervention
- Assists physicians in performing examinations, treatments, and procedures
- Interact and communicate appropriately and effectively with medical staff
- Assessments are performed utilizing appropriate techniques for data collection and data analysis to make decisions regarding patient care or treatment within a scope of responsibility
- Patient's developmental age, educational needs, normal physiologic changes associated with the aging process will be considered with assessment and reassessment
- High risk equipment
- Provide care to covid-19 patients
- Promotes an atmosphere of collaboration and teamwork by exhibiting professional behavior that demonstrates a commitment to the provision of quality patient care and support of a professional working environment.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Miami Dade School of Nursing
Miami, FL04-2022
Specialty Training Apprenticeship - Registered Nurses
HCA
04-2019
Associates of Science - Nursing
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL01-2016
Certified Nursing Assistant - undefined
Miami Dade College
Miami, FL08-2012
Skills
- Organized
- Motivated
- Interpersonally skilled
- Positive communicator
- Compassionate
- Accountability
- Respect
- Expertise
- Responsible
- Dedicated team-player
- Perform well under pressure
- Skilled in inserting peripherally line
- Excellent IV drug therapy management
- Acknowledgeable in computerized charting
- Infection Control
- Procedure Improvement
- Patient and family advocacy
- Wound care
- Telemetry monitoring
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Geriatric nursing
- Patient assessments
- Infection control measures
- Clinical judgment
- Medication and IV administration
Certification
- Florida State Nursing Licensure
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Certified Medical Assistant
- Specialty Training Apprenticeship for Registered Nurses
- Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Bruce W. Carter Veterans Medical Center 40 Hrs. Per Week
06.2024 - Current
Clinical Staff Nurse
Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center UHealth/ Jackson Health System 12hrs. Per Week
07.2022 - Current
Clinical Staff Nurse
Miami Transplant Institute, Jackson Health System 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
07.2021 - 07.2022
Clinical Staff Nurse
Neuro Ortho Spine Nurse, Jackson Health System 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
10.2020 - 07.2021
Medical surgical Nurse
HCA Kendall Regional Medical Center 36-40 Hrs. Per Week
04.2019 - 10.2020
Specialty Training Apprenticeship - Registered Nurses
HCA
Associates of Science - Nursing
Miami Dade College
Certified Nursing Assistant - undefined
Miami Dade College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Miami Dade School of Nursing