Isela Sanchez
Las Cruces
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated with strong commitment to patient care and well-being. Possesses foundational knowledge in medical procedures and patient care, with skills in monitoring vital signs and administering medications. Aims to make significant impact on patient outcomes through effective care and empathy.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
BSN Capstone Preceptorship
Memorial Medical Center
04.2023
- Collaborated with other healthcare professionals to plan, manage, and assess patient treatments at Memorial Medical Center hospital with more than 199 beds.
- Documented data related to patients’ care need including assessment findings, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
- Discussed treatment plans with patients and family members in a supportive manner.
- Worked with Contact Precautions, Airborne Precautions, and Droplet.
- Ability to perform plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatment, as well as other medical care treatment.
- Documented and charted patient care administered.
- Monitored, recorded, and communicates the patient’s condition that is appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.
- Assisted the patient with performing ADLs that include personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.
- Demonstrated awareness of ethical, legal and issues as applied to patients, self, and others.
- Advocated for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.
- Collaborated across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, spiritual/psychosocial and support needs.
- Assisted with the care for patient in a ventilator and drips like Norepinephrine and dopamine
- Assisted with care for patient on sedation like fentanyl.
- Performed postmortem care with sensitivity and in manner that was consistent with what the patient beliefs in cultural and religious wise.
- Performed suctioning for patient who were demonstrating need for suctioning like coughing or alarms of ventilator going off.
- Cared for patient of different ages and races.
- Assisted the nurse in monitoring a patient on hemodynamic monitoring.
- Gave end of shift report to the nursing staff for night.
- Clinical Practicum – Clinical Intensive III
- Emergency Department at Las Palmas del Sol, El Paso TX (90 hours)
- Assisted with the care of patients arriving with emergency and urgency needs.
- Assisted with starting IV, and reassessing the site for infiltration or extravasation especially when patient is on drip for dopamine or epinephrine.
- Was able to stay calm, motivated, and composed while working in a highly stressful environment.
- Was able to perform basic nursing skills like EKG, vital signs assessment, admission assessments, foleys and straight catheterizations.
- Was able to overview and call sepsis code after evaluating vital signs.
- Gathered lab blood draws from IV lines or central lines.
- Assisted with taking patients to CT (Computed Tomography), Xray or MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
- Gave end of shift report to the nursing staff for night.
- Performed bladder scans, or Uti assessments.
Registered Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
- 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 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.
- Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
- Streamlined medication administration processes for increased safety and accuracy during busy shifts.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Mountain View Regional Medical Center
07.2022 - 06.2023
- Assisted approximately 15 patients each shift with activities of daily living; ensured residents they were on time for all meals and activities.
- Established rapport with team members, residents, and families
- Helped residents with daily hygiene, including showering, oral and peri-care, incontinence care, minimizing rashes, sores, and soiling
- Observed physical and emotional changes; reported patient conditions to nurses
- Transferred patients from bed to chair, bed to commode, chair to commode, using Gait Belts, Hoyer Lifts, as needed, ensuring patient safety and comfort
- Followed LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) or RN (REGISTERED NURSE) instructions for range of motion activities for patients.
- Successfully charted vital signs and other information regarding the patient onto an electronic charting system.
- Gathered equipment or materials needed for the nurses like EKG machine or Bladder Scanner.
- Accurately recorded I/O’s and informed the nurse if patients I/Os were not normal.
- Gathered vital signs at 0800, 1200, 1600 on time and informed the nurse of vital signs that were not within normal range.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM05.2023
Skills
- Coordinate patient care, educate patient and families about medical conditions and their treatments
- Knowledge to perform and evaluate diagnostic tests
- Ability to work directly with patients, families, and doctors
- Ability to communicate professionally with other nursing staff or health care staff including doctors, CNAs (Certified Nursing Assistant), and laboratory workers
- Ability to stay composed and motivated in working under pressure or stressful situations
- Ability to critically think and use the nursing process which is assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation for appropriate patient care
- Time management skills
- Problem solving skills
- Organization and prioritization
Certification
- Registered Nurse: New Mexico, License 74618, Expires 01/31/2027
- NCLEX – Passed 2023-07-07
- Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS) – Expires 08/31/2026
- ACLS-Expires 08/31/2026
BILINGUAL
English and Spanish
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Memorial Medical Center
08.2023 - Current
BSN Capstone Preceptorship
Memorial Medical Center
04.2023
Certified Nursing Assistant
Mountain View Regional Medical Center
07.2022 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
New Mexico State University
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