Jena Roman
Boca Raton,FL
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with five years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of emergency and critical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities. Compassionate nursing professional with a passion for preventative healthcare. Specializes in coordinating between patients and families to facilitate communication and optimize care. My goal is to form wellness relationships where I can be focused on educating my patients who are entrusted to me. Seeking to obtain a position as a Chronic Care Manager or Remote Care Coordinator.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Staff Nurse, PICU
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
02.2023 - Current
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for pediatric critical care patients.
- Monitored pediatric patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies, and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Registered Staff Nurse, Pediatric Emergency Room
Children’s Hospital, Montefiore
02.2020 - 01.2023
- Providing exceptional care to the pediatric patient.
- Experience with Epic software.
- Experience with providing care and performing accurate assessment skills for infant, toddlers, and pediatric patients in high acuity ER setting.
- Triaging the pediatric patient.
- Behavioral health and assessment in the pediatric psychiatric patient.
- Excellence in interesting peripheral IV’s and straight catheterizing the pediatric patient.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
Pediatric Clinical Instructor
Mercy College
09.2021 - 12.2021
- Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as a group.
- Instructed and coached students to help overcome academic issues and personal challenges.
- Delivered individualized instruction on observation, assessment, decision-making and patient health teaching.
- Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in pediatric emergencies.
- Supervised students when administering medications to maintain patient safety.
- Educated students on the proper way to complete a nursing care plan.
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
09.2018 - 02.2020
- Unit: 4JA Medical-Surgical/Pediatrics 33-bed unit.
- Provide exceptional care for 6-8 patients daily.
- Proficient and effectively carry out the role of Charge Nurse.
- Mentor newly hired Registered Nurses through education and demonstration of proper technique.
- Appropriately delegate tasks to members of the healthcare team.
- Conduct in-depth assessments on patients with ailments stemming from cardiovascular, renal, neurological, pulmonary, orthopedic, endocrine, psychiatric and gastrointestinal conditions.
- Interpret telemetry strips, start IVs, draw blood, provide urinary catheter, PEG site, colostomy and tracheostomy care, assess and empty surgical/wound drains, provide wound care, and manage pain.
- Experience with pre-operative and post-operative patients.
- Experienced in Allscripts Software.
Education
Associate of Science Degree - Nursing
Montefiore School of Nursing
Mount Vernon, NY05.2018
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
Mercy College
Dobbs Ferry, NY05.2021
Masters of Nursing Education Degree -
Mercy College
Dobbs Ferry, NY05.2024
Skills
- Patient Care Assessment
- Excellent Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Direct Patient Care
- Microsoft Training
- Preventative Health
- Admissions/Discharges
- EHR/Athena/Various EMRs
- Diabetes Patient Education
- Remote Patient Monitoring
- Clear Verbal Communication
- HEDIS/Data Abstraction
- Motivational Interviewing
- HIPAA Regulations
- Excellent Customer Service
Certification
New York State, Registered Professional Nurse, License # 754630
Florida, Registered Professional Nurse, License # RN9615601
American Heart Association Basic Life Support
PALS Certification
ACLS Certification
Infection Control Certification
Awards
Montefiore New Rochelle Nurses Week 2019, Rookie of the Year Award.
Timeline
Registered Staff Nurse, PICU
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
02.2023 - Current
Pediatric Clinical Instructor
Mercy College
09.2021 - 12.2021
Registered Staff Nurse, Pediatric Emergency Room
Children’s Hospital, Montefiore
02.2020 - 01.2023
Registered Staff Nurse, Medical-Surgical
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
09.2018 - 02.2020
Associate of Science Degree - Nursing
Montefiore School of Nursing
Bachelor of Science Degree - Nursing
Mercy College
Masters of Nursing Education Degree -
Mercy College