MHS Genesis
Jerry J De Jesus Rodriguez
Head Nurse/Pediatric Critical Care Registered Nurse/ER Nurse/NICU Nurse/PICU Charge Nurse/NICU Charge Nurse
300 14th St.,USA
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with more than 10 years of progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
10
10
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Nurse, PICU/ Charge Nurse PICU/Registered Nurse, NICU
Naval Medical Center San Diego
San Diego, CA
01.2024 - Current
- 40 Hours per week.
- Increased quality of care by participating in ongoing professional development opportunities such as workshops, conferences, and online courses.
- Provided emotional support to patients'' family members during critical incidents, strengthening overall trust in healthcare team.
- Implemented infection control measures that significantly reduced hospital-acquired infections.
- Assisted physicians in performing diagnostic tests and procedures to facilitate prompt diagnosis and treatment.
- Followed Pediatric advanced life support guidelines in patients in cardiopulmonary failure.
- Monitoring and titration of vasopressors like dopamine and others. Monitoring and titration of sedation drips like Diprivan, Versed drips and others.
- Arterial line care and management. Central line care and management.
- Provided direct patient care to patients' with high acuities that are respiratory, cardiac and neurologically impaire.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs. Participate in Pediatric Code Blue team response.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- IV's, NGT/OG tube placement, Foley catheter placement, assistance with ET tube and chest tube placement.
- Prepare education patient on discharge instructions.
- Setup / monitor / titrate IV drips including sedation, neuromuscular blockade, and vasopressors.
- Setup / monitor invasive monitoring systems including arterial and central lines, and ICP monitoring systems.
- Supervised corpsman in giving care and oriented new nurses to unit.
- Precept New Nurses, corpsmen and Students within the unit. Articulates expectations clearly. Asks questions to stimulate thinking.
- Recognizes when the student is having difficulty. Collaborates with the student to address issues. Gives clear and useful feedback.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
Head Nurse OIC Pediatric Sedation Center
Tripler Army Medical Center
Honolulu, USA
01.2023 - 01.2024
- 40 Hours - Week / 120,000 Year
- Strengthened unit care standards and policies with focus on patient safety and dignity.
- Identified unit areas of inadequacy and adjusted procedures to close gaps and improve policies.
- Performed patient assessments and adjusted care plans accordingly.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Evaluated skills of nursing personnel and verified staff certifications for validity.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes, and treatment implementations.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Assessed patients to determine individual needs and develop care plans in coordination with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Consistently met regulatory requirements through meticulous record-keeping and timely reporting of incidents.
- Increased patient satisfaction by providing compassionate care and addressing individual needs.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
PICU Registered Nurse/PICU Charge Nurse/, 40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
06.2021 - 01.2023
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Followed Pediatric advanced life support guidelines in patients in cardiopulmonary failure.
- Monitoring and titration of vasopressors like dopamine and others. Monitoring and titration of sedation drips like Diprivan, Versed drips and others.
- Arterial line care and management. Central line care and management.
- Provided direct patient care to patients' with high acuities that are respiratory, cardiac and neurologically impaire.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs. Participate in Pediatric Code Blue team response.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- IV's, NGT/OG tube placement, Foley catheter placement, assistance with ET tube and chest tube placement.
- Prepare education patient on discharge instructions.
- Setup / monitor / titrate IV drips including sedation, neuromuscular blockade, and vasopressors.
- Setup / monitor invasive monitoring systems including arterial and central lines, and ICP monitoring systems.
- Supervised corpsman in giving care and oriented new nurses to the unit.
- Precept New Nurses, corpsmen and Students within the unit. Articulates expectations clearly. Asks questions to stimulate thinking.
- Recognizes when the student is having difficulty. Collaborates with the student to address issues. Gives clear and useful feedback.
NICU Registered Nurse/, NICU40 Hours/Week GS11
Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany
07.2020 - 07.2021
- Conducted educational seminars/in-services and streamlined policy and procedure manuals as a member of the NICU Staff.
- Managed all phases of the critical care cycle
- Provided complex care including HFO/NO/PICC/UAC/UVC, promoted developmental care and kangaroo care.
- Held responsibility as a charge nurse, as well as a preceptor for new grad nurses' education.
- Provided support, comfort and education to families, building solid and trusting relationships by fostering one-on-one communication.
- Maintained medical records using the Problem Oriented System.
- Contributed to internal audit team and risk management.
- Attend deliveries and resuscitation of newborn infants.
- Complete admissions into the NICU after deliveries.
- Collaboration with physicians and NNP's while implementing appropriate protocols, documentation and care plans.
- Preceptor to new NICU nurses through entire 6 months of orientation.
- Identifying/teaching parents educational needs and promoting safe infant care upon discharge.
- Precept New Nurses and Corpsmen within the unit. Articulates expectations clearly. Asks questions to stimulate thinking. Recognizes when the student is having difficulty
PICU Registered Nurse/40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
11.2016 - 08.2020
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Followed Pediatric advanced life support guidelines in patients in cardiopulmonary failure.
- Monitoring and titration of vasopressors like dopamine and others. Monitoring and titration of sedation drips like Diprivan, Versed drips and others.
- Arterial line care and management. Central line care and management.
- Provided direct patient care to patients' with high acuities that are respiratory, cardiac and neurologically impaire.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs. Participate in Pediatric Code Blue team response.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
- Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- IV's, NGT/OG tube placement, Foley catheter placement, assistance with ET tube and chest tube placement.
- Prepare education patient on discharge instructions.
- Setup / monitor / titrate IV drips including sedation, neuromuscular blockade, and vasopressors.
- Setup / monitor invasive monitoring systems including arterial and central lines, and ICP monitoring systems.
- Supervised corpsman in giving care and oriented new nurses to the unit.
NICU Nurse /144 Hours/Year, 125,000
Naval Medical Center San Diego
11.2016 - 08.2020
- Provided support, comfort and education to families, building solid and trusting relationships by fostering one-on-one communication.
- Maintained medical records using the Problem Oriented System.
- Discuss and plan with the MD/NNP and other staff to meet the needs of each patient.
- Assessed term and pre-term babies.
- Administered and assessed feeding orally and through OG/NG tubes.
- Placed and maintained NG/OG and G- tubes.
- Administered medications orally and IV.
- Monitored fluid intake and output.
- Worked with Multi-disciplinary team to provide Direct Patient Care to critically ill term and preterm infants.
- Supervised corpsman in giving care and oriented new nurses to the unit.
- Performing vein canalization, NGT and OGT insertion on patients.
- Insertion and maintenance of peripheral IVs as well as monitoring and maintaining sterilization and patency of Central lines such as UVC, UAC, PICC, and Broviac.
PICU Charge Nurse/40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
01.2018 - 07.2020
- Monitors productivity and assures that staffing and resources are aligned with patient care needs. Communicates personnel related concerns to Unit Manager.
- Performs direct patient care and accepts an assigned group of patients as needed.
- Maintains open communication with all health care team members, nursing leadership, and medical staff. especially with Nursing Directors, Clinical Managers and other Charge Nurses. Conducts or participates in unit meetings, committee meetings, and facilitates active participation of staff members.
- Directs Patient Care in compliance with standards outlined in the facility policy procedure manuals, as well as regulations set forth by the corporation, state, and federal agencies.
- Participates in employee evaluations, counsels and coaches employees when necessary, and implements disciplinary process according to policy including time and attendance issues. Maintains anecdotal documentation.
- Collaborates and contributes to revision of policies and procedures. Counsels staff and serves as a role model to maintain and adhere to all department and facility policies.
- Participates in the review and investigation of occurrence reports; intervenes and develops action plans for actual events and near misses and shares the results with staff.
- Other duties as assigned, including but not limited to scheduling, expediting patient flow, promoting efficiency within the unit, management of productivity, etc
ER Nurse - Pediatrics ER Nurse - Adult Med/Surg/40 Hours/Week, 35,000/Year
Pavia Hospital, San Juan PR
01.2014 - 10.2016
- Decisively and confidently made judgments on patient conditions based on vital signs, patient presentation, and initial assessment; triaged to appropriate zone; activated specialized team when indicated (cath lab, trauma team, rapid response team, etc.)
- Applied expertise in data analysis by monitoring laboratory results, blood work, urinalysis, and performed sterile procedures including catheterization, IV starts and dressing changes.
- Leveraged compassion in facilitating pain management and completing prescribed treatments and reassessing effectiveness of therapy.
- Merged empathy and strong interpersonal skills by ensuring both physical and emotional needs of patients and families were maintained.
- Effectively assimilated, interpreted and reported changing patient data to ensure optimum care.
- Demonstrate exemplary documentation skills by accurately maintaining nurses' notes and promoting sufficient communication among care staff.
- Administered IV fluids and medications including antibiotics, packed RBC's, TPN, and narcotics, while carefully monitoring for side effects or any adverse reactions.
- Ensured follow through of interdisciplinary referrals (speech evaluations, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, etc.).
- Analyzed client ABGs, CBC/metabolic profiles, radiological results, and EKG readings.
- Collaborated with nurse and rapid response team for patient transfers to PICU.
- Efficiently and knowledgeably provided RN care for all ER patients, handled intubations, defibrillations, auto transfusions, Medlock insertions, splinting, conscious sedation and hypothermia protocol.
- Report abnormal test results, changes in symptoms and the need for follow-up.
Education
Master of Science -
Chamberlain University
Los Angeles, CA 08.2019 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico 08.2008 - 05.2013
Skills
IV Team Member
Ultrasound Guided IV Insertion
Pyxis Superuser
MHS Genesis
Computer Skills
Leadership
Problem Solving
Team Work
Preceptor - Nursing
Unit Administration
Compassionate Care
Complex Problem-Solving
Direct Patient Care
Patient Education
Emergency Response
Certification
PALS
Accomplishments
- Patient Advocacy - Explained treatment procedures, medication risks, special diets and physician instructions to patients.
- Supervision - Headed onboarding process for new nursing staff.
- Documentation - Ensured charting accuracy through precise documentation.
- Human Resources - Assisted in new hire process by calling and scheduling appointments with candidates, filling out required paperwork and preparing new hire manuals.
- Nominated in multiple occasions for Daisy Awards.
Software
ATTAAP's
DMHRS'i
DMLSS
Timeline
Nurse, PICU/ Charge Nurse PICU/Registered Nurse, NICU
Naval Medical Center San Diego
01.2024 - Current
Head Nurse OIC Pediatric Sedation Center
Tripler Army Medical Center
01.2023 - 01.2024
PICU Registered Nurse/PICU Charge Nurse/, 40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
06.2021 - 01.2023
NICU Registered Nurse/, NICU40 Hours/Week GS11
Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Germany
07.2020 - 07.2021
Master of Science -
Chamberlain University
08.2019 - Current
PICU Charge Nurse/40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
01.2018 - 07.2020
PICU Registered Nurse/40 Hours/Week, 125,000/Year
Naval Medical Center San Diego
11.2016 - 08.2020
NICU Nurse /144 Hours/Year, 125,000
Naval Medical Center San Diego
11.2016 - 08.2020
ER Nurse - Pediatrics ER Nurse - Adult Med/Surg/40 Hours/Week, 35,000/Year
Pavia Hospital, San Juan PR
01.2014 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Inter American University of Puerto Rico
08.2008 - 05.2013