Jim Orido
Beaumont,USA
Summary
Registered Nurse specializing in critical care, adept at managing complex patient needs and improving outcomes through effective interdisciplinary teamwork. Proven ability to lead, mentor, and advocate for patients in high-acuity settings.
Overview
1
1
Certification
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
ICU RN
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
11.2021 - Current
- A professional Registered Nurse (RN) who provides high-quality, evidence-based care for adult medical and surgical clients who are critically ill and require comprehensive intensive care.
- I provide care to patients who commonly exhibit multi-system, co-morbidities requiring a multitude of therapeutic modalities including continuous cardiac monitoring and dysrhythmia interpretation, invasive hemodynamic management, ventilator support, and pharmacological interventions.
- The RN in the ICU collaborated with an interdisciplinary team and provided direct care to a defined number of patients during the shift.
- The nurse functions always as a patient advocate and performs his/her care and duties with the utmost integrity adhering to policies and procedures and following all protocols, guidelines and standards of practice (SOP).
- Daily the nurse may be exposed to infected patients, contaminated materials, patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders and appropriate protocols must be followed.
- In the role of the ICU Resource/Rapid Response Team Nurse, the RN demonstrated clinical expertise and knowledge in critical care, acting as a role model and hands-on resource for staff.
- The Resource RN can care for the most critical of patients within the ICU and demonstrates a strong ability to shift priorities based on patient, staff, physician and unit needs.
- He/she can function in the most stressful of situations and serve as the back-up to the Charge Nurse.
- Served as charge nurse, preceptor, resource person, and rapid response nurse, providing leadership and support in high-pressure environments.
- I also Initiate treatments, medication, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate standing orders and protocols to provide high quality care for a wide variety of critical care patients, encapsulating all interventions within critical care RN scope of practice.
- Able to manage ventilated/sedated patients, arterial lines, central lines, various invasive lines or surgical drains.
- Manages all pharmacological drips, including pressors, sedatives, pain management meds while enabling hemodynamic stability of a critically ill patient.
- Observed and assessed critically ill patients' health status by physical assessment, examination, diagnostics, and progress every hour.
- Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural needs of critically ill patients.
- Served as house supervisor, overseeing daily operations and staff management.
- Goes to daily huddles and plans for the hospital staffing and movements for the day.
- ICU senior nurses completed training to become house supervisors after five years of service as staff, assuming greater responsibilities.
- If a house supervisor is on vacation or uses SL, then the backup is the senior ICU nurse.
- Acted as bed coordinator, managing patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- For all the intricacies of patient placement, staffing ratios and patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
- Able to make sound decisions during fast stressful situations and high acuity environment.
- Coordinated with charge nurses, admitting doctors, house supervisor, and float pool department to make bed assignments based on acuity, nursing grid, and personnel availability, ensuring patient safety and quality care.
- Supervisor: Alicia Priimak (602-263-1536)
PACU RN
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
03.2019 - 11.2021
- Works as a nurse in the same day surgery department upholding standards of peri-anesthesia nursing practice.
- Does post-operative recovery for a variety of cases (eye surgeries, endo cases, general surgeries, ortho cases, pediatric dental and other surgeries).
- Does post-operative recovery for variety of cases (eye surgeries, endo cases, general surgeries, ortho cases, pediatric dental and other surgeries).
- Prepares patients in the preop area with teachings and interventions before surgery.
- Led team as charge nurse, ensuring optimal staffing and efficient functioning of preop, postop, and auxiliary areas including pain clinic, infusions, and IR procedures.
- Coordinated patient care as team lead, delegating tasks to maintain smooth operations and high standards of care in surgical recovery areas.
- Manages critically ill patients during and after procedures where moderate sedation is needed.
- Performs ongoing assessment of patient condition and response to treatment.
- Able to communicate and initiate referrals to other disciplines and/or services as appropriate.
- The nurse can manage the problem safely and effectively, recognizing his or her scope of practice.
- Able to float to ICU when needed.
- Manages mechanically ventilated patients.
- Safely participates in the resuscitation of a patient during code blue and rapid response situations.
- Manages patient of ETCO2.
- Operates the Zoll R series biphasic defibrillator (Advance Life Support) on a patient.
- Transduce pressure lines (Arterial, CVP, and PA catheters) and evaluate hemodynamic parameters.
- Able to coordinate with bed placement of patients post-surgery ensuring the adequate level of care needed.
- Charge Nurse and Preceptor competent.
- Demonstrates ability to transduce pressure lines (Arterial and CVP).
- Demonstrates ability to appropriately manage patient on Patient Controlled Analgesia.
- Demonstrates ability to transduce pressure lines (Arterial and CVP).
- Managed patient-controlled analgesia, effectively monitoring and adjusting to ensure pain management and patient comfort.
- Demonstrates ability to operate the Zoll R series biphasic defibrillator (Advance Life Support) on a patient.
- Demonstrate ability to titrate vasoactive drips appropriate for DOU patients to achieve hemodynamic stability.
- Demonstrates grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills; Competent in reading and interpreting ECG strips; and identifying abnormal and lethal rhythms.
- Competent in reading and interpreting ECG strips; and identifying abnormal and lethal rhythm.
- Preceptorship and orienting new nurses on the unit.
- Supervisor: Alfonso Flores (787-435-1121)
PACU/Trauma RN
Abrazo West Campus
Goodyear, AZ
03.2014 - 08.2020
- Able to take ICU holds in PACU post-surgery while waiting for beds.
- Took ICU holds in PACU post-surgery, ensuring efficient patient flow while awaiting bed availability.
- Able to be a part of the trauma team at nights for answering to Trauma A and B situations.
- Part of the trauma team at night in responding to surgical call outs for trauma patients coming in.
- Can handle phase 1 and 2 recovery of postop patients and also do recovery for IR, Cath lab, MRI, epidural infusions and any procedures that need to be monitored post deep sedation or moderate sedation of patients.
- Manages mechanically vented patients as ICU holds.
- Safely participates in the resuscitation of a patient during a code blue and rapid response situation.
- Manages critically ill patients during and after procedures where moderate sedation is needed.
- Served as resource nurse available to endo, preop and postop areas.
- Manages the use of the femstop and trans radial band.
- Managed mechanically vented patients as ICU holds, maintaining critical care standards during recovery.
- Demonstrate ability to appropriately manage use of the FemStop, PCA and PCEA pain pumps.
- Demonstrate ability to transduce pressure lines and demonstrates ability to respond as a Code Blue efficient team member.
- Demonstrates ability to operate the Zoll R series biphasic defibrillator (Advanced Life Support) on a patient.
- Demonstrate ability to titrate vasoactive drips appropriate for DOU patients to achieve hemodynamic stability.
- Competent in reading and interpreting ECG strips; and identifying abnormal and lethal rhythm.
- Demonstrate grade appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills.
- Able to communicate and initiates referrals to other disciplines and/or services as appropriate.
- Demonstrates ability to operate the Zoll R series biphasic defibrillator (Advanced Life Support) on a patient.
- Effectively functions as the charge nurse, team leader, or in other leadership role that guides and directs others who provide patient care.
- Strong interpersonal skills for effective information exchange and problem solving with all levels of management and staff, consultants and outside agencies.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate level of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions.
- Assesses the patient's learning needs, learning preference, and readiness to learn.
- Mentorship and precepting new nurses on the unit.
- Functioned as charge nurse and team leader, guiding and directing staff in providing high-quality patient care.
- Level 1 Trauma
- Supervisor: Marsha Hale (9135486455)
- Assesses the patient's learning needs, learning preference, and readiness to learn.
- Modifies teaching approach based on knowledge of human behavior, motivations, and reactions to situations.
- Participated in Level 1 Trauma cases, providing immediate care for critically injured patients.
- Supervisor: Marsha Hale (9135486455)
Neuro ICU RN
St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, AZ
08.2013 - 09.2014
- Applies standards of critical care nursing to neurology and neurosurgery patients in the hospital setting.
- Patients are in the intensive care setting and various neurologic cases such as strokes, subdural bleeds, traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, seizures, and others.
- Worked with extraventricular devices (EVD), drains, spinals, and closely monitored total care and vented patients.
- Appropriately triage patients and initiate orders from approved protocols.
- Manages mechanically ventilated patients.
- Conducts safe and therapeutic care of patients with epicardial and transvenous pacing.
- Participated in resuscitation efforts during code blue and rapid response situations to ensure timely and effective patient care.
- Manages critically ill patients during and after procedures where moderate sedation is needed.
- Transduced pressure lines, CVP, arterial lines, and PA catheters while evaluating hemodynamic parameters to guide critical care decisions.
- Cares for patients with an elevated ICP and manages ventriculostomy drains with ICP monitoring.
- Managed patients receiving various sedation drips, pressors, and critical care IV drugs.
- Assisted in managing Level 1 trauma cases in a high-pressure environment.
- Supervisor: Charlene Grove (8442402569)
Surgical Critical Care (ICU/IMC)
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland
02.2004 - 07.2013
- Apply standards of critical nursing care to surgical IMC and ICU patients.
- Cared for diverse specialties, including thoracic, vascular, ENT, transplant, oncology, bariatric, OMF, general, endo, uro, and neuro services.
- Able to do postop protocols such as wound dressings and drain management.
- Delivers effective care in acute/crisis situations.
- Evaluates patient condition and current status and develops an individualized plan of care to address the particular needs of the patient.
- Served as resource nurse for pain infusion management.
- Performs ongoing monitoring of patient conditions and documents patient responses to care in a clear, concise manner.
- Charge nurse duties ensuring proper staffing and coordination between departments.
- Can teach and operate various PCA and Epidural PCA pain management infusions for post op patients.
- Resource Nurse to all staff who need guidance and teaching on how to handle specific postop cases or wound dressing techniques.
- Precepts and orients new nurses to the unit.
- Care for different specialties and patients which can be under thoracic, vascular, ent, transplant, oncology, bariatric, omf, general, endo, uro and neuro services.
- Also in utilizing hospital equipment like bariatric chairs/beds, different lifts, pumps, etc.
- Ensured continuous improvement in patient service through implementation of effective customer service strategies.
- Facilitated patient care by interacting with families and significant others.
- Assures detailed, current and comprehensive documentation is contained in the patient medical record and other pertinent records.
- Assisted in Level 1 trauma cases with critical care protocols.
- Supervisor: Chris Goatee (410-328-6110)
PACU RN
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Arlington, MD
01.2012 - 06.2013
- Performed preop and recovery for surgical, trauma, and ICU patients, ensuring optimal patient care and safety.
- Held ICU surgical patients in PACU during bed shortages.
- Assisted in managing level 2 trauma cases in the emergency department.
Male Medical Ward RN
Philippine General Hospital
Manila, Philippines
02.2000 - 12.2003
- Care of patients in the medical/surgical setting.
- Managed care for patients on ventilators, with tracheostomies, and in isolation.
- Performed wound dressings and provided care for patients with diabetes, congestive heart failure, kidney failure, angina, pneumonia, and COPD.
- Served at main government hospital in the Philippines, providing patient care and support.
Emergency Room RN
Makati Medical Center
Makati City, Philippines
01.1999 - 01.2000
- Upheld nursing standards in emergency room setting to ensure quality patient care.
- Triage patients and collaborated with health team to provide timely urgent and emergent care in emergency room.
- Assessed patient conditions and prioritized care based on severity.
- Administered medications and treatments as per physician orders.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of the City of Manila
Manila, Philippines04-1998
High school diploma -
St. Andrew's School
Paranaque, Philippines04-1993
Skills
- Patient evaluation
- Care coordination
- Team coordination
- Medication delivery
- Infection prevention
- EHR management
- Cerner
- Meditech
- Critical Care Protocols
- Clinical Information Systems
- Patient tracking
- Vista
- Surgical Workflow Systems
- Patient Record Management
- Clinical records
Affiliations
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- AACN
- Philippine National Red Cross
Certification
- ACLS
- BLS
- PALS
- NIH STROKE CERT
- VASCULAR ACCESS (UTZ GUIDED PIV) CERT
Timeline
ICU RN
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
11.2021 - Current
PACU RN
Phoenix Indian Medical Center
03.2019 - 11.2021
PACU/Trauma RN
Abrazo West Campus
03.2014 - 08.2020
Neuro ICU RN
St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
08.2013 - 09.2014
PACU RN
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
01.2012 - 06.2013
Surgical Critical Care (ICU/IMC)
University of Maryland Medical Center
02.2004 - 07.2013
Male Medical Ward RN
Philippine General Hospital
02.2000 - 12.2003
Emergency Room RN
Makati Medical Center
01.1999 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of the City of Manila
High school diploma -
St. Andrew's School