JOGESH KAMTA, BSN RN
Houston
Summary
Compassionate and tech-savy Registered Nurse with 7 years of bedside experience providing high quality remote healthcare services. Skilled in using digital tools to enhance patient communication, clinical decision making, and managing care plans. Adept at conducting virtual assessments, and educating patients while ensuring data privacy and compliance with healthcare regulations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Virtual Nurse Team Leader
Common Spirit
03.2024 - Current
- Virtual Integrated Care nurse at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston Texas.
- Utilized virtual technologies to monitor patients remotely at 30:1 ratio, communicating timely interventions for any potential complications or changes in their condition.
- Facilitated smooth transitions of care through diligent discharge planning in collaboration with case managers and social workers.
- Primary Educator to patients including discharge teaching on medication adherence, new medications, post-surgical procedures, and wound care management.
- Trained new staff as a mentor helping them develop their leadership potential and advance in their careers.
- Managed conflict resolution among team members, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment.
- Maintained an inclusive and diverse team culture, promoting respect and understanding among all members.
- Created and managed new innovative systems to ease work flow and improve efficiency.
Travel RN
Primetime Healthcare
02.2021 - 02.2024
- Facilities worked: Oregon Health and Science University, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Completed multiple 13 week RN assignments with multiple Level 1 Trauma centers.
- Provided safe effective care in Post Anesthesia Care unit with a 2:1 ratio and 3:1 in phase II.
- Floating to Medical Surgical areas to provide high quality patient centered care while maintaining safety as a priority at 5:1 ratio.
- Monitored patients until Aldrete Criteria met and transferred care appropriately.
- Managed Arterial lines, ventilators, pressors, wound vacs and cardiac drips.
- Assessed for anesthesia reactions and side effects including malignant hyperthermia, atrial fibrillation, and respiratory changes.
- Increased quality of care by participating in ongoing professional development opportunities related to PACU nursing practice.
- Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs.
- Prevented complications from anesthesia side effects such as nausea or vomiting using effective medication administration techniques.
- Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in postoperative patients.
Travel RN PACU
Kaiser Permanente
11.2022 - 07.2023
- 26 week travel PACU RN assignment Level 1 Trauma center
- Pre-op: Periop admission, discharge planning, IV insertion/maintenance, consents
- PACU: Phase 1 admission, Phase 2 discharge, education post op, pain management, hand-off communication
- Medical Surgical- Admission questions, discharge planning, care coordination with EPIC
- Step Down Cardiac- Valve replacement, cardiac device, continuous monitoring, EKG changes
- Charge Nurse: Transitioning patient care, RN staffing assignments, OR/PACU communication
- Resource RN: Direct relief to RNs with critical patients, initiating sedation/vasoactive drips
RN PACU, Pain Management
UTMD Anderson Cancer Center
02.2018 - 02.2021
- Provided safe effective care in Pre-op/PACU with a 2:1 Ratio and 3:1 in phase II. · Monitored patients until Aldrete Criteria met and transferred care appropriately. ·
- Managed Arterial lines, ventilators, pressors, wound vacs and cardiac drips.
- Assessed for anesthesia reactions and side effects including malignant hyperthermia, atrial fibrillation, and respiratory changes.
- Increased quality of care by participating in ongoing professional development opportunities related to PACU nursing practice.
- Enhanced patient recovery by providing comprehensive post-anesthesia care and monitoring vital signs. ·
- Prevented complications from anesthesia side effects such as nausea or vomiting using effective medication administration techniques.
- Provided timely interventions to address airway management complications such as respiratory depression or obstruction in post-operative patients.
- Acute Pain management RN Team Leader: under direct supervision of Anesthesiologist.
- Rounded on 30-50 patients per day in chronic/acute pain.
- Managed epidural pumps and PCA pumps.
- Covid RN Team Leader: Coordinated admissions/discharge, Covid Testing, Transitioning care
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Woman's University
12.2017
Associates of Arts - Chemistry
San Jacinto Community College
05.2015
Skills
- Charge RN
- Epic/Cerner/Meditech
- Leadership
- Advanced Life Support
- Excellent Communication
- Telemedicine Proficiency
- Post-Anesthesia Care
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Multidisciplinary Rounds
- Technology Proficiency
- Health Systems Privacy and Security
- Cultural Competency
- HIPAA-compliant communication tools
LICENSES
- Texas, 938539
- California, 95307211
Certification
- ACLS
- BLS
- PALS
- NIHSS
Affiliations
- President of Student Government at Texas Woman's University
- Unit Based Council Shared Governance Member
Education
Houston, TX,Houston, TX
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Timeline
Virtual Nurse Team Leader
Common Spirit
03.2024 - Current
Travel RN PACU
Kaiser Permanente
11.2022 - 07.2023
Travel RN
Primetime Healthcare
02.2021 - 02.2024
RN PACU, Pain Management
UTMD Anderson Cancer Center
02.2018 - 02.2021
Associates of Arts - Chemistry
San Jacinto Community College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas Woman's University