Julie Aparicio
Sugar Land,Texas
Summary
Compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse with experience providing safe patient-centered care in a fast-paced outpatient dialysis setting. Skilled in patient assessment, care planning, medication administration, patient education, and collaborating with interdisciplinary health care teams. Eager to apply clinical knowledge and expand it to new nursing specialties, as well as continue to provide high-quality evidence-based care.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
DaVita
Houston, TX
12.2025 - 06.2026
- Administered medications, vaccinations, and treatments to patients following care plans.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported significant changes to the health provider.
- Assessed, planned, implemented, and evaluated comprehensive nursing care to enhance patient outcomes for assigned patients.
- Collaborated with physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, social workers and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans for each patient.
- Documented patient progress notes accurately and efficiently in the electronic medical record system.
- Evaluated effectiveness of interventions through ongoing assessment of patient responses.
- Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Davita
Katy, Texas
08.2023 - 11.2025
- Administered dialysis treatments to patients in a compassionate and efficient manner.
- Prepared equipment and ensured sterile conditions for each dialysis session.
- Attached dialyzer and tubing to dialysis machines for use in hemodialysis treatment.
- Educated patients on their diagnosis and treatment plan, diet restrictions, lifestyle modifications, medication management and other related topics.
- Reported any changes in the patient's condition or response to therapy immediately to the RN.
- Provided dialysis care to patients with chronic renal failure, including monitoring of hemodialysis machines and vascular access sites.
- Monitored patient's vital signs during dialysis treatments, adjusting the rate of fluid removal as necessary.
- Followed infection control measures when cleaning and attaching hemodialysis machine to access sites like fistulas, catheters, and grafts.
- Assisted in troubleshooting equipment issues to ensure continuous treatment flow.
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, KY10-2025
Vocational Nursing -
Houston Community College
Houston, TX08-2022
Skills
- Dialysis treatment
- Dialysis machine set up
- Central Venous Catheter, Fistula and Graft Care
- Medication management
- V/S monitoring
- Patient support and education
- HIPAA adherence
- Aseptic and Sterile Technique
- Infection Control
- Vascular management
- Anemia management
- HIPAA guideline adherence
- Patient vaccination
- Nutritional assessment
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Dialysis machine troubleshooting
- Patient assessment
Certification
Basic Life Support(BLS)- Expires December 2026
Languages
English: Professional
Timeline
Registered Nurse
DaVita
12.2025 - 06.2026
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Davita
08.2023 - 11.2025
Associate Degree - Nursing
Galen College of Nursing
Vocational Nursing -
Houston Community College