Kareli Aneth Mendoza
El Paso
Summary
Compassionate and driven ICU Registered Nurse with 6 years of experience managing complex critical illness, including ventilatory support, titration of vasoactive infusions, and invasive hemodynamic monitoring. Demonstrated leadership as a charge nurse and preceptor. Committed to pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology to deliver safe, evidence-based anesthesia care.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Critical Care Registered Nurse
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
Fort Bliss, TX, United States
04.2023 - Current
- Served as charge nurse for 16-bed ICU, overseeing staffing, patient flow, and clinical operations
- Provided real-time clinical support and escalation for high-acuity patients
- Coordinated interdisciplinary rounds and critical decision-making
- Mentored and supported bedside nurses and new hires
- Oversaw the unit's needs as Charge nurse and as Rapid Response team to handle high-acuity patients
- Implement proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions by initiating life-saving measures.
- Serve as a resource person with whom other critical care nurses and other healthcare providers consult when particularly difficult problems in the care of critically ill patients arise.
- Assist physicians with complex or potential life-threatening procedures such as cardioversion and insertion of invasive lines, e.g. chest tubes, arterial and venous.
- Evaluate nursing interventions based on patient's response and revises nursing care plan accordingly.
- Develop meaningful goals to assist the critically ill patient and family in attaining the optimum level of physiological, sociological, and psychological balance within the limitations imposed by the illness.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Hoolaulima Government Solutions, LLC
El Paso, TX, United States
07.2021 - 04.2023
- Worked at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in the Mixed ICU Unit as a civilian contractor.
- Provided an advanced level of specialized nursing care to all critically ill patients.
- Determined and implemented proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions by initiating life-saving measures.
- Cared for A-lines, central lines, CRRT, ventilators, and hemodynamic monitoring devices.
- Identified physiological patterns in patient's mentation such as suicidal ideation, substance abuse, stress, anxiety, delirium, and confusion.
- Served as a resource person with whom other critical care nurses and other health care providers consult when challenging problems in the care of critically ill patients arise.
- Assesses, plans, implements, collaborates and coordinates the needs and care of patients using the nursing process.
- Provided advanced level of specialized nursing to critically ill patients by closely monitoring patients' acuities and vital signs.
- Worked closely, as a collaborative team, with physicians to develop a plan of care that it is appropriate for the patient's comorbidities and cultural backgrounds.
- Recovered patients after major surgeries and identified life-threatening situations.
- Provided direct nursing care to critically ill and unstable patients; post-surgical patients, including vascular, abdominal, and neurological surgery.
Pediatric Home Health Registered Nurse
Angels of Care
El Paso, TX, United States
03.2021 - 07.2021
- Assessed children's health problems and chart out a care plan while providing one-on-one patient care.
- Administered medication and took and recorded vitals-assessed home situations to determine that children were in the best possible environment.
- Assisted children with daily care such as grooming, bathing, and toileting.
- Provided emotional support to children and their families.
- Management of at-home tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation in the pediatric population.
- Confirmed that the therapy provided produced the expected results and altered procedures when the requirement occurred.
- Observed symptoms and reported to pediatricians.
- Observed children for changes in health.
- Acted as a home health educator for children and their families.
- Recorded medical findings, symptoms, and observations.
- Managed seizure precautions, enteral feeds, and pulmonary toileting.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Roswell, NM, United States
04.2021 - 06.2021
- My time at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center consisted in a travel contract position in Roswell, N.M.
- Assesses, plans, implements, collaborates and coordinates the needs and care of patient's using the nursing process.
- Provided advanced level of specialized nursing to chronically ill patients by closely monitoring patient's acuities and vital signs.
- Worked closely, as a collaborative team, with physicians to develop a plan of care that it is appropriate for the patient's comorbidities and cultural backgrounds.
- Monitored patients after surgeries and assisted patients to restore health.
- Performed complex wound care, insertion of Foley catheters, nasogastric tubes.
- Managed enteral feedings, total parenteral feedings, blood transfusions, antibiotic administrations.
- Cared for patients with multi-organ chronic disease.
- Hospice and palliative care always preserving dignity and compassion.
- Identified physiological patterns in patient's mentation such as suicidal ideation, substance abuse, stress, anxiety, delirium, and confusion.
- Collaborated daily with physicians and health care team to achieve optimum patient care.
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Las Palmas Medical Center
El Paso, TX, United States
10.2019 - 02.2021
- Assesses, plans, implements, collaborates and coordinates the needs and care of patient's using the nursing process in this Medical ICU.
- Provided advanced level of specialized nursing to critically ill patients by closely monitoring patient's acuities and vital signs.
- Worked closely, as a collaborative team, with physicians to develop a plan of care that it is appropriate for the patient's comorbidities and cultural backgrounds.
- Recovered patient's after major surgeries and identified life threatening situations.
- Identified life threatening arrhythmias and the pertinent treatment for patients on a cardiac monitor.
- Cared for A-lines, central lines, CRRT, ventilators, and hemodynamic monitoring devices.
- Assisted physicians in bedside procedures such as cardioversion, transesophageal echocardiography, insertions of arterial lines, central lines, chest tubes, and endotracheal tubes.
- Identified physiological patterns in patient's mentation such as suicidal ideation, substance abuse, stress, anxiety, delirium, and confusion.
- Reported abnormal findings in patient's assessments, laboratory values, and patient's condition to physicians.
- Assessed patient's status and overall response to treatment.
- Provided direct nursing care to critically ill and unstable patients; post-surgical patients including renal transplantation, and general surgery.
Team Leader
Chick-Fil-A
El Paso, TX, United States
08.2014 - 10.2017
- Managed day-to-day cash responsibilities.
- Overseed daily inventory needs.
- Engaged and resolved customer complaints.
- Owned and managed daily, weekly, and monthly goals.
- Organized everyday business activities, shift organization, and restaurant needs.
- Managed team member performance and staffing needs.
- Executed catering orders and unique customer needs.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong people skills with a desire to serve team members.
- Strong commitment to superior customer service.
- Ability to manage team members' behavioral and performance issues.
- Ability to work in a team environment with shared ownership and responsibility.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
University of Texas at El Paso School of Nursing
El Paso, TX, United States12.2019
Skills
- Advanced hemodynamic and invasive monitoring in MICU and SICU settings
- Charge nurse leadership and preceptorship
- Mechanical ventilation and airway management
- Vasoactive and sedation infusion titration
Certification
- Texas Board of Nursing Registered Nurse Compact License, 985300
- CCRN License, TX 985300
- ACLS, 2026-03-01
- BLS, 2026-03-01
- PALS, 2028-03-01
- TNCC, 2029-04-01
Languages
English
Spanish
Timeline
Critical Care Registered Nurse
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
04.2023 - Current
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Hoolaulima Government Solutions, LLC
07.2021 - 04.2023
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
04.2021 - 06.2021
Pediatric Home Health Registered Nurse
Angels of Care
03.2021 - 07.2021
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Las Palmas Medical Center
10.2019 - 02.2021
Team Leader
Chick-Fil-A
08.2014 - 10.2017
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
University of Texas at El Paso School of Nursing