Karen V. Palacios
El Paso
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Interventional Radiology/Cath Lab Preop & Recovery
University Medical Center, UMC
El Paso, TX
01.2025 - Current
- Perform comprehensive pre-procedural assessments, including medical history review, medication reconciliation, and patient education for interventional radiology and cardiac catheterization procedures.
- Prepare patients for procedures by initiating IV access, obtaining labs, verifying consent, and ensuring procedural readiness.
- Monitor patients receiving moderate sedation, maintaining airway safety and continuous hemodynamic monitoring.
- Provide post-procedure recovery care, including frequent assessment of vital signs, access sites, and neurovascular status.
- Collaborate with interventional radiologists, cardiologists, anesthesia, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe procedural outcomes.
- Recognize and respond promptly to post-procedural complications such as bleeding, hematoma, arrhythmias, and hypotension.
Vascular Access/ PICC Registered Nurse
The Hospitals of Providence: Sierra Campus
El Paso, Texas
06.2023 - 12.2024
- Provide preeminent evidence based vascular access, PICC insertion, peripheral, and midline insertion using Ultrasound Technology Skills
- Coordinate the delivery of vascular access care during the patient’s hospital stay and to the outpatient population
- Support and educate staff to maintain appropriate vascular access standards
- Liaison between staff nurses, physicians, and patients to advocate for any vascular issues throughout hospital admission
Intensive Care Registered Nurse/ Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
The Hospitals of Providence: Sierra Campus
El Paso, Texas
07.2019 - 06.2023
- Coordinates the delivery of nursing care for critically ill, post-operative, ventilator, post cardiac arrest, post heart catheterization, hemodynamic stabilization and other critically ill patients in the units
- Responds to code and emergent situations as a team member within the hospital
- Participates in patient and family teaching, provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards of professional nursing practice in the intensive care / coronary care setting
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At El Paso
El Paso, Texas05.2019
Skills
- Computer: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Cerner (Power Chart)
- Languages: English, Spanish
- Skills: Specialized in-hospital nursing skills: head to toe assessments, detailed documentation, all forms of medication administration, vital signs, proficiency in IV skills
Certification
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) December 2021
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Timeline
Interventional Radiology/Cath Lab Preop & Recovery
University Medical Center, UMC
01.2025 - Current
Vascular Access/ PICC Registered Nurse
The Hospitals of Providence: Sierra Campus
06.2023 - 12.2024
Intensive Care Registered Nurse/ Neuro ICU Registered Nurse
The Hospitals of Providence: Sierra Campus
07.2019 - 06.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University of Texas At El Paso