Karen Grace Obcena
Lathrop,CA
Summary
A VERY VERSATILE RN WITH MORE THAN 5 YEARS OF BEDSIDE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE BOTH IN PRIVATE AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES THAT RENDER CARE FOR SICK AND WELL BEING PATIENTS IN ALL AGES. GAINED EXPERIENCE DURING EDUCATIONAL YEARS IN A HIGH STANDARD UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ATTITUDE IN CLINICAL SCENARIOS. A FLEXIBLE RN THAT CAN PROVIDE CARE IN DIFFERENT AREAS AS I WAS EXPOSED IN A ROUTINELY WORK IN MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WHICH ENCOMPASSES PEDIATRICS, GERIATRICS, OB, AND ADULT PATIENTS. AS WELL IN RENDERING CARE DURING EMERGENCY AND LIFE SAVING SITUATIONS AS ER NURSE. GIVING CARE AND HEALTH TEACHINGS FOR OUT-PATIENTS WERE ALSO PART OF MY WORK EXPERIENCE. ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS PERTAINING TO MOTHER AND CHILD CARE SINCE I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND TRAININGS AND SEMINAR AS OUR FACILITY’S REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE, EXPERIENCE IN ASSISTING PATIENTS IN REAL LIFE LABOR AND DELIVERY SITUATION, POSSESS SPECIAL SENSITIVITY IN MEETING DIVERSE NEEDS IN VARIED SITUATIONS. SELF MOTIVATED PERSON, PASSIONATE, WILLING TO LEARN AND A TEAM LEADER. PROVEN RECORD OF RELIABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS FROM A VARIETY OF CULTURES SINCE I TRIED TO LIVE, ADAPT AND RENDER CARE NOT ONLY IN HOME COUNTRY BUT ALSO IN OUTSIDE COUNTRY.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Central Valley Doctors Health System
10.2023 - Current
- Routinely monitoring patient admitted in acute care setting needing bedside care such as medication administration, performing all necessary nursing intervention, safety protocols, monitoring post operative cases, assisting physician with preparation of procedures and assessment. Providing education with therapeutic communication in order to assessed current needs and patient’s concern. Accomplishment of daily head to toe assessment. Communicating and collaborating with all other healthcare professionals involved in patient’s care to implement plan of care and meet goal of care.
Registered Nurse
Blount Memorial Hospital
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Acute care setting experience involving nursing bedside care both medical and surgical cases. Routine physical assessment and health teaching in all aspect related to plan of care. Monitoring post operative patient with possible complication and reaction. Medication administration and collaboration to all health care allied.
Emergency Room Nurse
Paniqui General Hospital
01.2020 - 04.2022
- Provide care in emergency situations, Triaging patients, and stabilizing patient’s condition until discharge or if any, arrange any referral to a higher level hospital for appropriate intervention or even preparing for admission. Performing IV insertion, medication administrations (IM,IV, ID,SQ), carrying out first line doctor’s order for stabilization and before admission and other nursing interventions such as wound care and burn debridement, IFC insertion and removal, NGT insertion and feeding, basic life support skills, assisting physicians for minor surgery, suturing and incision and drainage and etc.
Medical Surgical Nurse
Paniqui General Hospital
12.2016 - 12.2019
- Routinely monitoring and performing all necessary bedside nursing intervention - Medication administrations, IFC insertion and removal, NGT insertion for feeding or decompression, IV insertion, blood transfusion, change of wound dressing and bandages, monitoring vital signs etc. based on doctor’s order once patient is admitted in the facility until they are discharged. Prepare necessary medical equipments and preparation prior to operation such as IVs, feeding tubes, catheters and securing consent. Monitoring of post-op patients such as vital signs, medication, IV fluids, intake and output, body discharges, and level of consciousness and all over patient’s condition. Handled pediatrics, geriatrics, OB , and adults under medical- surgical patients. Creating and planning the health care plan of patients and collaborating it to other involved health care provider that includes running tests and assessments to achieved health goal under specific disease. Admitting new patients until planning and coordinating discharges. Provide therapeutic communication all throughout patient’s hospital stay to assess proper patient’s condition and treatment to come up with a good critical thinking and achieve nursing care plan and goals.
Out Patient Department Nurse/Supervisor
Paniqui General Hospital
07.2016 - 12.2016
- Thoroughly assess patient’s health history to provide right treatment and documentation. Assist them during follow ups to ensure meeting health care plan and goals set by physicians based on client’s need. Assisting health care provider during checkups and perform certain nursing care such as administration of medications (IM, IV, ID or SQ), assessing vital signs, removal of sutures, wound care and debridement. Collate census and patients data for continuity of care and help figure out possible health risk factors affecting people in the community and those communicable disease to promote prevention and cure. Guide and supervise nursing personnel under the department for professional growth and knowledge.
Staff Nurse/Clinic Nurse
Faisal and Partners for Medical Services
07.2013 - 07.2015
- Assess patients from Saudi Arabia with regards to their dental oral health needs. Assisting physician in performing dental care and assuring to provide nursing care such as medication administration (IM, IV, SQ or per orem) and specific care under oral hygiene. Familiarization to the instruments and their uses. Respecting the culture and diversity of other country to provide a good rapport to patient.
Junior Staff Nurse
Dr. Marcelo M. Chan Memorial Hospital, Inc.
12.2011 - 12.2012
- Flexibility is the major definition of my Job description in this institution, as I was assigned in the routinely monitoring nursing Intervention in all areas of Medical Surgical ward as well as pediatric ward as indicated above and do routine bedside care. Performed first aid and life saving interventions in the Emergency Department, Assisting Ob-gyne during delivery in DR, as well as pediatricians in doing newborn care, cord care, medications and vaccination in Nursery Room, and moreover assisting physicians doing minor cases such as suturing or either way Surgeon for major cases in Operating Room.
Registered Nurse
Rural Health Unit II (Municipal- Birthing Home)
11.2011 - 12.2012
- Assisting OB-gyne and midwives in the Municipality especially during pre natal checkup up, during the labor stage up to delivery, care for the newborn, routine newborn care, cord care, vaccination, immunization and accomplishing records of birth.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Far Eastern University
Manila, Philippines04-2011
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
- Wound care
- Patient monitoring
- Intravenous therapy
- Physical assessments
- Telemetry monitoring
- Proper catheter insertion/removal
- Care plan development
- Medical records management
- Acute care expertise
Certification
- California, RN- 95316871
- Tennessee, RN- 252046
CERTIFICATION/TRAININGS
- ACLS Certified
- BLS
- PALS
- CMSRN (Certified Medical and Surgical Registered Nurse)
- IV therapy training
- IELTS passer
- Prometric (Saudi Commission for Health Specialties)
Character References
Shiela Marie Esmena
Registered Nurse- Blount Memorial Hospital
865 500 9366
Anila Joseph
Registered Nurse- Doctor's Hospital of Manteca
209 321 4023
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Central Valley Doctors Health System
10.2023 - Current
Registered Nurse
Blount Memorial Hospital
06.2022 - 08.2023
Emergency Room Nurse
Paniqui General Hospital
01.2020 - 04.2022
Medical Surgical Nurse
Paniqui General Hospital
12.2016 - 12.2019
Out Patient Department Nurse/Supervisor
Paniqui General Hospital
07.2016 - 12.2016
Staff Nurse/Clinic Nurse
Faisal and Partners for Medical Services
07.2013 - 07.2015
Junior Staff Nurse
Dr. Marcelo M. Chan Memorial Hospital, Inc.
12.2011 - 12.2012
Registered Nurse
Rural Health Unit II (Municipal- Birthing Home)
11.2011 - 12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Far Eastern University