Karina Martinez

• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

Hours completed in clinicals: 954 hours

• Report to nurse hourly rounds, care board instructions, vital signs Q shifts, High risk falls (bed alarms), reporting abnormal vitals, ensure patient safety, suction setup, labelling items, ambulation, Hoyer lift, gurney transfer, turning bedridden patients.
• Empty drains (abcess drain, foley, Nephrostomy tube, colostomy, ileostomy, ileal conduit).
• Measure and record NG tube drainage.
• Miscellaneous Equipment (EKG, bladder scan, IPC pumps, soft care mattress, abdominal binder).
• Isolation Precautions (contact, airborne, droplet, Restocking isolation carts).
• Blood pick up ordering in centricity.
• Meal plans (input and output), care, bed baths, showers, and assisting nurses with wound care.

• Nursing careers include taking vital signs, assisting residents to move about the facility, helping them manage their meal trays and use bathroom facilities, turning bedridden patients, offering emotional support.