Hi, I’m
KARINA RODRIGUEZ-ACOSTA
Miami,FL
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Heart Failure coordinator/ Pre Lung Transplant coordinator
01.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Directs the initial evaluation process for potential recipients
- Assists with assessment of patients for transplant
- Coordinates the referral to evaluation to the listing process
- Contacts referring physicians for necessary patient information and keeps them current regarding patients' transplant status
- Participates in financial clearance and patient selection committee meetings and places patients on the Transplant Waiting list as directed by the Director of the program
- Follows patients waiting for organ transplant on an outpatient basis, manages UNOS waitlist to ensure all candidates are current and up to date on the waitlist
- Clinically evaluates patients under the guidance of the transplant surgeons/physicians
- Reviews medications and reinforces pre-operative teaching
- Provides clinic support to MDs when patients come to the clinic
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Unit Educator
11.2019 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Responsible for serving and consulting in the area of expertise, acting as an educational resource for staff and healthcare professionals
- Provide extensive educational sessions for staff members
- Coordinate educational needs of the unit based on interdisciplinary members
- Promotion of evidence-based practice in the critical care settingl
- Streamlined orientation processes for new hires, ensuring timely integration into clinical settings.
- SIM LAB Educator
- Served as a subject matter expert in clinical practice areas, offering specialized instruction to enhance skill sets among nurses.
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Clinical Nurse
06.2010 - 01.2021
Job overview
- ECMO SPECIALIST
- PLASMAPHERESIS SPECIALIST
- CRRT SPECIALIST
- CRITICAL CARE NURSE
- Patient care as a primary nurse in a pediatric 40-bed intensive care unit
- Procedures and interventions include but are not limited to, chest tube placement, emergency intubation lumbar puncture, assistance in ECMO surgical cannulation, central line placement, hemodynamic monitoring, continuous venous-venous hemodialysis, tracheostomy, gastrostomy tubes, external ventriculostomy, blood product transfusions, and emergency resuscitation.
Education
West Coast UniversityMiami, FL
Masters In Science of Nursing Education
07.2021
West Coast UniversityMiami, FL
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
01.2018
Skills
- Time management abilities
- Employee Supervision
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Process Improvement
- Staff Development and Training
- Data Entry
- Performance Improvement
- Phone and Email Etiquette
- Policy Implementation
- Workflow OptimizatioN
- Review of diagnostic Studies
Certification
- Registered Nurse, RN9307090, Florida, 04/30/2026
- Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN), Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, 02/28/2022
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (PALS), American Heart Association, 09/2022
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 09/2022
- ECMO Specialist Certified, Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Languages
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Heart Failure coordinator/ Pre Lung Transplant coordinator
Jackson Memorial Hospital
01.2021 - Current
Unit Educator
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
11.2019 - 01.2021
Clinical Nurse
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
06.2010 - 01.2021
West Coast University
Masters In Science of Nursing Education
West Coast University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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