Kerry Bueno

Oversee daily clinical and administrative operations of the Nueces County Jail Medical Department

• Ensure staff is in compliance with healthcare laws and jail standards policies and procedures
• Auditing patient charts, refusals, detoxes, blood pressure checks, appointments with providers
• Financial management and budgeting
• Managed approximately 54 staff members hiring, training, onboarding, terminating, and resolving HR-related incidents
• Managing staff schedule and staff licensures
• Ordering and maintaining medication stock and patient specifics
• Completed bi-weekly payroll for 54 employees.
• Implemented infection control measures, ensuring compliance with health regulations.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans.
• Educated inmates on health management and disease prevention strategies.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.

• Evaluating and directing nursing staff
• Establishing goals and new protocols for the nursing department
• Enforcing compliance with health care policies
• Managed approximately 34 nurses with organizing and scheduling workers to ensure the company’s labor requirements are fulfilled

• Prioritize care with COVID patients
• Work 60 hours plus weekly
• Excellent charting skills in Meditech
• Monitored and assessed patient conditions, responding promptly to changes in health status.
• Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
• Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.

• Worked in high security environment
• Prioritizing care for 5-6 Med Surg COVID patients
• Excellent charting skills in Epic
• Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
• Monitored and assessed patient conditions, responding promptly to changes in health status.
• Mentored junior nurses, fostering skill development and enhancing team performance through knowledge sharing.

• Prioritize care with 5-6 COVID patients
• Work 60 hours plus weekly
• Titrate multiple oxygenation systems
• Excellent donning and doffing of PPE
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
• Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.

• Charge nurse
• Prioritize care with multiple patients
• Proficient communication with doctors
• Multi-tasking
• Preceptor for new RN's
• Performed triage on incoming patients and determined severity of injuries and illnesses.
• Conducted ongoing monitoring and evaluations of behaviors and conditions, and updated clinical supervisors with current information.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.

• Ability to make swift lifesaving decisions
• Physically fit and strong
• Managed 12 employees
• Administered first aid and emergency care to guests during health crises.
• Operated medical equipment and maintained supplies for efficient response operations.
• Collaborated with team members to ensure timely and effective emergency responses.
• Trained new staff on emergency protocols and procedures, enhancing team readiness.
• Evaluated patient vital signs and status to determine care needs using pulse oximeters and electronic vital sign machines.
• Ensured accurate documentation of patient information, assessment findings, interventions performed, and overall condition by completing detailed reports in compliance with legal requirements and industry standards.
• Assisted with lifting and moving patients.
• Administered CPR, oxygen and other life-saving medical treatments.
• Immobilized patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport.

• Preceptorship at CCMC- Preceptor: Jona Monayo
• Administered medications
• Full patient assessments
• Provided patient care to 6 patients per shift

• Provided efficient and immediate patient care to the critically ill and injured
• Critical thinking and decision making
• Performed CPR
• Operated the Life Pack 12, 12-lead
• IV starts, glucose monitoring, oxygen regulation
• Resilience and stamina, driving long distances