KLARIZZA SOSA
Harlingen,Tx
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients and high-stress situations. Consistently providing exceptional care to a diverse patient population with a passion for hospice care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
RN Case Manager/Admission Nurse
Greater Valley Hospice
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, medications, and changes.
- Responded promptly and professionally to patient questions and concerns.
- Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs. ·
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care, administer tests and monitor patient status.
- Exercised good nursing judgment in addressing symptoms and concerns, re-educating and assessing patient condition to deliver quality patient care.
- Responded to incoming calls from patient, family member or caregiver for after-hours medical services and gathered information to address inquiry or concern and ascertain need to conduct in-person nursing visit.
- Review patients medical records to determine if patient met requirements for admission
RN
Retama Manor Nursing Home
07.2022 - 09.2022
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Able to manage care in a fast paced environment
LVN
Retama Manor Nursing Home
05.2014 - 07.2022
- Managed care for a variety of patients under a ratio of 20:1
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
LVN
United Home Care
04.2014 - 05.2014
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
LVN
Soluna Adult Daycare Center
02.2014 - 03.2014
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Education
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Galen College of Nursing
San Antonio, TX06.2022
Certificate - Licensed Vocational Nurse
Valley Baptist School of Vocational Nursing
Harlingen, TX12.2013
Skills
- Mastery of Microsoft Office Programs (word, excel, PowerPoint)
- Ability to work with several operating systems, including Windows and Mac OSX
- Thrives in a faced paced environment
- Therapeutic communication
- Chronic Disease Management
- Hospice and Palliative Care
- EMR Systems
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Patient Assessments
- Hospice Education
- Hospice Philosophy Understanding
- Care Management
- Call Triaging
Timeline
RN Case Manager/Admission Nurse
Greater Valley Hospice
09.2022 - 09.2023
RN
Retama Manor Nursing Home
07.2022 - 09.2022
LVN
Retama Manor Nursing Home
05.2014 - 07.2022
LVN
United Home Care
04.2014 - 05.2014
LVN
Soluna Adult Daycare Center
02.2014 - 03.2014
Associate of Science - Registered Nurse
Galen College of Nursing
Certificate - Licensed Vocational Nurse
Valley Baptist School of Vocational Nursing
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