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Overview
Work History
Education
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Community Service
Languages
Certification
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Karen Fuentes

West New York,NJ

Summary

Community Health, Various Locations, NJ - January 2025 - May 2025
Synthesis Practicum, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ - January 2025 - May 2025

Pediatrics, Children's Specialized Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ - October 2024 - December 2024

Maternity, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ - August 2024 - October 2024

Acute Adult, Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ - August 2024 - December 2024

Psychiatric, VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ - January 2024 - May 2024

Adult Nursing 2, Alaris Health, West Orange, NJ - January 2024 - May 2024

Adult Nursing 1, Alaris Health, West Orange, NJ - August 2023 - Decemeber 2023

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Patient Care Secreterial Assisstance (L&D)

Englewood Health
07.2023 - Current
  • Schedule inductions of labor, cesareans, versions, and cerclage removals.
  • Assisted patients into their corresponding rooms and helped them get dressed before the nurse arrived.
  • Provided water, ice, and other requested items to meet customer and team needs.
  • Prepared and sanitized patient rooms after use by organizing and clearing medical equipment, including toco monitors, ultrasounds, blood pressure and pulse oximeter wires, and baby warmers. Restocked supplies to ensure readiness for the next patient.
  • Performed routine rounding every two hours, monitoring patient temperatures and measuring urine output for patients with epidurals and foley catheters.
  • Facilitated patient transport, including transferring postpartum patients from Labor and Delivery to Mother-Baby units, escorting monitoring patients to Maternal Fetal Medicine, and assisting discharged patients to the lobby.
  • Assisted nursing staff by gathering essential equipment and supplies, including lab labels, Jada systems, SCD devices, straight catheters, delivery sutures, and Hug tags for newborn safety and abduction prevention.
  • Adapted to various roles as needed, floating to units such as Pediatrics, 4East (Behavioral Health Unit) for one-to-one monitoring or secretarial support, Mother-Baby, and the Emergency Room for one-to-one patient observation.

Medical Assistant

Podiatry Center of New Jersey
09.2022 - 03.2023
  • Scheduled appointments for patients via phone and in person
  • Prepared treatment rooms for patients by cleaning surfaces and restocking supplies
  • Took medical histories to prepare patients for examination
  • Interviewed and engaged patients to obtain medical history, chief complaints and vital signs
  • Relayed messages from patients to physicians about concerns, condition updates or refill requests to facilitate treatment
  • Organized charts, documents and supplies to maintain team productivity
  • Cleaned and maintained medical equipment following procedures and standards
  • Documented notes during patient visits
  • Educated patients about medications, procedures and physician's instructions
  • Secured patient information and maintained patient confidence by completing and safeguarding medical records
  • Assisted with diagnostic testing by collecting and packaging biological specimens for internal and laboratory analysis

Medical Receptionist

Advanced Magnetic Imaging
03.2021 - 09.2022
  • Checked patients in and out for appointments and collected co-payments
  • Scheduled and followed up on patient appointments, collected and processed patient payments and maintained patient files
  • Called patients to confirm scheduled appointments and obtain additional details
  • Entered insurance, demographics and health history into patient database
  • Answered multi-line phone system and directed callers to requested personnel and departments
  • Retrieved faxes and uploaded documents to patient charts to assist clinical staff
  • Photocopied insurance cards, documented details and verified patient coverage for upcoming procedures or appointments
  • Scheduled appointments, optimizing patient satisfaction, provider time and treatment room utilization
  • Greeted each patient pleasantly and offered desk sheet for easy sign-in
  • Trained new staff on office procedures, insurance processes and medical terminology
  • Informed patients of financial responsibilities prior to rendering services
  • Gathered, transcribed and typed medical information into charts

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
05.2025

High School Diploma -

Memorial High School
West New York, NJ
06.2021

Skills

  • Front Desk Operations
  • Medical Charting
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Organization and Time Management
  • Detail-Oriented
  • Easily to adapt to change
  • Quick Learner

Community Service

Division of Volunteer Efforts (DOVE) - October 2021

  • Service on Saturdays (SOS) MEVO: assisting with farm maintenance tasks such as digging holes, covering crops, and preparing the farm for winter.
  • Seton Stories: reading to toddlers and children, assisting them in selecting books, and engaging them in library activities.

Languages

English: Full Professional
Spanish: Professional

Certification

  • Basic Life Support Certification (BLS), American Heart Association


Timeline

Patient Care Secreterial Assisstance (L&D)

Englewood Health
07.2023 - Current

Medical Assistant

Podiatry Center of New Jersey
09.2022 - 03.2023

Medical Receptionist

Advanced Magnetic Imaging
03.2021 - 09.2022

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Seton Hall University

High School Diploma -

Memorial High School

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