KYLA LORENA CARANTO
DALY CITY,CA
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Hospice Hospital Liaison Registered Nurse
Sutter Care at Home Hospice
05.2022 - Current
- Collaborates with Physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive appropriate end of life care in accordance to their wishes
- Participates in rounds with Physicians and other team members to effectively coordinate and facilitate transition planning
- Obtains initial orders for comfort medications from Hospice Medical Directors
- Facilitates transition to home planning including assessing post-discharge needs and developing and implementing transition to home plan
- Coordinates with hospice interdisciplinary team, hospital billing department, Hospitalists regarding General Inpatient Hospice admission process in EPIC
- Uses diagnostic criteria for hospice and or General Inpatient Hospice eligibility to complete admissions and daily visits for hospice patients receiving General Inpatient level of care
- Holds goals of care discussions and end of life conversations with patients, families, and or caregivers using in-depth knowledge of disease state and prognosis of illness effectively to support patients and families in decision making regarding care options and support
- Performs infusion hook up for patients discharging with an infusion pump with collaboration of pharmacy and infusion team
- Performs direct patient care during hospice visits and/or hospice admissions per staffing needs
Hospice Admissions Registered Nurse
Sutter Care at Home Hospice
09.2020 - 04.2022
- Performs direct patient care to 10 to 20 patients on a weekly basis
- Provides education to patients and families, administers medications safely, checks vital signs, performs specimen collection, manages drains and catheters, and performs hands on wound care for pressure ulcers, venous stasis ulcers and gastrostomy tubes per Physician orders
- Responsible for assessment, implementation, and evaluation of initial plan of care in assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities and patient homes
- Determines patient eligibility and level of care needs for hospice services consistent with admission criteria
- Gathers and distributes information on hospice services and Medicare Hospice Benefits to community members, patients, and families
- Extensively documents and organizes clinical findings in a timely manner while maintaining patient records according to practice standards
- Collaborates with Medical Directors, hospital liaisons, clinical managers and other members within interdisciplinary team to ensure smooth and timely patient discharge and quality patient care at home
Registered Nurse
San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living
04.2018 - 08.2020
- Delivers high quality patient-centered care to 12 to 20 medical surgical, orthopedic, oncology and hospice patients within a 40 bed unit
- Provides various types of wound care to medical-surgical, orthopedic, and hospice patients including wound vacuums, abscesses, ulcerations, and ostomies
- Mentors and oversees training of new nurses
- Executes role of a Charge Nurse: delegates and assigns responsibilities appropriately, prepares and manages discharges, activates orders for admissions, provides patient teaching, prepares facility for State and Federal visits, and coordinates care within multi-disciplinary team
- Proficiently communicates with an interdisciplinary team consisting of doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and case managers
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, CA01.2015
Associate of Science -
Saint Mary’s College of California
Moraga, CA01.2013
High School Diploma -
Mercy High School Burlingame
Burlingame, CA01.2011
Skills
- Experienced with EPIC Charting System
- Palliative Care Expertise
- Wound Treatment Proficiency
- Team-Based Interdisciplinary Work
- Patient Instruction
- Prioritization and Time Management
- Medication Administration
- Geriatric Health Management
- Patient Discharge Coordination
- Hands-On Nursing Care
- Patient Advocacy
- Patient Evaluation and Management
Licensures And Certifications
- Registered Nurse of California, 95127850, 04/28/17, 09/30/26
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support, 02/01/25, 02/01/27
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, 01/20/24, 01/01/26
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, 01/20/24, 01/01/26
Timeline
Hospice Hospital Liaison Registered Nurse
Sutter Care at Home Hospice
05.2022 - Current
Hospice Admissions Registered Nurse
Sutter Care at Home Hospice
09.2020 - 04.2022
Registered Nurse
San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living
04.2018 - 08.2020
Associate of Science -
Saint Mary’s College of California
High School Diploma -
Mercy High School Burlingame
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Samuel Merritt University
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