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RegisteredNurse

Laura Rodriguez

Summary

Highly dedicated registered nurse with ten years of experience providing exceptional patient care as a bedside nurse, including leadership roles and preceptorship. Extremely focused, compassionate, organized, and detail orientated. Always looking for ways to improve patient care and ensure the highest standards of nursing practice. Skilled at time management and prioritizing. Excels at tasks and looks for ways to improve situations. Strong leader and works well with the interprofessional team to ensure patients receive optimum care. Eager to learn new things and is a quick learner. Establishes positive rapport with patients and staff.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Registered Nurse

Ascension Mercy Medical Center
03.2020 - Current
  • Provides exceptional patient care for up to six patients per shift
  • Educating and advocating for a diverse patient population in a medical-surgical unit with a focus on orthopedic and neurological patients
  • Leads and mentors newly hired registered nurses to develop and achieve professional nursing knowledge, skills, and expertise
  • Completes comprehensive nursing assessments of patients’ health statuses and documents findings into the EMR
  • Quickly and efficiently addresses any changes in patient’s condition, initiating hospital protocol and informing the medical care team
  • Serves as primary coordinator for the interdisciplinary team in order to provide excellent patient care and improve patient experience and outcomes

Registered Nurse

Ascension Living Villa Franciscan
11.2015 - 03.2020
  • Managed care for an average of fifteen short stay rehabilitation patients per shift
  • Frequently served as charge nurse/supervisor of facility, as needed
  • Developed new hire orientation process and orientation binder for new nurses
  • Assisted with orientation of newly hired nurses and ongoing mentoring of peers
  • Monitored and communicated patients’ health status with the interdisciplinary team

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois
05.2014

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Ascension Mercy Medical Center
03.2020 - Current

Registered Nurse

Ascension Living Villa Franciscan
11.2015 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Northern Illinois University
Laura Rodriguez