Lily Arzaga
Mililani,HI
Summary
Compassionate, knowledgeable, diligent, and empathetic nurse who strives to provide exceptional patient care.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Tripler Army Medical Center
10.2014 - Current
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Use knowledge about surgery and anesthesia to continually observe, monitor, and assess patient condition; maintains hemodynamic and neurologic stability.
- Uses sophisticated, specialized and highly complex patient care equipment to include, cardiac monitors, transporting monitors, PCA's, Wound Vacs, and epidural pumps during the nursing care and management of the post operative patient.
- Adept management of intravenous lines, arterial lines, airways, urinary catheters, surgical dressings, and drains.
- Plans, develops, and implements individualized nursing care plans for surgical recovery patients of all age spans (neonate to geriatric) and all types of anesthesia (general, regional, local and/or sedation analgesia) based upon total patient assessment, and post anesthesia care nursing principles outlined by American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN).
- Administers and monitors the use of therapeutic agents (medications) in accordance with the Department of Nursing and unit operating instructions, ASPAN and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Skillfully intervenes and treats airway emergencies with various modalities dependent upon the situation (insertion, maintenance, and removal of oral and nasopharyngeal airways, administration of nebulizing racemic epinephrine, and positive pressure ventilations).
- Provide complete and concise education for home care to patients and family prior to discharge from Phase II recovery.
- Provide holistic patient care.
- Monitors and maintains arterial and venous lines.
- Management and administration of blood and blood products.
- Provide complete and concise patient report, patient handout off, and complete charting/documentation of patient care via Genesis.
- Interpretation of EKG, vital signs, lab values, and other patient care related data.
- Recognize cardiac dysrhythmias and perform competently during life-threatening situations (ACLS, PALS, and BLS).
- Utilizes critical thinking and independently makes decisions in the absence of a physician and implements proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions.
- Collaboration with surgeons, anesthesiologists, fellow nurses, technicians and aid staff, identifying, analyzing, and recommending alternative solutions to issues when appropriate.
- Ensures standards established by The Joint Commission (TJC), American Society of Peri-Anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN), Occupational Standard Health Association (OSHA), Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI), and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) are adhered to.
- Functions as charge nurse to the PACU.
- Serves as chair person on the Unit Practice Counsel.
- This is a federal job
- Supervisor: Albert Knight (8084332272)
- Okay to contact this Supervisor: Yes
Registered Nurse
NSR Solutions
05.2011 - 10.2014
- Continually observes, monitors and assesses patient condition; maintains hemodynamic and neurologic stability.
- Uses sophisticated, specialized and highly complex patient care equipment to include, cardiac monitors, transporting monitors, and epidural pumps during the nursing care and management of the post operative patient.
- Plans, develops, and implements individualized nursing care plans for surgical recovery patients of all age spans (neonate to geriatric) and all types of anesthesia (general, regional, local and/or sedation analgesia) based upon total patient assessment, and post anesthesia care nursing principles outlined by American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN).
- Administers and monitors the use of therapeutic agents (medications) in accordance with the Department of Nursing and unit operating instructions, ASPAN and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA).
- Intervenes and treats airway emergencies with various modalities dependent upon the situation (insertion and maintenance of oral and nasopharyngeal airways, administration of nebulizing racemic epinephrine, and positive pressure ventilations).
- Provide education for home care and discharge patients from Phase II and/or Extended recovery.
- Provide holistic patient care.
- Monitors and maintains arterial and venous lines.
- Provide complete and concise patient report, patient handout off, and complete charting/documentation of patient care via Essentris and CHCS.
- Recognize cardiac dysrhythmias and perform competently during life-threatening situations (ACLS, PALS, and BLS).
- Utilizes critical thinking and independently makes decisions in the absence of a physician and implements proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
Hawaii Pacific University
Kaneohe, HI12.2008
Associate's degree - Arts
Leeward Community College
Pearl City, HI12.2005
Organizations And Affiliations
ASPAN, Member
Certification
RN LICENSE 06/2027
BLS 11/2025
ACLS 01/2027
PALS 02/2027
TCAR 04/2027
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Tripler Army Medical Center
10.2014 - Current
Registered Nurse
NSR Solutions
05.2011 - 10.2014
Associate's degree - Arts
Leeward Community College
Bachelor's degree - Nursing
Hawaii Pacific University
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