Lina Marcela Idarraga Gallego
Medellin, Antioquia,Colombia
Summary
Compassionate Clinical Nurse with over 10 years of experience in trauma, Medical surgical, public health, and cruise ships areas Adept at providing comprehensive patient care and education with a talent for leading by example. Successful at supervising multiple wards while giving best-in-class patient care.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Nurse
United States
03.2018 - 10.2023
- Performs prompt and effective first response, triage, and appropriate transfer at all times.
- Confirmed current staff certifications and assigned training to provide opportunities for professional development.
- Precepted and mentored new staff, graduate registered nurses and employees to comply with health and safety regulations and follow protocols and guidelines.
- Collaborated with physicians and nursing staff to prevent medication errors, improve patient experience and deliver quality care.
- Scheduled staff meetings to discuss announcements, ideas and concerns and align with tasks, promoting collaborative environment.
- Used Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation process and electronic health records to document treatments and patient status observations.
- Designed and implemented guidelines and policies to comply with health and safety standards in providing patient care.
- Educated patients on wound and disease self-management techniques to avoid infection and promote faster healing and recovery.
- Delegated specific tasks to assigned nurses to assess patients, observe symptoms and provide detailed status and developments.
- Monitored areas to keep work stations clean and comply with health and sanitation standards, maintaining well-being of employees.
- Routinely plans and delivers evidenced-based holistic care and facilitates continuity through effective oral and written communication.
- Demonstrates competency in drug calculation, medication dispensing, and administration.
- Responsible to care for nursing needs (routine and emergency) of our guest and crew onboard.
- Manages chronic and critically ill patients.
- Participates in emergency response team code and performs cardio pulmonary resuscitation base on AHA guidelines.
- Responsible for delivery of patient care through nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
Emergency room care nurse
Hospital San Vicente
09.2015 - 01.2017
- Hospital San Vicente Fundación
- Monitored patient conditions closely, reporting and recording signs of deterioration for swift action.
- Measured blood pressure, pulse and temperature to assess and record vital signs.
- Collated medical data for patient records, maintaining strict confidentiality.
- Demonstrated compassionate communication skills, empathetically delivering difficult news to patients and families.
- Worked with meticulous accuracy in administering patient medication according to correct, appropriate doses.
- Utilized practiced skills in phlebotomy, taking patients' blood with minimal distress, discomfort or error.
- Evaluated patient symptoms and condition to plan recovery programs for timely discharge.
- Worked with a consistently positive, friendly bedside manner to enhance patient experiences during difficult times.
- Communicated with healthcare team to evaluate and execute proper patient care plans.
- Interpreted cardiac rhythm strips, treated wounds and administered IV for patients to provide quality care for patients.
- Administered medications, performed diagnostic tests and operated monitoring devices to determine diagnosis of patient.
- Administered CPR following Basic Life Support for Health Care Provider during emergency cases to patients undergoing cardiac arrest.
- Check on and identify patient needs and problems and make interventions, taking into account integral approach.
Emergency room care nurse and Medical-Surgical
clinic Somer
07.2012 - 04.2014
- Evaluate patient care plans from admission through discharge
- Provide care for patients suffering from trauma, acute cardiac events, drug Overdose, gastrointestinal bleeding, and psychiatric emergencies
- Perform medical tasks such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac and vital sign monitoring, medication administration, and medication titration
- Provide direct nursing care to critically ill patients.
- Recognize life-threatening arrhythmias and means of treatment for patients in cardiac monitors, caring for A-lines, monitoring Swan-Ganz catheters, drawing ABG's and other labs, interpreting and reporting results for proper medical management
- Performed catheterization (straight catheter, Foley catheter, arterial catheter, condom catheter, and intraosseous catheter)
- Assisted in endotracheal intubation.
- Assisted in central venous catheterization.
- Inserted peripheral intravenous lines.
- Administered medications per inhalation, oral, sublingual, intramuscular, intradermal, subcutaneous, intravenous, optic, and rectal routes
- perform electrocardiogram and glucose testing.
- Performed Advanced CPR in adults
- Inserted Peripheral insertion central venous catheter.
- Assisted in jugular catheter insertion for hemodialysis.
- Assisted for taking samples of bone marrow aspirates.
- Extraction of venous blood samples from central catheters and peripherally inserted central catheters
Education
Registered Nurse - NCLEX PASSER
Pearson profesional Centers
Miami2023
PALS - CPR
Salamandra
Pereira2022
ATLS - Training
International Trauma Support
Manizales, CAL2022
ACLS-BLS training - CPR
Salamandra
Pereira2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Libre
Pereira2009
Skills
- Patient assessments
- Patient record auditing
- IV drug therapy management
- Patient education
- Nursing staff leadership
- Health assessments
- Medication administration
Certification
- NCLEX RN passer License number 876547
- ACLS/BLS
- PALS
- ATLS
- X-ray Training
- Sexual Assault
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Lead Nurse
United States
03.2018 - 10.2023
Emergency room care nurse
Hospital San Vicente
09.2015 - 01.2017
Emergency room care nurse and Medical-Surgical
clinic Somer
07.2012 - 04.2014
Registered Nurse - NCLEX PASSER
Pearson profesional Centers
PALS - CPR
Salamandra
ATLS - Training
International Trauma Support
ACLS-BLS training - CPR
Salamandra
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
University Libre
- NCLEX RN passer License number 876547
- ACLS/BLS
- PALS
- ATLS
- X-ray Training
- Sexual Assault
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