LIZA AAVIYIL
Tampa,FL
Summary
Nursing Experience
❖ Compassionate, dedicated Registered Nurse over 29 years of multifaceted experience in Acute/ Critical Care/ Progressive Care. Excellent nursing skills combined with an ability to work autonomously and as part of a team ❖ 20 plus years of Critical care experience in clinical, leadership and educating while caring for patients in Cardio- Thoracic, CCU, Kidney transplant ICU units. ❖ 8 plus years as Charge nurse and Resource nurse on Observation Unit /ER Hold of a 1040 bed hospital and support the mission for United States Veterans at James A. Haley VA Hospital Spinal Cord Injury/ rehabilitation Units since 2022.
Leadership
❖ Dedicated Charge Nurse with 20 years of experience within demanding Critical care/ Acute care Units. ❖ Oversees clinical operations and ensured the delivery of high-quality patient care.
Educator/ Preceptor
❖ Enhancing knowledge by presenting "Autonomic Dysreflexia Awareness" by teaching RNs at the following units : 7 North, Rehab,5 West and 4 West through poster presentation ❖ Mentor and train new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members ❖ Research and report on the latest evidence-based best practices ❖ Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse, CMSRN
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital and Clinics RN Pool
02.2022 - Current
- Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determining the appropriate delegation of tasks
- Resource Charge in SCI-F when required
- Oversee patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
- Mentor and train new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members
- Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured Veterans
- Monitor for signs and symptoms of Autonomic Dysreflexia in Veterans with Spinal Cord Injury and intervene as per protocol
- Documents observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition
- Collaborates with health team members and members of the interdisciplinary team to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
- Assesses patient's learning needs, learning preference, and readiness to learn
- Engage families of Veterans in the plan of care while establishing effective communication in the process
- Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing
- Monitor and evaluate veterans with changes in status and indications of conditions such as Sepsis, Altered Mentation and institute appropriate interventions
- Assess and ensure Fall precautions, CAUTI, CLABSI, and PUP preventive measures are in place.
Charge nurse/Registered Nurse
Tampa General Hospital
01.2014 - Current
- Served as Charge Nurse of 16 bed Observation Unit and as an Express Admit nurse (Emergency Department, Hold Unit) for the hospital to expedite and streamline the admission process
- Create daily assignments utilizing skill mix and patient faculty
- Coordinate patient flow: admissions, transfers, discharges
- Provides individualized nursing care to patients in cardiac-medical telemetry units, surgical departments, step-down, and transplant floors
- Responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determining the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care (ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses).
Registered Nurse
Tampa General Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Assess, plans and evaluates patient care needs in 18 best step-down unit
- Assess, care, & management of patients on ventilator
- Administers prescribed medications, wound care, monitors vital signs
- Carries out Medical Provider orders
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Monitors, records and communicate patient condition by accurate documentation
- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment.
Registered Nurse
Houston Northwest Medical Center
03.2006 - 10.2007
- Assess, plan and evaluates patient care needs in 20 bed medical ICU unit
- Assess, care for, & manage patients on ventilators
- Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, monitor vital signs
- Carries out Medical Provider orders
- Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care
- Instructs and educates patients and families
- Monitors, records and communicate patient condition by computer documentation
- Follow standard precautions using personal protective equipment
- Collection of specimens, correction of electrolyte imbalance as per physician.
Staff Charge Nurse/Staff nurse
Hamed Al Essa Organ Transplant Center
10.2000 - 01.2005
- Implementing robust measures guaranteeing the smooth running of shifts
- Deliver excellent patient care while leading, guiding, and supporting nursing staff to complete all tasks efficiently and on time
- Oversee patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
- Mentor and train new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members
- Liaise with doctors and administrators and communicate any protocol changes to staff
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations
- Record and maintain accurate reports
- Assess, manage and educate the critical patient on ventilators
- Manage patient on hemodialysis and plasma exchange
- Placement of intravenous lines and care of central and PICC lines
- Collection of specimens, and correction of electrolyte imbalance as per unit protocol
- Assist in kidney & liver biopsy, pleural and abdominal tapping.
Staff Charge Nurse, ICU/CCU
Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
12.1996 - 12.1999
- Assess & manage critical patients on ventilators
- Oversee patient admissions, transfers, and discharges
- Mentor and train new staff while providing support and guidance to all staff members
- Monitor medical charts and administer compassionate care and assistance to patients and families
- Assist codes in the hospital
- Assess & manage patients receiving thrombolytic BLS and IV certified
- Administration and monitoring of patients on Thrombolytic agents such as TPA and Streptokinase infusions
- Serve as relief Charge Nurse and Preceptor.
Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse
Bombay Hospital
12.1992 - 11.1996
- Assess and monitor patients' pre and post Cardiothoracic surgery
- Hemodynamic monitoring and interventions
- Administer Blood and blood products
- Monitor for transfusion reactions
- Monitoring of electrolytes and fluids and correcting electrolyte imbalances as per unit protocol.
Education
Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery -
Bombay Nurses Training Institute of Bombay Hospital Trust
BSN -
American Sentinel University
05.2014
Skills
- Judgement and Decision Making
- Leadership
- Critical thinking
- Patient /Family Education
- Precepting
- Wound Care
- Mobility Assistance
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Telemetry/EKG
- Computerized charting- CPRS/BCMA, EPIC, Cerner
- Aptitude for developing new skills
Accomplishments
- Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse, CMSRN
- Presenting "Autonomic Dysreflexia Awareness" by educating RNs at the following units : 7 North, Rehab,5 West and 4 West through poster presentation
Certification
- Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse, CMSRN (Exp: 2027)
- ACLS & BLS Certified
Nursing License:
- License Number: RN 9269435, Expiration: April 30, 2025, Issuing State: Florida
Affiliations
- Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses
- American Nursing Association
Awards
Daisy Award 2019
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse
James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital and Clinics RN Pool
02.2022 - Current
Charge nurse/Registered Nurse
Tampa General Hospital
01.2014 - Current
Registered Nurse
Tampa General Hospital
01.2008 - 01.2014
Registered Nurse
Houston Northwest Medical Center
03.2006 - 10.2007
Staff Charge Nurse/Staff nurse
Hamed Al Essa Organ Transplant Center
10.2000 - 01.2005
Staff Charge Nurse, ICU/CCU
Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman
12.1996 - 12.1999
Staff Nurse/Charge Nurse
Bombay Hospital
12.1992 - 11.1996
Diploma in General Nursing and Midwifery -
Bombay Nurses Training Institute of Bombay Hospital Trust
BSN -
American Sentinel University
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