MARGARITA CONN
Riverside,CA
Summary
Well-qualified Registered Nurse with full California credentials and 35+ years of experience delivering exceptional care to acute hospital and home hospice patients. Knowledgeable about acute hospital type patients and hospice requirements and skilled at maximizing patient comfort and safety while meeting strict cost control standards. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities. Open and clear communicator with analytical problem-solving abilities and advanced clinical expertise. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing all different types of patients needs. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressured environments. Prioritizes clinical, operational tasks and coordinating care with other healthcare staff in fast-paced settings. Compassionate, caring and comfortable working with people of all backgrounds. Team-oriented and reliable with expert healthcare knowledge, clear verbal and written communication skills and sound clinical judgement. Currently looking for a challenging nursing related community based setting.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Medical Support Specialist
Biolife Plasma Services
04.2021 - 04.2024
- Nurse preceptor/educator for nursing staff
- Evaluate new donors eligibility to be able to donate plasma
- Monitor donor safety throughout the donation precess
- Assess, monitor and evaluate donor reactions to the plasma process
- Participate in quality assurance
- Adhere to all standard operating procedures and guidelines in regards to donors continuing eligibility to donate plasma
- Provide and promote continuing education for all plasma donors
Registered Nurse
Corona Regional Medical Center
07.2018 - 05.2020
- Worked as a float nurse for their observation, PCU and surgical units.
- Covered as relief charge nurse as needed.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Managed elements of patient care, from admission to discharge or transfer to other units, using nursing expertise to conduct assessments, administered medications, initiated nursing and emergency interventions, contribute to care plan development and educate patients.
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager
Morning Star Hospice Inc
06.2017 - 04.2019
- Developed and implemented individualized care plan for each hospice patient while following physician instructions.
- Established hospice care services for elderly and disabled patients.
- Offered listening ear to both patients and loved ones to meet emotional and mental, as well as physical needs.
- Provided high level of quality, compassionate care to patients and caregivers during each nursing shift.
- Taught family members and caregivers various ways to manage patients' pain, how to check for vital signs and proper methods for dressing changes.
- Established and maintained successful relationships with patients, families and physicians by utilizing exemplary communication and active listening skills.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Leveraged feedback and process improvement opportunities to create safer and healthier environment and increase patient satisfaction.
- Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Led successful five person team comprised of RNs, LPNs and ancillary staff.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individuals current and support accurate treatments.
- Sustained quality standards by performing routine medication audits and upholding internal and industry best standards.
- Strengthened training and nursing knowledge by taking part in continuing education programs and hospice based workshops.
- Created and applied tailored care plans that would meet each patient's individualized needs.
Travel Registered Nurse
Insyce Consulting Services
03.2017 - 02.2018
- Worked at Riverside Community Hospital as float nurse on various medical, surgical and ER holding units.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IV administration, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
Travel Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare
08.2015 - 06.2017
- Worked at Eisenhower Medical Center and Kaiser Fontana as traveling float nurse.
- At Eisenhower worked in fast paced observation unit.
- Patients varied from medical to surgical patients, with admissions, transfers and discharges turnover can average between 6-12 patients per shift.
- Did relief charge nurse duties as needed.
- At Kaiser Fontana floated between all medical and surgical floors
Travel Behavioral Health Care Registered Nurse 2
Kelly Services
07.2016 - 10.2016
- Worked at San Bernardino Behavioral Health Clinic.
- Responded to numerous volatile situations and violent outbursts to restore safety and security of patients and staff.
- Performed initial patient assessments to walk in patients as needed and then referred them to MD's as appropriate.
- Applied nursing expertise to meet needs of acutely medical ill patients in challenging psychiatric environment.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action, for patients having acute medical emergencies in psychiatric office.
- Quickly responded to situations impacting safety and security to unit, actualizing crisis prevention interventions to control and de-escalate situations.
- Ran IM injection clinic for patients whom oral medication did not work. This included scheduling appointments, administering medications and monitor effectiveness and for side effects for approximately 150 patients.
- Called refills to pharmacies as appropriate for medications.
- Provided insurance companies information for drug approve for certain patients.
- Handled all non-psychiatric emergencies in clinics, including activating EMR systems as appropriate.
Staff Registered Nurse 2
Hoag Memorial Hospital
10.1997 - 08.2015
- Worked as float nurse in all area's of hospital including all medical, surgical, pediatric, mother-baby, drug and alcohol detox unit, sub ICU and ER units.
- Covered as relief charge nurse on various units as needed.
- Service excellence and recovery ambassador and educator for hospitals service excellence program.
- Sat on numerous hospital committees including staffing and patient improvement committees, as well as QI committee.
- Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing in-patient stay length 20% on average.
- Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.
Education
Certificate of Critical Care Nursing - Critical Care Nursing
Misericordia School of Nursing
Edmonton, AB, Canada12.1990
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
Grant MacEwan Community College
Edmonton, AB, Canada06.1989
Skills
- Chronic and Acute Disease Management
- Orthopedics
- Oncology
- Telemetry
- Medical Surgical Areas
- Neurology
- Pediatrics
- Mother Baby
- ER
- Palliative/Hospice Care
- Acute Care
- Managed Care
- Critical Care
- Case Management
- Strong Clinical Judgement
- Practicing Infection Control Measures
- HIPPA compliance
- Patient and Family Advocate
- QI Activities
- Shared Governance
- Staff Management
- EMR/EHR: Epic, Eclipse,Cerner, Meditec, Hospice MD
- Service Excellence and Recovery
- Plasma Support Nurse
Certification
BLS, ACLS
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Medical Support Specialist
Biolife Plasma Services
04.2021 - 04.2024
Registered Nurse
Corona Regional Medical Center
07.2018 - 05.2020
Hospice Registered Nurse Case Manager
Morning Star Hospice Inc
06.2017 - 04.2019
Travel Registered Nurse
Insyce Consulting Services
03.2017 - 02.2018
Travel Behavioral Health Care Registered Nurse 2
Kelly Services
07.2016 - 10.2016
Travel Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare
08.2015 - 06.2017
Staff Registered Nurse 2
Hoag Memorial Hospital
10.1997 - 08.2015
Certificate of Critical Care Nursing - Critical Care Nursing
Misericordia School of Nursing
Diploma of Nursing - Nursing
Grant MacEwan Community College