Maria Balderas

• Maintained highest standards for quality of care to residents.
• Front-line COVID-19 pandemic nurse. Applied patient care ensuring dedicated care for overall safety of uninfected residents and staff by containment. Delivered personalized, high-quality care irrespective of their infectious condition. Engaged in planning for anticipated COVID-19 outbreaks overloading systems during emergency situations. Adaptable and dependable.
• Maintain effective supply and usage of sanitation materials and personal protective equipment and offer screening information, and confinement guidelines.
• Applying strong nurse to staff engagement in clinical management, awareness and knowledge exchange, and public safety.
• Ensured safety and security procedures within Alzheimer's and Dementia residents environment.
• Continued monitoring and communication with physician's notifying of changes, implementing new orders in plan of care.
• Applied redirection and creative activities effectively for residents in sundown behaviors.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Administered controlled narcotics, routine medications, obtaining samples as ordered and performed catheterizations if needed.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.tients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
• Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
• Managed multiple supervisory duties such as answering multiple telephone lines, addressing family and resident concerns, including managing any issues with staff call off's, maintenance issues and any daily malfunctions.
• Monitored and notified senior management on expenditures and issues or concerns need addressing that arise during weekend.
• Implemented successful healthcare program through professionalism, quality of care, staff and patient teaching to improve overall safety and quality of care for residents.
• Trained new recruits and direct hires at Freedom House providing after hour availability when advice or questions arise.
• Met exceptional palliative care in end of life goals including; ability to empathize with family and residents, addressing questions and discussing difficult topics within variety of family dynamics and with the terminally ill.

• Provided customers with courteous, knowledgeable and efficient service.
• Maintained high standard of organization and cleanliness of store premises.
• Placed floral arrangements in refrigerated cases and arranged other merchandise on display fixtures.
• Performed daily cash register opening and closing functions and generated daily sales reports including U-Haul rentals.
• Prepared incoming flower stocks for inclusion in arrangements, bouquets and deliveries.
• Supported in-store sales promotions, frequently engaging in product upsell activities.
• Designed general purpose and special occasion flower arrangements using recommended floral design guidelines.
• Engaged in accepted loss prevention practices throughout store premises.
• Nurtured flowers to maintain quality and promote longevity.
• Provided customers with care directions for flower arrangements.
• Worked with customers to determine type of arrangement desired, occasion, and date, time and location for each arrangement needed.
• Transported and set up floral arrangements for large-scale functions, comprising weddings, funerals, and banquets.
• Developed positive relationships with clients and vendors to boost rapport and trust.
• Met customer satisfaction by delivering orders within ample time exceeding customer expectations.

• Traveled as need to fill in 12 hour shifts at various facilities such as nursing homes, assisted living homes, home health, hospitals, and Baptist home health urgent care facilities.
• Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.
• Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
• Comfort measures ensured in palliative care in transitioning of end of life patients, care of wash and dress bodies of deceased persons was satisfactory.

Hard-working nurse professional with 10+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of ambulatory care, and clinical services in delivering exceptional patient care and safety.

• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
• Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.
• Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.
• Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments.
• Clean rooms and make beds.
• Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
• Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.
• Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.
• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions

As a novice i worked as a medical surgical nurse on a 25 bed skilled floor. Received care during rotation of different units from nursery, operating room, emergency department, and medical surgical floor.

• Receiving and juggling admissions from the emergency room and also rotating to labor and delivery patients and providing care to newborns as well.
• Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders, and communicating with ancillary departments.
• Interacted smoothly with patients and loved ones, updated on care plans and advocated for needs.
• Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health, and organizational regulations.
• Cared for patients' wounds and changed dressings.
• Conducted daily shift briefs to inform staff of changes in patient care assignments.
• Administered medications and treatments to patients as ordered by physician, maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift.
• Developed and maintained close relationships with patients and families to facilitate smooth communications, provide encouragement and build trust.
• Assisted in development and implementation of new policies and procedures to improve healthcare quality.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
• Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute conditions.
• Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
• Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.