Maria Giraldo Herrera

CREER Comunidad y Familia - Food Bank 2020 - 2022

Inventory, and stock of food products.

Distribution of food directly to members of the community.

La Amistad of St. Joseph 2014 - 2017

Healthcare education to patients and their families.

San Juan Elementary School 2012 - 2015

Assisting families with translation Spanish - English

Free Spanish tutoring to children.

Professor - Saddleback College

• Critical Care 2022 - Present

Instructor - AVADE and De-escalation

• Mission Hospital 2020 - Aug 2023

Preceptor and mentor Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit

• Mission Hospital 2019 - 2023
• Anaheim Regional 2018 - 2019

Mentor at Find your Grind

• 2022 - Present.

• Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
• Register Nurse III / Critical care RN
• Register Nurse RN / Public Health Nurse (PHN) (Nov, 2023)
• Basic Life Support (Jan, 2024) Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (Aug, 2023), Pediatrics Advance Life Support (July, 2023), Trauma Nursing Core Course (May, 2023), NIHSS certification (Nov, 2023)
• Master Medical Translator Certification: English - Spanish (Oct, 2025)
• AVADE Instructor Certification (Sept, 2023), De-escalation Instructor Certification (Sept, 2023)
• Certificate Quality Improvement - Certificate in Quality & Safety - Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)

Mission Hospital, Mission Viejo | +500 hours - Neurology, Critical Care

Federally Qualified Health Center Family, UCI Anaheim | 100 hours - Primary patient care

Federally Qualified Health Center Pediatrics, UCI Santa Ana | 100 hours - Pediatrics

Federally Qualified Health Center Urgent Care, UCI Santa Ana | 100 hours - Urgent care

Emergency Department, UC Irvine Medical Center | 200 hours Emergency - Direct Patient care

Vascular Surgery, UC Irvine Medical Center | 100 hours Vascular - Acute and Chronic cardiovascular care (Pre - post surgery)

Dr. Terreros General Family Practice | 200 hours Primary Care - Direct Patient care

Paloma Medical Group | 35 hours Pulmonology - Direct Patient care

OC Neurosurgery | 100 hours Neurosurgery - Direct Patient care

Post Cardiac Arrest Protocol to meet the Joint Commission Performance Standards

Mission Hospital 2022

EVALI - Lung disease caused by e-cigarettes and vaping products

educated over 520 nurses.

Development and implementation of protocols and EBP at the hospital or the assessment and treatment of these patients.

Mission Hospital 2019

Member of the Ethics Committee and the House-wide Practice Council

Mission Hospital 2019 - Present

RN-BSN student representative - California State University, Fullerton 2018 - 2019

Developer and organizer of the First Annual Health and Wellness Fair - Saddleback College 2017

Leader of the Diversity & Break Through to Nursing at the Saddleback College program’s chapter

The California Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) 2015-2017

Prediction of primary Stroke

Post COVID-19 sequelae / COVID-19

How to improve access to higher education.

Gastrointestinal microbiota, Parkinson disease, COVID-19, inflammation and Sleep.

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The COVID Collaborative Group 2021 - Present

• Long COVID, biological basis of long COVID, cognition and affect related to COVID, and COVID symptom clusters and trajectories.
• Co-author: A distinct symptom pattern emerges for covid-19 long-haul: A nationwide study. Submitted to Scientific Report on 08 February 2022.
• Acknowledgment: Antihistamines for Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

The Reptilian Placenta Research Project - Saddleback College 2014 -2015

• Leader in specific literature review projects, organization of databases, and development of prezi presentations.
• Co-author of the research poster presented at the West Coast Biological Undergraduate Research conference.
• Co-author of the research poster presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the Evolution, the Society of Systematic Biologist, and the American Society of Naturalist in 2015.

Publications

• The Effect of SARS-COV-2 Variant on Respiratory Features and Mortality Among Vaccinated and Non-Fully Vaccinated Patients. Thomas D. Hughes, Ajan Subramanian, Rana Chakraborty, Shannon A. Cotton, Maria Del Pilar Giraldo Herrera, Yong Huang, Natalie Lambert, Melissa D. Pinto, View ORCID ProfileAmir M. Rahmani, Carmen Josefa Sierra, Charles A. Downs
  doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.21.22277907
• Antihistamines for Postacute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Acknowledgement for important contributions to Maria del Pilar Giraldo Herrera.

Healthcare HERO - 2022 https://www.celebrationofheroes.com/

Living Our Values - Mission Hospital - Nominations June 2020, Sept 2020, June 2021, Oct 2021

Preceptor and Role Model in Clinical Excellent and Professionalism - Concordia University 2020 - 2021 - 2022

Employee of the Month 2018, 2019 Anaheim Regional Medical Center

Spirit of Nursing Award - Saddleback College - 2017

Dean List - Saddleback College - 2014-2017

Spanish - Native

English - Full Professional Proficiency

American Nurse Association (ANA)

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

Emergency Nurse Association (ENA)

Street Medicine Institute