Maria P. Belza
Raleigh,NC
Summary
A compassionate and motivated individual with 25+ years of experience in providing patient-centered, quality critical care, monitoring patient health problems, documenting clinical reports for principal investigators and clinicians. Practiced nursing within the scope of North Carolina RN license to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and document nursing care for patients experiencing life-threating problems requiring complex assessment, high intensity therapies, and intervention across the Emergency Department.
Overview
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Certification
Education
BS - Nursing
Perpetual Help College
03.1993
Skills
- Assists the unit manager in supervision, coordination, education, and management of nursing personnel to ensure consistent standards of practice and competencies
- Understands the needs of the organization and supports the mission, values and management of patient care services
- Adept in reviewing, editing, entering data in EPIC and chart audit
- Working knowledge of computerized data required including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, and Word)
- Attention to detail, organizational and priority skills, and well-versed communicator within cross functional teams
- Planning, Organizing
- Delegation and Empowerment
- Decision Making and Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement and Learning
- Adaptability
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Overall Responsibilities
- As CA, serves as an expert for health system and works collaboratively with all levels of nursing, interdisciplinary teams and executive staff.
- Oversees the allocation of resources across the system and facilitates patients and flow through WakeMed facilities and ensures maintenance of quality nursing measure in accordance with the standard of nursing care.
- Supervises, coordinates, assigns, and educates using clinical expertise to ensure quality patient care and outcomes.
- Collaborates and involves nurses and interprofessional team in accordance with the 'Plan for Providing Nursing practice,' the nursing strategic plan, and organization’s aspirational goals.
- Facilitates and supports nursing education and staff development with embrace of adult learning principles.
- Ensures a professional practice environment inclusive of BSN and certification advancement.
- Responsible to Unit Manager for maintenance of unit operations, assignments and administrative activities.
- Committed to and accountable for nursing documentation as reflected by patient plan of care and ongoing standard of practice of clinical nurses and staff assignments.
- Facilitates and leads patient flow and throughput efforts to ensure patient care is delivered based on physician order and patient care needs.
- Assesses and classifies patients according to acuity of condition or complaint.
- Facilitates patient flow through the department and avoid unnecessary congestion.
- Provides information, referrals and status update to patient and family to allay anxiety.
- Obtains an in-depth assessment of chief complaint and medical history; identifying the unique problems and concerns of each patient. Maintain patient confidentiality in all interactions.
- Demonstrates clinical expertise in execution of nursing process and principles.
- Documents to all treatment protocols, procedures, diagnosis and medications given to patients as well as patient’s response to treatment.
- Continuously provide open, honest, professional transparent communication to leader, peers, providers, staff and patient/families.
- Keep the well-being of our community and the care of our patients and families first and foremost and supports the wellbeing of self and others.
Leader Compact
- Respect for People
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Commitment and Accountability
Trained And Competent In
- Level 1 Trauma trained in geriatric, adult and pediatric population
- Comprehensive stroke care
- Comprehensive cardiac care
- Orthopedic Emergencies
- OBGYN emergency
- Triage
Languages
- Filipino
- English
- Filipino
Committee Involvement
- Unit Council Committee, Chair person
- Magnet Council Committee, Co-chair person
- Clinical Nurse Council, member
- Trauma PI Committee, member
- NPDP, member
- Shared Governance Committee, member
Certification
- North Carolina State RN License
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- ENPC
- TNCC
- ATLS Certified
- CEN – Certified Emergency Nurse
- Nurse Preceptor/Mentor
Professional Work Profile
- Clinical Administrator, WakeMed Health and Hospital, Raleigh, NC, 08/01/23, present
- Clinical Educator / Supervisor RN, Emergency Services - AED, WakeMed Health and Hospital, Raleigh, NC, 05/09/22, 07/31/23
- Clinical Nurse II/ Charge Nurse - Emergency Department, WakeMed Brier Creek Healthplex, Brier Creek, NC, 01/01/20, 05/05/22
- Clinical Nurse II / Trauma RN - Emergency Department, WakeMed Health and Hospital, Raleigh, NC, 08/01/12, 01/01/20
- Clinical Nurse II/ Charge Nurse - Emergency Department, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, NC, 07/01/09, 06/30/14
- Clinical Nurse II/ Team Lead - Emergency Department, St. Joseph Medical Center, Yonkers, NY, 06/01/05, 07/31/09
- Clinical Nurse II - Emergency Department, New York Presbyterian Hospital (Allen Pavilion), 09/01/08, 06/30/09
- Clinical Nurse II - Emergency Department, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY, 08/01/06, 02/28/08
- Clinical Nurse II/ Charge Nurse - Emergency Department, University Of Perpetual Help Medical Center, Philippines, 09/01/00, 01/31/05
Timeline
BS - Nursing
Perpetual Help College