Mariel Sanchez
CHICAGO,IL
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with extensive experience in direct patient care, triage, and care coordination in fast-paced environments. Skilled in managing high-stress situations and fostering strong relationships with patients and families through effective communication and customer service.
Overview
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20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Advocate Health Care
Park Ridge, IL
10.2006 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to develop comprehensive care plans tailored to individual patient needs.
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols, ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Implemented quality improvement initiatives that enhanced patient satisfaction scores and reduced readmission rates.
- Mentored junior nursing staff on best practices in patient assessment and emergency response procedures.
- Facilitated labor and delivery processes ensuring patient safety and comfort.
- Provided comprehensive prenatal and postnatal education to families.
- Monitored fetal heart rates and maternal vital signs during labor.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop care plans tailored to individual needs.
- Implemented evidence-based practices to enhance patient outcomes in labor and delivery settings.
- Mentored junior nurses in labor management techniques and emergency response protocols.
- Provided emotional support and guidance to new mothers and families during labor, delivery and postpartum.
- Responded to emergency situations such as pre-eclampsia, early labor, and fetal distress.
- Assisted physician during delivery, examination and surgical procedures by anticipating needs, encouraging patient, and attending to baby after birth.
- Supported physicians in both planned and emergency Cesarean section procedures.
- Assessed infant health directly after birth using APGAR and monitored health for a specified amount of time for any changes in status.
- Managed epidural analgesia infusions and monitored vital signs during labor and delivery.
- Coached new mothers with breastfeeding techniques, postpartum self-care and infant care to promote easier transition into motherhood.
- Aided with induction of labor for women suffering from complications such as pre-eclampsia.
- Coordinated care of low and high-risk laboring women of childbearing age and immediate stabilization of newborn following delivery.
- Worked closely with doctors and midwives in coaching pregnant women through childbirth and post-natal recovery.
- Assisted obstetricians and midwives with deliveries and cared for newborns directly after birth.
- Performed vital signs checks and administered vaccinations to infants following birth.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Souther Illinois University
Edwardsville, IL05-2006
Skills
- IV medication administration
- Medication management
- Intravenous therapy
- Patient evaluation
- Patient assessments
- Patient evaluations
- Clinical decision-making
- Patient education
- Family advocacy
- Infection control
- Intravenous therapy
- Strong clinical judgment
- Clinical judgment
- IV therapy
- Professional bedside manner
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Advocate Health Care
10.2006 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Souther Illinois University