Marina Kaldas
Middletown
Summary
Dedicated, compassionate, and knowledgeable Registered Nurse with 8 year experience specializing in delivering comprehensive patient care, driving effective medication management, providing compassionate care monitoring for pre/post operative patient. Adaptable in various clinical settings, providing high-quality patient care. Ready to leverage critical thinking and collaboration skills to enhance patient safety and recovery outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
ChristianaCare
Newark, DE
09.2023 - Current
- Provide preoperative care for patients undergoing major or minor surgical procedures, such as cardiac/Abdominal etc.
- Providing care for patients with multiple IV drips, such as insulin, Amiodarone, Cardizem, heparin etc.
- Assisted with wound care, dressing changes and NG tube placement to maintain stable patient conditions.
- Preforming Ekgs
- Interpreting Telemetry strips
- Administer comprehensive patient care, including medication management and vital sign monitoring.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement effective care plans.
- Educate patients and families on health management and post-discharge instructions.
- Implement infection control protocols to ensure patient safety and minimize risk.
- Effectively managed time and prioritized tasks to ensure timely administration of medications, treatments, and procedures.
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
- Monitored and managed pain levels of post-surgical patients to reduce unnecessary opiate usage.
- Started intravenous fluids, administered medications, and documented patient charts by recording food and fluid output and intake.
- Inserting and maintaining peripheral IV catheters.
- Charge nurse capable performing responsibilities, such as supervising staff, delegating patient care assignments, ensuring safety compliance and acting as a liaison between patient, Physicians and management. Handling immediate issues such as emergency situations, conflict resolution or patient complaints.
Travel Registered Nurse
GHR Contracting Services
Plymouth Meeting, PA
09.2021 - 09.2023
- Delivered patient care in diverse clinical settings, ensuring adherence to established protocols and safety standards.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans for patients.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses, adjusting treatment plans as necessary.
- Educated patients and families on health management, enhancing understanding of conditions and treatments.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Educated patients and families on pre-operative and post-operative care to enhance recovery outcomes.
- Provided effective bedside care to patients before and after procedures to deliver comfort.
- Provided care for preoperative and postoperative care for patients undergoing major and minor surgical procedures.
- Managed patients on multiple IV drips
- Performed Ekgs and telemetry strip Interpretation.
- Provided exceptional nursing care to diverse patient populations in various healthcare settings.
- Demonstrated adaptability in adjusting to various clinical settings while traveling to different hospitals as a Travel Nurse Telemetry professional.
- Minimized the risk of complications for post-operative patients by closely monitoring their recovery progress and addressing any concerns promptly.
- Inserting and maintaining peripheral IV catheters.
Registered Nurse, Surgical Step Down
Bayhealth Hospital
Dover, DE
06.2018 - 01.2022
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols and patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs, identified changes in patient conditions, and communicated findings to healthcare team.
- Assisted in developing individualized care plans based on patient assessments and clinical best practices.
- Educated patients and families on health management, medication usage, and post-discharge care instructions.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Facilitated patient transitions between different levels of care, ensuring continuity of services and minimizing disruptions in treatment plans.
- Documented treatments delivered, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Administered medications and treatments in accordance with established protocols and patient care plans.
- Provide preoperative care for patients undergoing major or minor surgical procedures.
- Manage care for post-surgical patients, monitoring vital signs and administering medications.
- Provided care for patients with multiple IV drips, insulin, Amiodarone, Cardizem, and Nitro gtts, with monitoring EKGs, telemetry strips, symptoms and vital signs.
- Performing EKGs
- Interpreting Telemetry Strip
- Inserted and maintaining peripheral IV catheters.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Wilmington University
Dover, DE12-2026
Associate of Science - Nursing
Delaware Technical Community College
DE05-2018
Skills
- Basic life support (BLS)
- Wound care
- Medication administration
- Nursing documentation
- Pre-and Post-operative care
- Discharge planning
- Vital signs monitoring
- Telemetry monitoring
- Physical assessment
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient education
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary team
- Enteral feeding
- Blood transfusion
- Medication and IV administration
- Cardiac monitors
- Peripheral IV catheter insertion
- Telemetry strip interpretation
- Chest tube care
- Charge Nurse Capable
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association
Languages
English
Arabic
Timeline
Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
ChristianaCare
09.2023 - Current
Travel Registered Nurse
GHR Contracting Services
09.2021 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse, Surgical Step Down
Bayhealth Hospital
06.2018 - 01.2022
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Wilmington University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Delaware Technical Community College