Mark Acosta
Registered Nurse
Chesapeake,VA
Summary
Hardworking compassionate nursing professional bringing almost 10 years of experience delivering exceptional care to critically ill patients. Adaptable, efficiency-driven and resilient with strong attention to detail and clinical expertise while maximizing patient comfort and safety. Goal-oriented team player towards patient's care and unit objective.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, IMCU Contract Staff RN
Medical Solutions (Inova Hospital)
Alexandria, VA
10.2022 - Current
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, stroke, sepsis, pneumonia and other conditions.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
Registered Nurse, Public Health
Maxim Healthcare (DC Health)
Washington DC
12.2020 - 09.2022
- Performed Covid-19 testing to public during pandemic through DC Health's designated various sites: -DC Public Schools, DC Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes, DC Firehouses, DC Mass/Drive-thru sites, DC Department of Corrections, DC Pop up sites e.g. Homeland Security for 46th Presidential Inauguration Day, DC Covid Centers.
- Taught community how to administer self-PCR and rapid-antigen test kits that's provided by DC Health to public.
- Prevented Covid-19 spread by educating public on healthy practices by performing hand washing at all times, to wear mask and maintain social distancing in public and doing self-quarantine from possible exposure.
- Safely administered Covid-19 vaccines to all applicable ages in various DC Covid Centers (Pfizer, Moderna, Janssen) and providing education to clients on vaccines, dosage, indications, precautions, contraindications and potential side effects.
Registered Nurse, Stepdown Permanent Charge Nurse
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
05.2017 - 12.2020
- Oversaw delivery of care for patients while ensuring the workflow on Stepdown unit, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising team comprised of nurses, LPNs, technicians and unit clerks.
- Provide staff guidance by serving as resource, support challenging situations and implement urgent policies and procedures and anticipating problems before they arise.
- Performed both direct care of patients and take on leadership responsibilities for the unit over a specific time period.
- Trained/precepted new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, procedures and safety protocols of the unit.
Registered Nurse, Stepdown Staff Nurse
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
03.2014 - 05.2017
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners and performing nursing interventions to meet treatment goals
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary illnesses, sepsis and other conditions (stroke, seizures, DKA - insulin drip patients, ETOH withdrawal etc.)
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
- Continuously monitoring critically ill patients as necessary and according to unit's standard.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as respiratory management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, unit policies and procedures and nursing best practices.
- Managed patients who are too ill but do not need an intensive level of care in the ICU: Patients needing higher level of oxygen like BiPap/HFNC, some titratable cardiac drips (Cardizem, Nitroglycerin etc) as well as insulin drips for DKA/HHNS, stroke patients requiring frequent neurological checks, sepsis and many other appropriate level of acuity for Stepdown/PCU.
Nursing Care Partner
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
03.2013 - 03.2014
- Answered call lights and supported patient comfort and safety by adjusting bed rails and equipment.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records..
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Reported unusual or urgent circumstances in patients' condition or environment immediately to primary nurse
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding and other daily living activities.
- December 2013's employee of the month
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Far Eastern University
Manila, Philippines04.2011
Skills
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Prioritizing Patients
- Patient Care Assessment
- Patient Care Oversight
- Patient Intervention
- Patient Management
- Building Rapport and Trust
- Charting and Documentation
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Accurate Documentation
- Compassionate and Caring
- EPIC EMR
Timeline
Registered Nurse, IMCU Contract Staff RN
Medical Solutions (Inova Hospital)
10.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Public Health
Maxim Healthcare (DC Health)
12.2020 - 09.2022
Registered Nurse, Stepdown Permanent Charge Nurse
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
05.2017 - 12.2020
Registered Nurse, Stepdown Staff Nurse
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
03.2014 - 05.2017
Nursing Care Partner
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare
03.2013 - 03.2014
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Far Eastern University