Marlene Mercado

Upcoming nursing graduate with excellent clinical experience and education credentials. Extensive hands-on experience with patient care including use of medical technology and terminology, clear communication, organization and delegation.

Fundamentals                  Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Medical-Surgical I          Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, IL
Medical-Surgical II         Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL
Pediatrics                        Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL
Obstetrics/Gynecology   Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL
Psychiatry                        Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Critical Care                     Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
Role Transition                 Silver Cross Hospital, New Lenox, IL

Highlight of Clinical Experience 

• Assisted in the care of patients in Adult Emergency rooms
• Assisted in the care of patients recovering from surgery, cerebral vascular accidents, and spinal cord injuries.
• Assisted in discharge teaching for geriatric patients returning home.
• Provided care for patients requiring intubation and sedation.
• Assisted with the medication administration and monitoring for open heart surgery patients
• Maintained and utilized a Swan-Ganz catheter, arterial lines PICC lines and midlines.

• CNA - Certified Nurse Assistant
• First Aid/CPR Certified

• Community Adult Day Center: Volunteered to converse, support, and encourage members of various cognition statuses to promote socialization, motor function, and cognition function.
• Northern Illinois Food Bank Volunteered to pack and sort various food items to be distributed to thirteen Illinois counties including the Will, DuPage, and Lake counties.