Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.
• Gain the trust and confidence of the patient and their families by establishing rapport upon admission of patients to the ward and educating patients and families on the importance of following doctor's instructions on medication, diet and other health care concerns.
• Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping confidential information.
• Ensures that the room environment the patient will be housed in is comfortable, complete, clean, and safe following healthy and safety standards.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients, friends and families.
• Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends and family to understand condition, medications and self-care skills; answering questions.
• Administer medication, including IV medication, document and communicate clinical findings.
• Attends and responds to patient's inquiries and complaints, and for unresolved cases, refer the matter to the Charge Nurse or Head Nurse.
• Informs Code blue hospital team in case of emergency in the ward and administers CPR.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records of patients admitted and discharged from the hospital.
• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions to the attending physicians and implement doctor's instructions.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs at regular intervals, reports to the attending physician any sign of discomfort or pain expressed by the patient, any abnormalities in results of vital signs recorded.
• Ensures equipment used in patients’ rooms is properly maintained by maintenance personnel and calls for repairs.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains technical and professional knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem- solving methods.
• Relay positive screened results to newborn screening facilities.
• Recall patients with positive results in newborn screening for prompt management.
• Give recommendations based on follow up protocol.
• Follow up to newborn screening facilities if patients were referred accordingly.
• Ensure that the recommendations given are made.
• Ensure that babies with positive screen results are seen by a specialist and confirmatory tests needed were done.
• Provide health teachings necessary for the management of confirmed cases.
• Educate parents of the possible debilitating outcomes if disease is left undiagnosed and untreated.
Do case reports as needed.
• Coordinate with other agencies if communication with parents is not immediately established.
• Supervise midwives in delivering health services to clients.
• Collects the monthly report of midwives for consolidation and validation.
• Identify the gaps and strengths in the delivery of health care services per program.
• Plan together with the doctor, midwife and other health staff to improve delivery and coverage of health services.
• Allocate medical supplies in barangay health stations
• Coordinate with the health team.
• Administer routine vaccinations in the absence of the midwife
BLS certification
ACLS certification