MILAGROS DAVIS SALANGA
Simi Valley,CA
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 20 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality patient care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Telemetry
Adventist Health Simi Valley
05.2015 - Current
- Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
- Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical presentation, appearance, and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.
- Performed various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
- Managed elements of patient care from admission to discharge or transfer to other units.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
RN Telemetry
Verdugo Hills Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2011
- Takes care of patients who have been released from intensive care but still require close monitoring for signs of physical distress and danger
- Monitor equipment of heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen level and cardiac rhythm
- Provides acute and close monitoring of adults pre-op open heart, acute and chronic disease for arrhythmias, MI screening, anti- coagulation therapy, cardiac and peripheral diagnostic procedures, chemical cardioversion
- Monitors PCA pumping
- Closely monitors effectiveness of IV drip cardiac medications and insulin drip with every 2 hour blood glucose monitoring
- Occasionally floats to ICU with lighter/ less intensive patient care case.
RN Medical-Surgical
Kaiser Permanente
02.2002 - 03.2003
- Medical/ Surgical Unit - This unit combines medical and surgical patients requiring immediate but less intensive care
- Takes care of patients with pre and post surgical procedures, cardiovascular, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal diseases
- Patients with alteration in neurological, endocrine and renal functions are also managed
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Do patient admissions and discharge
- Supervise LVNs and CNAs in their daily nursing activity.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
RN Subacute
Sunset Manor Convalescent Hospital
08.2003 - 03.2009
RN Subacute
Verdugo Hills Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion, and airway management.
- Administered medications via oral, Gtube, Peg tube, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
RN Subacute
Winchester Convalescent Hospital
01.2003 - 04.2003
- Same description as LVN, but perform as a Charge Nurse and acted as clinical resource to support staff with rotation with other RNs.
- Audited charts and reviewed clinical documents to verify accuracy.
LVN Subacute
Winchester Convalescent Hospital
07.1997 - 01.2000
- Responsible for the care of 6 tracheostomy patients that includes cool aerosol and ventilator- dependent patients with naso/ gastrostomy tubes
- Administer control narcotics assuming full responsibility for possession of keys
- Do medication pass, tracheostomy and GT care, wound assessments and treatments, communicating with the interdisciplinary team
- Rounds with the medical directors and family conferences transpire on a weekly basis
- Do patient admission and discharge, including discharge instructions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Philippine Womenʼs University
Manila, Philippines 03.1994
Skills
- Admits and Discharges
- Charting and Documentation
- Central Lines care
- Intravenous Injections
- Taking Vital Signs
- Dispensing Medications
- Prioritizing Patients
- Patient Care Assessment
- Blood Draw and Sample Collection
Additional Information
- BLS and ACLS Certified.
Certification
- BLS and ACLS
Timeline
RN Telemetry
Adventist Health Simi Valley
05.2015 - Current
RN Telemetry
Verdugo Hills Hospital
01.2006 - 01.2011
RN Subacute
Verdugo Hills Hospital
01.2004 - 01.2006
RN Subacute
Sunset Manor Convalescent Hospital
08.2003 - 03.2009
RN Subacute
Winchester Convalescent Hospital
01.2003 - 04.2003
RN Medical-Surgical
Kaiser Permanente
02.2002 - 03.2003
LVN Subacute
Winchester Convalescent Hospital
07.1997 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Philippine Womenʼs University
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