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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Academic Experience
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Natalia Mendez

Shrewsbury,MA
Natalia Mendez

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Burn and Reconstructive plastic surgery nurse offering comprehensive patient care in the inpatient setting. Works well with diverse patient populations by developing trusting relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service. Focused on advocating for diverse populations and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Inspired to gain knowledge in different fields of nursing to become a more well rounded nurse.

Overview

3
years of professional experience

Work History

Massachusetts General Hospital

Registered Nurse
09.2021 - Current

Job overview

  • 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.
  • Managed care from admission to discharge.
  • Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
  • Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures in assignments of 2-5 patients.
  • Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
  • Collected blood, tissue, and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
  • Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
  • Managed care of burn patients by providing daily wound care and doing continuing reassessments.

Massachusetts General Hospital

Patient Care Associate
12.2020 - 09.2021

Job overview

  • Maintained clean, safe, and well-organized patient environment.
  • Recorded temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate as directed by medical or nursing staff.
  • Assisted with patient transfers and ambulation.
  • Upheld confidentiality requirements and regulatory compliance guidelines.
  • Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
  • Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to appropriate care team member.
  • Performed phlebotomy.

Education

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Boston, MA

ABSN in Nursing from Nursing
05.2021

University Overview

Accelerated nursing program that took a hybrid approach to education, combining in person and online courses.

BOSTON COLLEGE
Boston, MA

Non-degree (prerequisites) from Nursing
07.2019

University Overview

Continuing education focusing on nursing prerequisites to prepare for an accelerated nursing course.

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT DARTMOUTH
North Dartmouth, MA

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology
05.2019

University Overview

Completed a degree in the scientific study of mind and behavior in order to have an understanding of mental health and apply it to a nursing career. Fall 2018 semester was spent studying abroad in Valencia, Spain.

Skills

  • Mental Health Care
  • Pain Management
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Feeding Pumps Understanding
  • Performing EKGs
  • Wound Care
  • Intakes and Discharges
  • Trauma Recovery
  • Patient Monitoring
  • IV Drug Therapy Management
  • Specimen Collection

Accomplishments

  • Dean's List for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Spring 2019
  • Member of the National Society of High School Scholars

Academic Experience

  • Two semesters (37 Credits) of Nursing School which had the following classes:
  • Integrated Pathophysiology and Pharmaceutical Inventions for Nursing Practice. (6 credits)
  • Nursing with Women and Families with Clinical. (5 Credits)
  • Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice. (2 Credits)
  • Health Assessments and Fundamental Nursing Skills with Lab. (4 Credits)
  • Healthcare Research (4 Credits)
  • Influences on Health an Illness: A Nursing Perspective. (3 Credits)
  • Nursing Care of Adults 1 with Clinical. (6 Credits)
  • Advanced Assessments and Interventions with Lab. (2 Credits)
  • Nursing and the Promotion of Mental Health with Clinical. (5 Credits)
  • Nursing internship in "Casa de Salud" hospital in Valencia, Spain:
  • Duties included taking vitals, communicating needs of patient to nurses, assisting nurses in administering medicine, taking off IVs, cleaning patients and handing correct food out to different patients.
  • Nomophobia research project:
  • Research project conducted along with 3 peers on nomophobia; the irrational fear of being without your mobile phone or being unable to use your phone for some reason. I worked on this study for 15 weeks in order to see if distance from phone as well whether or not the phone was ringing while away from the participants has an effect on heart rate.

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Massachusetts General Hospital
09.2021 - Current

Patient Care Associate

Massachusetts General Hospital
12.2020 - 09.2021

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

ABSN in Nursing from Nursing

BOSTON COLLEGE

Non-degree (prerequisites) from Nursing

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT DARTMOUTH

Bachelor of Arts from Psychology

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