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Natalie Santillan

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Compassionate RN Supervisor with 5 years of LVN experience. Recognized for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in patient care management, staff leadership, and healthcare regulations compliance. Strong communicator, problem-solver, and adaptable team player ensuring optimal performance and patient satisfaction.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

RN Supervisor/Assistant Director of Nursing

Country Villa Westwood
Santa Monica, CA
04.2024 - Current
  • Facilitated interdisciplinary meetings between physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, dietitians, and pharmacists to discuss treatment plans for individual patients.
  • Adminster medications, administer IV's, monitoring vitals.
  • Provided clinical leadership and direction for nursing staff, ensuring that all tasks were completed in accordance with accepted standards of care.
  • Admitted patients, completed initial assessments and also safely discharged parients, providing proper education.
  • Responded promptly to inquiries from physicians or other healthcare providers regarding changes in medication orders or treatments.
  • Utilized critical thinking skills to assess clinical situations quickly and accurately.
  • Coordinated discharge planning activities including arranging follow up appointments or referrals for additional services.
  • Maintained a safe environment for all patients by adhering to infection control policies and procedures.
  • Assessed staffing needs based on patient census and acuity levels.

Administrative/clinical Care Partner

UCLA Health
Santa Monica, CA
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Float between units at Santa Monica and Ronald Regan UCLA health
  • Experience with EPIC system
  • Provide care for 6-10 patients per shift and manage time-wisely
  • Accurately perform a 12-lead EKG
  • Assist patients with admission, transfer, and discharge
  • Assist patients with activities of daily living, such as bathing, grooming, feeding, dressing, providing comfort measures, and transferring patients using assistive devices
  • Report significant changes in patient's status to the assigned registered nurse.

LVN Charge Nurse

Culver West Health Center
Culver City, CA
12.2020 - 10.2021
  • Responsible for medication administration, Daily medicare charting, and any change of conditions
  • Communicating with physicians in regards to patients' well being
  • Responsible for maintaining communication with families and updating them and overseeing CNAs.

LVN SNR Nurse

UCLA- UCLA Venice Family Clinic
Venice/SantaMonica, CA
02.2021 - 08.2021
  • Worked at the Venice family clinic as a senior LVN, my role includes overseeing the MA's
  • Medication administration, wound care, caring after low income and homeless patients
  • Scheduling physicians with their patients
  • Patient assessments
  • Lead role for COVID clinic including COVID-19 vaccines and tests
  • Provide the patients and providers with telephone visits
  • NEXTGEN charting and CAIR experience.

Charge nurse

Ocean pointe Health care center
Santa Monica, CA
06.2019 - 10.2020
  • Daily communication with doctors, medication administration, responsible for CNAs, family communication and Medicare charting
  • Responsible for wound care and documentation.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Science of Nursing

West Coast University
North Hollywood, CA
01.2023

Vocational Nursing - Nursing

American Career College
Los Angeles, CA
06.2019

High School Diploma -

Animo Venice High School
Venice, CA
07.2017

Skills

  • Strong work ethic
  • Team player
  • Responsible
  • Willing to learn new things
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Electronic Health Records
  • Patient Care
  • Epic Systems
  • Patient Safety
  • Time Management
  • Clinical Leadership
  • Critical Thinking

Accomplishments

Awarded CiCare Reward for exceptional client care in the ER unit at Ronald Regan.

Studentclinicalexperience

  • Los Angeles, CA, 96, UCLA Health Ronald Regan-Perinatal Unit, Proficient in maternal and newborn care and assessments. Monitored fetal heartbeat and length and strength of contractions during labor. Administered medications related to labor, delivery, postpartum, and the care of newborns Helped create plan-of-care for up to 8 patients per shift. Assisted in operating room for cesarean sections, tubal, and emergency obstetric procedures.
  • Inglewood, CA, 96, Centinela Hospital ICU & Cardiac Unit, Provided care and performed comprehensive head-to-toe physical examinations to patients in the intensive care and cardiac unit Provided care to patients who were on ventilators, had multiple IV drips. and patients who were intubated.
  • Inglewood, CA, 96, Centinela Hospital Telemetry Unit, Cared for patients on Cardiac Monitor, administered medications and monitored IV medication administration and wound care. Assisted with head to toe assessments.
  • Rosemead, CA, 96, Behavioral Health Center, Oversaw the care for the patients, managed medication administration and practiced therapeutic communication.

Timeline

RN Supervisor/Assistant Director of Nursing

Country Villa Westwood
04.2024 - Current

Administrative/clinical Care Partner

UCLA Health
01.2022 - 06.2023

LVN SNR Nurse

UCLA- UCLA Venice Family Clinic
02.2021 - 08.2021

LVN Charge Nurse

Culver West Health Center
12.2020 - 10.2021

Charge nurse

Ocean pointe Health care center
06.2019 - 10.2020

Bachelor of Science - Science of Nursing

West Coast University

Vocational Nursing - Nursing

American Career College

High School Diploma -

Animo Venice High School
Natalie Santillan