Nicole Alba
Orlando,FL
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
12.2023 - 07.2024
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients'' acuity levels and individual needs.
- Conducted thorough patient assessments to identify changes in condition, promptly notifying physicians and initiating appropriate interventions when necessary.
- Administered medications safely according to established guidelines while closely monitoring for side effects or adverse reactions requiring intervention.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction by providing compassionate, holistic nursing care that addressed physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
Registered Nurse Manager
Jacksonville Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
07.2022 - 02.2023
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action.
- Prioritized and distributed assignments and workload based on individual staff strengths and experience.
- Fostered improvement in staff development, personnel training, and standards of patient care.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Agency Registered Nurse
Acute Quality Staffing
09.2021 - 07.2022
- Monitored patient fluid intake and output to compose patient charts.
- Observed patients under treatment to identify progress or side effects of medications.
- Provide per diem care in LTC, SNF, Rehab, Med-Surg and Step-down floors in local hospitals and facilities in surrounding Jacksonville area.
- Serve as RN in medical, geriatric and psychiatric facilities on a per diem basis
- EMR: EPIC, Cerner, Point Click Care,Paper charting
- Administered injections, prescribed medications and enemas and cleaned and dressed wounds to assist with basic medical care.
- Reviewed care plans to verify patient's diagnosis, treatment goals and specific nursing orders.
- Collected samples for lab testing to diagnose conditions.
RN Case Manager
Arbor Medical Staffing
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Provide per diem care in LTC, SNF, Med-Surg floors in local hospitals and facilities in the Jacksonville and surrounding areas
- Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment, and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Educated and supported home healthcare providers with training, guidance, mentoring and resources required to achieve objectives."
- Verified legibility of patient clinical notes and updates prior to review by primary physicians.
- Authored initial assessments of patients and family to develop plans for individual home care needs.
- Created patient assessments and plans for individual home care needs.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Wekiva Springs Center
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Complete physical & mental health assessments
- Develop care plans for patients, helping them be as independent as possible
- Administer and monitor treatment regimens
- Administer prescribed medications, making constant adjustments commensurate with patient's condition under supervision of qualified medical staff
- Observe and report behavioral changes
- Maintain control of drugs and medications
- Help patients improve their coping abilities
- Record all care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in appropriate format and on appropriate forms
- Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending on assignment setting
- Charting: HCS Behavioral Health EMR
- Coordinated with medical and paramedical professionals to provide appropriate input and effectively formulate and implement treatment plans for patients.
- Administered medication and treatments to patients to observe and record responses.
Travel Registered Nurse
FlexCare Medical Staffing
04.2020 - 11.2020
- 13 week Travel Assignment on a Clinical Decision Unit/Observation Unit at Advent Health East Orlando,
- Responsible for effective assessment skills to ensure quality and safe patient care
- Perform and document accurate initial assessment per unit standard which may include: initial observation, obtaining and interpreting information in terms of the patients' needs, safety, discharge planning, psych/social/cultural, family needs, multi-system physical assessment, patient/family level of knowledge and readiness to learn about disease process and care requirements
- Responsible in reporting appropriate information in a timely manner to physician
- Observe and monitor patient lab work for trends and report abnormal lab tests to physician and obtain appropriate interventions
- Utilize clinical data to implement appropriate interventions
- Perform ongoing patient assessments throughout shift for any physical and mental status changes
- Care for a diverse patient age population, from adolescent patients 18+ to geriatric
- EMR:
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
12.2019 - 03.2020
- PCU Oncology Unit =, 18 week assignment at UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, California
- Adapt to new work environment quickly
- Close monitoring of patients who aren't unstable enough to need ICU care
- Responsible in monitoring cardiac and other critical vital signs and detect any changes, thereby enabling intervention of life- threatening or emergency situations
- Administration of variety of complex medications that may require titration based on patient's vital signs
- Monitor, record and report changes in patient's conditions
- Record patients medical information and vital signs q 2 hrs
- Direct and supervise less skilled nursing or healthcare personnel
- Consult and coordinate with physicians and other healthcare team members for safe quality care
- Utilize nursing process assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
- EMR: EPIC
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Travel Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare
06.2019 - 09.2019
- 13 week travel nursing assignment on Medical-Surgical Oncology Unit at Mission Hospital
- During assignment, was also required to float to Ortho floor as well as Behavioral Unit
- Responsibilities:
- Monitor, record and report changes in patient's conditions
- Record patients medical information and vital signs
- Maintain accurate and detailed reports and records
- All variety of safe medication administration and nursing procedures and interventions,
- Direct and supervise PCT (Patient Care Technicians)
- Consult and coordinate with physicians and other healthcare team members for effective and safe patient care
- EMR:
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Progressive Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
06.2016 - 04.2019
- Progressive Care Unit/Step-Down Oncology
- Monitor, record and report changes in patient's conditions
- Record patients medical information and vital signs
- Maintain accurate and detailed reports and records
- All variety of safe medication administration and nursing procedures and interventions,
- Direct and supervise PCT (Patient Care Technicians)
- Consult and coordinate with physicians and other healthcare team members for effective and safe patient care
- EMR: Cerner
- Promoted patient independence by establishing care goals and teaching patients about conditions, medications and self-care skills.
- Delivered well-rounded care by incorporating behavior modeling and culturally specific approaches.
- Implemented physician orders and tracked progress against care plan to assess results.
- Completed daily assessments and documented information in electronic medical records.
Education
Bachelor's - Nursing
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL05.2025
Associate - Nursing
Florida State College At Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL05.2016
Skills
- Hospital Experience
- Medical Surgical nursing experience
- Progressive care nursing experience
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Documentation and Charting
- Clinical judgment
- Care Plan Development
- Long-Term Care
- FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
- Mental Health Nursing
- [Cerner,Epic,MediTech,Allscripts,Pointclickcare] use
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
French
Full Professional
Timeline
Registered Nurse
AdventHealth
12.2023 - 07.2024
Registered Nurse Manager
Jacksonville Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
07.2022 - 02.2023
Agency Registered Nurse
Acute Quality Staffing
09.2021 - 07.2022
RN Case Manager
Arbor Medical Staffing
05.2021 - 09.2021
Psychiatric Registered Nurse
Wekiva Springs Center
12.2020 - 05.2021
Travel Registered Nurse
FlexCare Medical Staffing
04.2020 - 11.2020
Travel Registered Nurse
Aya Healthcare
12.2019 - 03.2020
Travel Registered Nurse
American Mobile Healthcare
06.2019 - 09.2019
Progressive Care Registered Nurse
Baptist Medical Center
06.2016 - 04.2019
Bachelor's - Nursing
University of Central Florida
Associate - Nursing
Florida State College At Jacksonville
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