NIEDEE LYN TIQUEZ
Riverside,CA
Summary
Skilled and Efficient New Registered Nurse with strong organizational skills eager to secure New Graduate/Entry level RN position.
Offering 15 years of experience as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in the field. Dedicated to providing high quality patient care in a collaborative setting, communicate effectively orally and in writing, with excellent multitasking abilities and diligent. Highly adaptive, proven ability to work well under pressure. React calmly and provide effective medical care in emergency situation.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Pediatric Nurse
Aveanna Heathcare
10.2019 - Current
- Provide skilled nursing care to pediatric patients with special needs in a home setting
- Pediatric Nursing care specializing in Tracheostomy care, Gastric Tube/button, Respiratory Maintenance Therapy
- Assessing health condition of the child, providing patient care, administering medication, assisting children in grooming, bathing hygiene and toileting
- Administered Enteral feedings via pump as prescribed and monitored intake to help patient achieve nutritional objectives
- Provide comfort and compassion to patient and family
- Maintaining the safety and precautions as ordered by Physician
- Document accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Provide accurate and timely documentation consistent with the plan of care
- Use aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Hospice Nurse/Visiting Nurse
American All Care Services
09.2018 - 07.2020
- Dedicated Hospice Care provider
- Provide care for terminally ill patients
- Working closely with RN to meet all patients needs and provide direct care as outlined in the interdisciplinary plan of care
- Assist patient and family members with concern and compassion
- Provide emotional support to patients love ones
- Provide information to caregivers and love ones what to expect, teaching about the dying process
- Ensures that every patient receives quality end-of-life care
- Document clinical findings clearly and in a concise manner
- Educate patient and family regarding terminal care
- Monitored and report significant changes in patient's condition
- Ability to submit daily documentation
- Promotes efficiency in use of supplies
- Prepare and administer medications correctly as ordered by Physicians
- Works with interdisciplinary team, promotes teamwork
- Maintains all confidential personal files, ensures HIPPA compliance
- Followed infection control procedures
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Shift Supervisor
Vasona Creek Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
09.2016 - 07.2018
- Supervise nursing staff and residents at 145 bed Skilled Nursing Facility
- Responsible for doing rounds in all areas of the nursing facility during shift and ensured safe work practices are followed
- Trained and coached clinical staff to improved performance at work place
- Developed and Implemented nursing care plans
- Collaborated with management team to make necessary improvements and satisfy resident needs
- Assigned employee areas, scheduled staff breaks
- Prioritize, delegates, supervises work assignments appropriately to ensure completion of patient care activities
- Assist with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges
- Adheres to facility policies and procedures and participates in facility quality improvement and safety programs
- Responds to all emergency situations assuring effective response
- Coordinate staff schedules
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Charge Nurse
Vasona Creek Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
08.2009 - 07.2018
- Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, patients families and staff
- Complies with regulatory requirements, policies, standard of practice and procedures
- Implemented Nursing Care Plans
- Collaborated with Physicians and staff members to ensure quality of care
- Documented medications administered, treatments, and patient procedures performed in appropriate records according to privacy requirements
- Ensures plan is discussed with patient and family and completed in a timely manner
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and ensures patient understands medication purpose, side effects and administration instructions
- Maintains and protects patients confidentiality
- Maintain standards of Nursing practice
- Ensures patients safety related but not limited to medications and procedures utilizing the 5 rights and prevent infections
- Ability to multitask, time management skills
- Respond to emergency based upon nursing standards
- Ensures patients safety related but not limited to medications and procedures utilizing 5 rights and prevent infections
- Physicians orders noted and carried out in a timely manner and properly documented
- Administered/dispensed prescribed medications and treatments to patients as directed by physician and maintaining accountability for accurate narcotic count at end of each shift
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of ICD-10 coding and accurately completes all paper works. Collected laboratory specimen samples and complete necessary forms/requisitions for processing
- Performed Vital signs, glucose testing and assisted in administering injections
- Accurately recorded and report laboratory test results accordingly
- Give endorsement/reports to oncoming shift/staff and Supervisors
- Monitored infection control and Critical incidents
- Attends/Participate in mandatory interdisciplinary team meetings
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Visiting Nurse
Healing Touch Of California Home Health Agency Inc
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Provide Home healthcare services to Geriatric clients recovering from illness and/or injuries and surgical procedures
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and glucose checks, administration of insulin as prescribed by the Physician
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure, manage pain/discomfort and documented patients progress on each visit
- Perform nursing services under the guidance and supervision of a Registered Nurse
- Complete paperwork as required by company in precise documentation
- Collect specimen samples as needed and deliver to laboratory for processing
- Followed infection control protocol and ensured HIPPA compliance
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Manila Doctors College
Philippines 04.1998
Skills
- Tracheostomy and Respiratory Care
- Seizure Management
- Patient Safety/Infection Control
- Electronic Medical Record Charting
- Medication Management
- Pediatric and Geriatrics Care
- Gastrostomy Care
- Wound Care
- Catheter and Colostomy Care
Certification
- Current California Registered Nurse License
- Current California Licensed Vocational Nurse License
- Intravenous Therapy and Blood Withdrawal Certified
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate
- Advance Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Certificate
- Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) Certificate
- National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certificate
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Tagalog
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Pediatric Nurse
Aveanna Heathcare
10.2019 - Current
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Hospice Nurse/Visiting Nurse
American All Care Services
09.2018 - 07.2020
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Shift Supervisor
Vasona Creek Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
09.2016 - 07.2018
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Visiting Nurse
Healing Touch Of California Home Health Agency Inc
07.2016 - 07.2017
Licensed Vocational Nurse-Charge Nurse
Vasona Creek Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
08.2009 - 07.2018
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Manila Doctors College