Nina Esquivel
157 Quail Ct. Vacaville,CA
Summary
To experience and succeed with the challenges that an ever changing care environment brings. To insure high standards of quality and attention to detail are applied in patient care and most of all be responsible for all actions.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Sutter Solano
Vallejo, CA
01.2022 - Current
- Managed care for diverse emergency cases including cardiac, respiratory, stroke and trauma patients. Function as a Night charge nurse during high volume shifts, coordinating staff assignments and work flow for the floor, inpatients and transfer units.
- EPIC, critical care, one on one ICU care, stroke, sepsis and trauma protocols. Extensive triage knowledge, US guided IVS, Code Blue experience, Resp failure, emergency Obstetrics. conscious sedation. Pediatric care.
Staff Nurse II
Kaiser Healthcare
Vallejo, CA And South Sacramento, CA
07.2019 - Current
- PACU Nurse: Provides pre-op and post anesthesia care for a diverse patient population undergoing elective and emergent surgeries. Collaboration with anesthesiologist, surgeons and recovery teams to insure safe discharge or impatient transition.
- Cath Lab Nurse (Holding Area): Including IR procedure recovery. Prep and recovery of the patient, pre and post catheterization. Maintain removal of arterial sheaths, TR bands and access for adverse reactions, monitor changes and administer appropriate medications after cardiac caths and IR procedures.
- Call center ARN (Nurse): Provides superior patient phone service, easy access to appointment making and clinically safe and effective RN advice. Enhancing the relationship between patients and primary care clinicians through high quality medical services and information.
- ED Nurse: Provides and coordinates emergency nursing care for patients for a designated time frame. RN participates in patient/family teaching and provides leadership in working cooperatively with members of the health care team to maintain standards of professional nursing practice in the clinical setting.
- Trauma Level II ER experience, conscious sedation, psych patient management, phone customer service, phone triage, pre op, post-op as well as one on one care with critical patients. Fast track which includes only one RN and one MD seeing less critical patients but faster pace and RN responsible for all care from start to DC. EPIC charting system.
Infusion Nurse
Sierra Rheumatology
Rocklin, CA
01.2021 - 06.2024
- The only RN at the infusion site over seen by Rheumatologist NP and MD. Infused medications and educated patients on Remicade, Benlysta and Orencia therapy. Obtained IV access and mixed all medications by hand at the site upon successful IV placement.
- Managed patient care center and infusion room, with 10-12 patient chairs. Observed patients throughout the infusion and after for adverse reactions. Precepted several incoming potential nurses and Nurse practitioners for the infusion center. EPIC charting .
Infusion Home Health Nurse
Axiom Infusions
Sacramento, CA
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Responsible for initiation and maintenance of intravenous lines and tubing, administering medications and IVIG (immunoglobulin therapy) to the patients in their own home settings. Education teaching to patients and families on treatment. Respect of the patients personal living space while receiving IVIG therapy in the home care setting.
- Obtaining IV access, IV care, medicine administration, Medicine mixing or preparation and treatment, IV pump knowledge of Moog Curlin 6000 infusion pump and CADD-SOLIS VIP 2120, monitor home care setting and patient safety, written manual charting
Travel ER Registered Nurse
Maxim Travel Agency
Vallejo, Antioch, Salinas And French Camp, CA
11.2020 - 01.2023
- Emergency nurse healthcare working in the middle of COVID on 13 week or more contracts to help with Trauma II level Emergency departments. Fast paced and able to adapt to home hospital work flow, computer programs, county protocols and the ability to work well with the regular team staff.
- Critical care management, prisoner and psych patient care with law enforcement at bedside. Locked unit experience. Various computer program knowledge, CERNER, EPIC and Meditech. Preceptor for Sutter Antioch and charge nurse in the ED when nurses went on strike. Ultra sound guided IVs
Staff Registered Nurse
NorthBay Medical Center
Vacaville CA And Fairfield CA
01.2015 - 10.2022
- Ambulatory Outpatient Surgery Center and GI Out patient procedures. RN pre op and recovery of various out patient surgeries including GI colonoscopy recovery. Assisted anesthesia with sterile nerve blocks on multiple areas of the body procedures prior to surgery.
- ED department RN who participates in code blues, critical care stabilization and patient transport coordination.
- Communication with other units and departments within the hospital and out side transferring facilities.
- Patient Triage for Level II Trauma Center, Cerner program knowledge, wound infiltration experience, night lead, ultra sound guided IV placement, preceptor, conscious sedation's and ICU level critical care patient management and Code Blue trauma experience. CERNER charting system, Magnet Hospital Certified at the time.
Staff Nurse, ER
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
Uvalde, TX
04.2013 - 12.2013
- Delivering emergency care including triage, trauma response and rapid assessment in a rural hospital setting.
- ER Staff Nurse, left due to spouse PCS to new base.
- Triage, general nursing duties, IV administration and IV medicine management, IDX registration, ICD 9 medical billing. Preceptor training and Meditech 6.0 electronic charting. S.T.A.B.L.E certification at the time. Texas License 816671 expired 2016
Medical Representative
Multiple Locations
Philadelphia, PA, San Jose, CA, Stanford, CA
01.2000 - 10.2008
- Medical Billing with the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. Only person in the department at a medical office for eight MDs. 4 GI doctors and 4 cardiologist. Responsible for billing, ICD 9, IDX program, patient registration and insurance with extensive customer service experience.
- ED Registration with O'Connor Hospital San Jose CA, Customer service, patient insurance and update information upon arrival to the ED department.
- Dialysis Tech, Davita Dialysis Center, San Jose CA, set up dialysis machines at 3 am for 5am patients, clean and filled artificial kidneys and mixed bicarb solutions for duration of patient dialysis time.
- Unit Secretary Administration, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. NICU
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Villanova University
Villanova, PA01-2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Villanova University
Villanova, PA01-2009
Skills
- Current PALS Certification
- Current ACLS Certification
- Current BLS Certification
- Current California Board of Registered Nursing License # 95056679
Timeline
Emergency Room Registered Nurse
Sutter Solano
01.2022 - Current
Infusion Nurse
Sierra Rheumatology
01.2021 - 06.2024
Infusion Home Health Nurse
Axiom Infusions
01.2021 - 12.2023
Travel ER Registered Nurse
Maxim Travel Agency
11.2020 - 01.2023
Staff Nurse II
Kaiser Healthcare
07.2019 - Current
Staff Registered Nurse
NorthBay Medical Center
01.2015 - 10.2022
Staff Nurse, ER
Uvalde Memorial Hospital
04.2013 - 12.2013
Medical Representative
Multiple Locations
01.2000 - 10.2008
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Villanova University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Villanova University