Oscar A. Acosta
Wilton Manors,FL
Summary
Skilled and highly trained healthcare professional with 20+ of experience and proven ability to provide quality, evidence-based patient care within dynamic and high-pressure environments. Possess good communication skills and the ability to maintain interactive/interpersonal relationships. Knowledgeable in areas if nursing theory, practice, and legal aspects of nursing, and techniques, care, and use of equipment. Devoted Clinical Nurse Educator bringing proven skills in training and mentoring nursing staff. Well-versed in clinical skills and teaching techniques. Offers expert judgment and employee assessment abilities.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Nurse Educator/ Boca
Raton Regional Hospital
2022.01 - Current
- Evaluates clinical department staff in the area of specialization
- Utilize a variety of teaching strategies to meet individual and group learning needs
- Serves as clinical expert/consultant to the manager within the assigned area
- Participates in performance improvement efforts
- Participates in meeting the goals and objectives of the department of Nursing and clinical learning
- Assists in promoting and maintaining interdisciplinary collaboration and teamwork
- Leads, develop, and serves as a role model/mentor to others
- Incorporates require elements of national and hospital patient safety goals and quality measures
- Maintain membership in national organizations
- Participates & assists staff in the integration of research into practice
Clinical Instructor/Faculty member
Lincoln Memorial University
2017.01 - 2022.01
- Coordinate assignments and clinical experiences for students
- Evaluate clinical paperwork and project presentations
- Lecture nursing subjects for ASN and BSN programs
- Provide academic advisement to students
- Provide committee service curriculum committee, member
- Online test builder
- Undertake the Standard Instructional/Research/Service Workload
- Conduct office/conference hours
- Engage in professional development
- Attend faculty meetings
- Attend commencement activities
- Participate in annual faculty evaluation
Staff Nurse
Physician Regional Medical Center
Knoxville , TN
2016.01 - 2017.08
- Prepare and assist in getting patients ready for surgery
- Prepare and assist with the insertion of invasive lines in preparation for surgical procedures
- Key Accomplishments:
- Rapidly admits and prepares patients for surgery
- Address issues in efforts to move surgeries forward and collaborate with colleagues to prevent delays in surgeries.
Capacity Manager
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack , NJ
2015.01 - 2016.01
- Management of admissions via the emergency trauma department, surgical department, and from doctors' offices
- Accessed and placed patients on proper units according to their care needs
- Facilitated movement of patients across nursing units
- Collaborated with nursing managers for the movement of patients across units
- Uses clinical expertise to coordinate the placement of elective and emergent admissions as well as transfers from other facilities in accordance with clinical standards and guidelines, ensuring that all patients are admitted or transferred to the most appropriate available bed
- Clinically knowledgeable of disease entities, epidemiological issues, and circumstances that have implications for the placement of patients
- Assures communication and implementation of the Capacity Management plan for the day as defined at the daily bed meeting to the patient placement staff and all patient care areas, physicians, senior leadership and operations departments as needed
- Communicates daily Capacity Management plan to the evening staff and Administrative Supervisors to assure continued implementation and focus on the day's plan
- Reviews patients' conditions as necessary, independently, or in conjunction with case management staff, ETC, Administrative Supervisor, or charge nurse to ensure appropriate placement for required services
- Monitors bed availability on all nursing units as well as pending discharges assessing the ability to meet the ADT needs of the cath lab, ETC, PACU, and direct admissions
- Acts as a resource to patient placement staff as to the type of patient that each unit can accept and the type of equipment or medications that can be used or given on each unit, using policies and procedures as a guide
- Makes recommendations to the Director for Capacity Management for closing or downsizing units and manages the transfer of patients from the ETC/PACU or direct admit when an overflow unit is opened, assuring that patients are admitted in a controlled manner
- Regularly communicates with and provides status reports to Director for Capacity Management regarding the impending need for diverting operating room holds or cath lab delays
- Calls additional bed meetings as needed
- Key Accomplishments
- Prevented patients from staying overnight in the recovery room by facilitating movement to Intensive Care Units
- Initiated weekend coverage for capacity management and collaborated with nursing supervisors for quick transferring of patients to adequate nursing care units.2-3
- Acknowledged for quick response and collaboration to move patients across units.
Nurse Manager
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack , NJ
2012.01 - 2015.01
- Provides for the execution of outcomes-based practice and directs staff to its application
- Provides input for education programs through assessment of staff needs
- Evaluates the level of care provided by the unit staff
- Promotes Medical Center objectives for patient satisfaction through the communication of data and the implementation of methods to sustain or resolve patient satisfaction issues
- Creates unit-based indicators as mandated or necessary, integrating functions of standards development, continuing education, credentialing, performance appraisal, concurrent monitoring, utilization review, risk management, and active problem identification
- Acts as a "Retention Officer" for areas of responsibility and the department as a whole and implements strategies directed towards retention and recruitment of all nursing and non-nursing employees
- Maintains current knowledge of the professional and regulatory standards and communicates these standards to the area of practice as needed
- Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modified and delivers care that is specific to those needs (i.e., age, culture, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.)
- This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.)
- Key Accomplishments:
- Reduced Central Line Infections by improving the management of central line dressing changes and care
- Introduced a new device to help reduce pressure ulcer occurrences
- Promoted retention of staff through open communication and accountability
- Promoted to the Capacity department in recognition of superior work ethic and consummate accuracy.
Administrative Supervisor
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Hackensack , NJ
2010.01 - 2012.01
- Demonstrate effective leadership skills via active supervision of systems, functions, staff performance, and implementation of consistent accountability methods
- Assists the nurse manager (s) in the execution of outcomes-based practice
- Evaluate the unit staff's level of care and recommend appropriate educational programs and/or corrective actions
- Promotes Medical Center objectives for patient satisfaction through the communication of data and assists the nurse manager(s) in the implementation of methods of sustain or resolve patient satisfaction issues
- Assists the nurse manager (s) in standards development, continuing education, credentialing, performance appraisal, concurrent monitoring, utilization review, risk management, and active problem identification
- Key Accomplishments:
- Maintained high-quality nursing care through strategic allocation of staffing to nursing units
- Collaborated with nurse managers to ensure safe patient care across nursing units
- Promoted to Nurse Manager in recognition of superior work ethic and consummate accuracy.
Staff –RN /Charge Nurse
1998.01 - 2010.01
- Managed orthopedic third shift unit.; collaborating with operating room, recovery room and emergency trauma department to maintain adequate patient flow
- Assisted with the education of new staff members to the unit and orthopedic nursing
- Assisted nurse manager with preparation of nursing unit and staff for agencies visit
- Assessed and cared for post orthopedic surgeries patients
- Acted Charge Nurse of the Orthopedic Unit, evaluated and treated postoperative surgical, orthopedic patients, focusing on their psychological, physical, and emotional needs
- Teach patients and their families to understand the postoperative care that will be provided over the next few days
- Acting as Charge Nurse for the 3:00 pm – 11:00 pm shift, coordinating incoming patients from surgery, Emergency Trauma Department, transfers in/out, and direct admissions
- Assist with transcribing of orders to Care Maps and medication administration records
- Make nurses and nursing assistants aware of the care needed for their patients
- Responsible for training of new staff members in the unit in the care of postoperative and general orthopedic patients
- Orientation includes the care and teaching needed for each individual patient and their family members; focus is on providing the best quality care while practicing cost-control measures
- Creating a monthly schedule for all staff members, maintaining a vacation schedule for the staff without going over the maximum time allowed on a 24 hour period
- Assisting Nurse Manager in maintaining proper staffing ratio depending on census and allocating staff members to when and where they are needed
- Key Accomplishments:
- Endorsed team work methodologies for administration of new unit admissions
- Worked in collaboration anesthesia department allowing nursing staff to adjust patient control anesthesia pumps settings to maintain control and patient safety
- Assisted with opening of second orthopedic nursing unit and prepare staff for t unit.2-3
- Promoted to Administrative Supervisor in recognition of superior work ethic and consummate accuracy
- Additional experience includes staff nurse, nursing assistant, unit secretary and orderly positions for organizations such as The Mountainside Hospital, and West Hudson Hospital.
Education
Orthopedic Nurse Certification -
01.2027
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership - Executive Leadership
American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University
Denver, Colorado01.2021
Master of Science in Nursing-Leadership in Health Care - Leadership in Health Care
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, Arizona01.2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
South University
Savannah, Georgia01.2010
Diploma-Nursing - Nursing
Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing
Montclair, New JerseyBasic Life Support BLS -
Skills
- Taking & Recording Vitals
- Basic & Advanced Life Support
- Central Line Infection Reduction
- Pressure Ulcer Reduction
- Emergency & Urgent Care
- JCAHO/HIPAA Compliance
- Electronic Medical Record
- Staffing & Stabilization
- Student advisor
- Patient Education & Support
- Cross-cultural Communication
- Cross Training Nurses- ICU
- Medication Administration
- Curriculum development
- Staff Development
- Clinical Supervision
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Student evaluation abilities
- Leadership and mentoring abilities
- Performing physical assessments
- Teaching strategies
- Patient Safety
- Reliability
- Time management abilities
- Relationship Building
- Adaptability
- Written Communication
- Continuous Improvement
- Organizational Skills
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Interpersonal Communication
- Time Management
- Effective Communication
- Task Prioritization
- Multitasking
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Clinical evaluation
- Excellent Communication
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Team Collaboration
- Attention to Detail
- Self Motivation
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Interpersonal Skills
- Team building
- Active Listening
- Professional Demeanor
- Problem-Solving
- Professionalism
- Goal Setting
- Decision-Making
- Patient Care
Affiliations
- National Association of Orthopedic Nurses
- American Nurses Association
Certification
- Orthopedic Nurse Certification, 2027
- Basic Life Support BLS
Personal Information
Title: DNP, RN, ONC
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Educator/ Boca
Raton Regional Hospital
2022.01 - Current
Clinical Instructor/Faculty member
Lincoln Memorial University
2017.01 - 2022.01
Staff Nurse
Physician Regional Medical Center
2016.01 - 2017.08
Capacity Manager
Hackensack University Medical Center
2015.01 - 2016.01
Nurse Manager
Hackensack University Medical Center
2012.01 - 2015.01
Administrative Supervisor
HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
2010.01 - 2012.01
Staff –RN /Charge Nurse
1998.01 - 2010.01
Orthopedic Nurse Certification -
Doctor of Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership - Executive Leadership
American Sentinel College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Post University
Master of Science in Nursing-Leadership in Health Care - Leadership in Health Care
Grand Canyon University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing - Nursing
South University
Diploma-Nursing - Nursing
Mountainside Hospital School of Nursing
Basic Life Support BLS -
- Orthopedic Nurse Certification, 2027
- Basic Life Support BLS
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