PAOLO BUCAL
Summary
Registered Nurse with 14+ years of experience in direct patient care and nursing leader positions in hospital settings. Experience spans across Surgical, Trauma, IMU, and Med-Surgical environment. Active listener with direct communication style and compassionate, non-judgmental approach to build patient trust and rapport. Outside-the-box thinker with strong crisis resolution skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Nurse Coordinator/Registered Nurse
Houston Northwest Hospital
09.2017 - Current
- Enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration through effective communication and coordination of patient care.
- Improved patient outcomes by developing and implementing individualized care plans.
- Managed staffing needs by creating schedules, adjusting assignments based on patient acuity levels, and delegating tasks efficiently.
- Mentored and supervised nursing staff, fostering professional growth and development.
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for Number patients per shift
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills
- High level of personal accountability
- Administered PO, IV, Trans-dermal, Sublingual, and Subcutaneous Medications safely and as ordered
- Responsible for the initial Nursing Assessments and Documentations for the newly admitted patients in the hospital
- Effectively supervised LVNs/CNAs in the same nursing unit
- Responsible for successfully communicating with the MDs regarding patients' issues and concerns
Registered Nurse
Reliant Hospital/HealthSouth Hospital Vision Park
01.2013 - 09.2017
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills
- High level of personal accountability
- Administered PO, IV, Trans-dermal, Sublingual, and Subcutaneous Medications safely and as ordered
- Responsible for the initial Nursing Assessments and Documentations for the newly admitted patients in the hospital
- Effectively supervised LVNs/CNAs in the same nursing unit
- Responsible for successfully communicating with the MDs regarding patients' issues and concerns
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases
- Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for Number patients per shift.
Registered Nurse
HealthSouth Rehab Hospital
06.2011 - 01.2013
- Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests
- Self-directed with astute judgment skills
- High level of personal accountability
- Administered PO, IV, Trans-dermal, Sublingual, and Subcutaneous Medications safely and as ordered
- Responsible for the initial Nursing Assessments and Documentations for the newly admitted patients in the hospital
- Effectively supervised LVNs/CNAs in the same nursing unit
- Responsible for successfully communicating with the MDs regarding patients' issues and concerns
Education
Associate degree of Nursing - Nursing
Kingwood Lone Star College
Kingwood, TX05.2010
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Montgomery Lone Star College
Conroe, TX01.2008
Skills
- Thorough Physical Assessment
- Patient/family focused
- Trauma recovery
- Critical Thinking Skills
- In-depth knowledge of intravenous therapy
- Qualified lab result evaluator
- Patient evaluation/intervention
- Strong clinical judgment
- Problem resolution capability
- Preceptor
- Professional bedside manner
- High level of autonomy
- Safe NG tube insertion and removal
- Tracheotomy care
- Patient positioning competency
- Foley catheter insertion/removal familiarity
- Effective team member
- Reliable team leader
- Insulin medication assistance
- Venipuncture/blood draw expert
- Efficient with blood draw
- Fluent in English & Filipino and conversational in Spanish
- Nursing Leadership
Accomplishments Certifications
- Dean's list throughout ADN program
- Member of the Clinical Nurse Coordinators in HCA
- ACLS/BLS certified
- Certifications for Geriatrics Care
- Sepsis Champion
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Filipino
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Clinical Nurse Coordinator/Registered Nurse
Houston Northwest Hospital
09.2017 - Current
Registered Nurse
Reliant Hospital/HealthSouth Hospital Vision Park
01.2013 - 09.2017
Registered Nurse
HealthSouth Rehab Hospital
06.2011 - 01.2013
Associate degree of Nursing - Nursing
Kingwood Lone Star College
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Montgomery Lone Star College
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