Rafael Gomez
Kearny,USA
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with 10 + years of experience and a proven knowledge of ambulatory care, clinical services, and laboratory management. Aiming to leverage my skills to successfully fill the Licensed Practical Nurse role at your company. Dedicated Register Nurse with clinical practicum experience and passion for delivering quality healthcare. Skilled at establishing care plans and educating patients and families. Offering caring bedside manner, patient-centric focus and expertise in discharge management.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Register Nurse Oncology
New Jersey Cancer Care and Blood Disorders
Belleville , NJ
2020.08 - Current
- Delivered high-quality direct and indirect nursing care to up to 15 patients per day.
- Assessed patient complaints accurately and provided appropriate interventions.
- Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings for coordination of patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs, fluid intake and output levels, glucose levels, and other medical tests results.
- Prepared patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explained procedures.
- Provided pre- and post-chemotherapy nursing care.
- Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
- Evaluated patient care procedural changes for effectiveness and made necessary adjustments.
- Collected biological specimens and packaged for laboratory transport to complete diagnostic tests.
- Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient-related information.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility and supervisor.
- Maintained a safe environment by following infection control policies and procedures.
- Administered prescribed medications or started intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patient charts.
- Communicated effectively with patients, family members, healthcare team members, and other stakeholders regarding patient care plans or concerns.
- Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
- Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
NJ Cancer Care and Blood disorders
2020.07 - Current
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Screen patients for medical care, oncology medication/surgical history and update them in electronic health care system
- Assist Physician by taking vitals, medical and demographic information of patient and scheduling appointments
- Managed and oversaw medical care for 500 + patient on a monthly basis including scheduling appointments and addressing concerns
- Utilized medical software (Amazing Chart) and MS office documenting medical record resulting in 100 % of accuracy
- Coached and mentored 7 team members on new technical medical software systems, policies and procedures including health care guidelines in oncology and Hematology.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Stay Well Services, inc
2020.03 - Current
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures
- Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary
- Record food and fluid intake and output
- Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking
- Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles
- Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments
- Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Jersey Hematology Oncology Infusion Center LLC
2018.05 - 2020.03
- Screen patients for medical care, oncology medication/surgical history and update them in electronic health care system
- Assist Physician by taking vitals, medical and demographic information of patient and scheduling appointments
- Managed and oversaw medical care for 500 + patient on a monthly basis including scheduling appointments and addressing concerns
- Utilized medical software (Amazing Chart) and MS office documenting medical record resulting in 100 % of accuracy
- Coached and mentored 7 team members on new technical medical software systems, policies and procedures including health care guidelines in oncology and Hematology.
REGISTERED MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND PHLEBOTOMIST/HEALTH CARE SPECIALIST
Jersey Hematology Oncology Infusion Center LLC
2014.06 - 2018.05
- Screen patients for medical care, oncology medication/surgical history and update them in electronic health care system
- Assist Physician Assistant by taking vitals, medical and demographic information of patient and scheduling appointments
- Managed and oversaw medical care for 500 + patient on a monthly basis including scheduling appointments and addressing concerns
- Utilized medical software (Amazing Chart) and MS office documenting medical record resulting in 100 % of accuracy
- Coached and mentored 7 team members on new technical medical software systems, policies and procedures including health care guidelines in oncology.
HEMATOLOGY DOCTOR
General University Hospital, "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima"
Cienfuegos , Cuba
2008.06 - 2013.02
- Clinical Doctor of the Department of Hematology, Hemotherapy and Immunology
- Clinical treatment of patients with oncohematological diseases such as acute and chronic leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and general hematology consultation
- Implemented treatment following the International Protocol of Treatment of Oncohematological Diseases
- Follow up of approximately 600 patients, over the period of 6 years, with successful rates of survival, and improvement of the quality of their lives
- Treatment of critically ill patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with hematological complications such as massive blood transfusion associated with trauma, and other disorders of coagulation related to serious conditions or illnesses such as pancreatitis, severe sepsis, pregnancy complications, surgery, and neonatal complications
- Research in the field of stem cell therapy in the clinical treatment of chronic ulcers caused by pathologies such as chronic limb ischemia and knee arthritis
- Conducted experimental clinical trials with enriched platelet plasma used in cases of burns and cosmetic surgery.
Education
Register Nurse - Nursing Science
Eastwick College
Ramsey, NJ2023-10
Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing
EASTWICK COLLEGE
05.2018
Hematology Medicine -
INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY , HEMOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY
05.2008
Doctor in Medicine -
FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (FCMC) OF THE HIGHER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF VILLA CLARA
07.1997
Skills
- Bilingual Spanish/ English
- Patient Education
- Medication Administration
- Care Plan Implementation
- Direct Patient Care
- Medication and IV Administration
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Care
- Policy and Procedure Compliance
- Workflow and Patient Management
- Medical Chart Management
- Patient Assessment and Care
- Patient Care and Education
- Electronic Health Records Management
- Intravenous Therapy and Blood Withdrawal Certification
Certification
Licensed Practical Nurse
Publications
Introduction of Imatinib as First-line Therapy for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Cuba., Morán, Valia Pavón; Baute, Rafael Gómez; Facundo, Juan C Jaime, MEDICC Review (MEDICC REV), 01/2011, 35-40 Quality of life related to health in asthmatic children and their caregiver., Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Yaney Gonzalez Iglesias, Juana María Morejón Fernández, Roberto Travieso Peña, Medisur, 2005, 3, 3, 13-26 Survival in patients with acute non-lymphoblastic leukemia at "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima" Hospital. A ten years’ experience., Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Julio Dámaso Fernández Águila., Liermis Dita Salabert, Tamara Guerra Alfonso, Medisur, 2010, 8, 5, 338-347 Risk factors in pediatric asthmatic patients. Cases and control studies., Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Yaney Gonzalez Iglesias, Medisur, 2003, 1, 1, 25-29 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Transfusion of Patients in Critical Condition., Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Diosdania Alfonso Falcón, Liermis Dita Salabert, Luciano Núñez Almoguea, Medisur, 2009, 7, 1, 32-41 Recombinant human erythropoietin, and myocardial and cerebral acute ischemia: implications for clinical use., Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Liermis Dita Salabert, Yaney González Yglesias, Tamara Guerra Alfonso, Maritza Cabrera Zamora, Medisur, 2010, 8, 3, 164-171 Erythropoietin: from erythropoiesis to cardioprotection, Liermis Michael Dita Salabert, Ivis Mendoza Hernández, Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Elena García López, Lázaro E. de la Cruz Avilés, Aramis Núñez Quintana, Medisur, 2010, 8, 4, 280-288 Gynecological endoscopic surgery in Cienfuegos., Alberto Jorge Fernández, Alexis Díaz Brito, Israel Sotolongo Castro, Gabriel Jiménez González, Rafael Alejandro Gómez Baute, Medisur, 2003, 1, 2, 83-88 Gómez RA, et al. Possible Predictors of Poor Angiogenesis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Autograft for Lower Limb Ischemia., MEDICC Rev, 2012, 14, 3, 31–36
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Accomplishments
- Alpha, Beta, Kappa Soociety
- Excellent Academic in Applied Science Degree in Nursing.
- Josephine Husking Memorial Award.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Register Nurse Oncology
New Jersey Cancer Care and Blood Disorders
2020.08 - Current
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
NJ Cancer Care and Blood disorders
2020.07 - Current
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Stay Well Services, inc
2020.03 - Current
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Jersey Hematology Oncology Infusion Center LLC
2018.05 - 2020.03
REGISTERED MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND PHLEBOTOMIST/HEALTH CARE SPECIALIST
Jersey Hematology Oncology Infusion Center LLC
2014.06 - 2018.05
HEMATOLOGY DOCTOR
General University Hospital, "Dr. Gustavo Aldereguia Lima"
2008.06 - 2013.02
Register Nurse - Nursing Science
Eastwick College
Licensed Practical Nurse - Nursing
EASTWICK COLLEGE
Hematology Medicine -
INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY , HEMOTHERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Doctor in Medicine -
FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (FCMC) OF THE HIGHER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES OF VILLA CLARA
Licensed Practical Nurse
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