RAQUEL PEREZ
Tampa,FL
Summary
Skilled and experienced registered nurse looking for a challenging role in the field of cardiac nursing
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Register Nurse Cardiac Cath Lab
Springboard Healthcare
10.2019 - Current
- Provide patient education, assessment, monitoring, and administering medications
- Demonstrated clinical expertise in creating and maintaining a sterile field
- Able to record diagnostic and interventional cases
- Able to circulate during diagnostic and interventional cases
Registered Nurse
Advent Health East Orlando Cardiac Cath Lab
03.2019 - 10.2019
- Provide patient education, assessment, monitoring, and administering medications
- Trained in all positions in the cardiac cath lab
- Scrubbing, recording, and circulating
- Demonstrated clinical expertise in creating and maintaining a sterile field
- Scrub/assisted physician during diagnostic, interventional, and peripheral angiographic studies
- Able to record during diagnostic and interventional cases
- Able to circulate during diagnostic interventional cases
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Cardiac Cath Lab
05.2017 - 02.2019
- Provide patient education, assessment, monitoring, and administering medications
- Trained in all positions in the cardiac cath lab and neuro lab
- Scrubbing, recording, and circulating
- Demonstrated clinical expertise in creating and maintaining a sterile field
- Scrub/assisted physician during diagnostic and interventional cardiac, cerebral angiograms and peripheral angiographic studies
- Able to film and record special procedures such as cerebral angiograms, peripheral procedures, cardiac catheterizations, lumbar punctures, kyophoplasties, venograms, nerve blocks
- Able to circulate during diagnostic and interventional cases.
Registered Nurse
Advent Health RIO
04.2015 - 04.2017
- Provided quality nursing care for pre/post cardiac catheterization, pre/post pacemaker/ICD implants, lumbar punctures, pre/post cerebral angiograms, pre/post TEE/Cardioversions
- Answered patient questions and ensured that patients were kept comfortable
- Made sure that all relevant IV’s were functioning correctly
- Developed individualized care plans based on each patient’s condition
- Ensure that all nursing activities are carried out in accordance to individual patient care plan
- Monitored patients for condition changes and report any changes to the physician
- Initiate patient education programs to ensure that both patients and families are educated on post procedural care and medications
- Determined when patients are ready to be transferred to their overnight rooms or to be discharged home
- Managed blood and fluid transfusions and drew specimens
- Changed bandages and dress surgical/post procedural incisions
- Assessed patients’ condition after procedure had been performed
- Ensured that all vitals were within normal range
- Logged all findings in patients’ electronic medical records
- Performed post cardiac catheterization sheath pulls and monitored puncture site
- Opened the unit, set patient rooms up, and communicated with all relevant departments for the day
- Monitored patient’s vitals, performed assessments, administered fluids, reviewed/initiated orders, received and oriented patients to the unit.
Registered Nurse
Brandon Regional Hospital PCU
04.2014 - 04.2015
- Provided quality nursing care to patients on a medical telemetry step down unit
- Provided post procedural care for patients post Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, EGD’s and colonoscopies
- Provided wound care, colostomy care, and rehabilitation care management
- Monitored patient’s vitals closely, performed frequent assessments, set up PCA pumps, fluids, reviewed orders, received and oriented new admissions/transfers to the unit
- Supervised over LPN’s and their assignments.
Medical Assistant
Cardiology Center of Tampa
03.2005 - 01.2014
- Performed various front and back office duties including EKGs, phlebotomy, vitals, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and intra-dermal injections
- Set patient appointments, call patients with blood work results, maintained proper clinic flow, triaged patients over the phone, set up and performed stress test on patients
- Managed satellite office.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Worked well in a team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Education
A.S. Nursing -
Hillsborough Community College
01.2013
Medical Assistant -
Sanford Brown Institute
01.2005
Skills
- Bilingual – Read & Write Fluently in Spanish and English
- Excels in team work
- Cerner, Epic and Cerner experience
- Excellent in bedside manners and commitment in patient care
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to make decisive decisions and work in fast paced environment
- Adaptable
Certification
- NIHSS
- BLS
- ACLS
Timeline
Register Nurse Cardiac Cath Lab
Springboard Healthcare
10.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse
Advent Health East Orlando Cardiac Cath Lab
03.2019 - 10.2019
Registered Nurse
Advent Health Cardiac Cath Lab
05.2017 - 02.2019
Registered Nurse
Advent Health RIO
04.2015 - 04.2017
Registered Nurse
Brandon Regional Hospital PCU
04.2014 - 04.2015
Medical Assistant
Cardiology Center of Tampa
03.2005 - 01.2014
A.S. Nursing -
Hillsborough Community College
Medical Assistant -
Sanford Brown Institute
- NIHSS
- BLS
- ACLS
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