Rebecca Santillano BSN RN CCRN
Pflugerville,TX
Summary
Dedicated bilingual nurse with 23 years of experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise with cardiovascular critical care.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Intensive Care
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
03.2024 - Current
- Administer medications accurately and safely, reducing medication errors and adverse reactions.
- Enhance patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care plans, resulting in better health outcomes.
- Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Develop strong relationships with patients'' families, providing emotional support while addressing concerns or questions about care plans.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.
- Managed care from admission to discharge.
- Liaison between physicians and patients'' families to facilitate clear communication regarding treatment options and progress updates.
- Provide emotional support to patients and their families.
CVICU Staff Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Heart Hospital of Austin
08.2003 - 03.2024
- Strong critical thinking skills when assessing complex medical situations through prompt recognition of patient complications and life-saving situations using strategic planning, communication, and decision-making in collaboration with critical care team.
- Stabilize, monitor, and provide life-saving interventions for patients with cardiovascular disease, heart failure, valve disease, and other heart conditions requiring surgical intervention and mechanical circulatory support in 14-bed CVICU.
- Proficient in therapies and devices used in critical care, intraaortic balloon pumps, ECMO (perfusionist at bedside) Targeted Temperature Management, CRRT hemodialysis and various dialysis machines, ventricular assist devices-Impella and LVAD, temporary pacing, pulmonary artery catheters, ventilators, and hemodynamic monitoring.
- Interpretation of ECG rhythms and life-threatening dysrhythmias.
- Obtain venous access and titrating vasoactive medications and inotropes.
- Developed strong rapport with patients and families, fostering trust and open communication during challenging times
- Demonstrated excellent time management skills while juggling multiple priorities in fast-paced environment.
- Educated patients on self-care management, empowering them to take an active role in their overall health and wellbeing.
- Mentored new nursing staff, supporting their professional growth and development.
- Reduced medication errors through meticulous charting and double-checking dosages.
- Promoted a culture of safety by strictly adhering to infection control measures and reporting any potential hazards or concerns.
- Streamlined workflow processes to increase efficiency in high-volume clinical setting.
Circulator/Recovery Room RN
Fort Duncan Medical Center
10.2001 - 07.2003
- Improved patient care by efficiently preparing operating rooms and ensuring all necessary supplies were readily available, including required blood products, implants, devices, and special equipment.
- Supervise and assist with patient transporting, positioning, and lifting
- Skin preparation of surgical site
- Dispense supplies and medications to surgical field ensuring sterile environment by adhering to strict protocols and guidelines
- Maintained compliance with regulatory requirements, ensuring consistent high-quality care for all patients through verifying relevant documentation (history and physical, pre-operative assessments, and verifying signed and completed surgical consents)
- Assigned on-call duty two or three times a week in conjunction with regularly scheduled hours.
- Streamlined workflow through effective communication with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other staff members
- Assisted anesthesia teams with seamless communication during induction and reversal of anesthesia, resulting in well-coordinated and successful procedure
- Facilitated timely turnover of operating rooms by promptly cleaning and resetting them for next procedure
- Handled emergencies effectively by remaining calm under pressure and following established protocols for crisis situations
- Educated patients about their upcoming procedures, addressing concerns or questions they had regarding their surgery or recovery process
- Provided comfort to patients during stressful moments prior to their surgeries with compassionate attention and empathetic listening skills
- Conducted thorough post-operative patient assessments to determine patient condition and readiness for transport to assigned room/discharge
- Monitored patient vitals, alertness, breathing and pain levels to notify assigned physician of observed complications
- Delivered high-quality nursing care to all patients while maintaining respect for their unique cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Galen College of Nursing
Louisville, KY10.2022
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA06.2001
License in Practical Nursing -
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA06.2000
Skills
- Clinical judgment
- Compassion and Empathy
- Patient Assessment
- Team Coordination
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Precepting
- Staff Supervision
- Nursing staff leadership
- High level of autonomy
- Complex Problem-Solving
- EMR / EHR
- Cardiac Care
- Acute care expertise
Certification
- Register Nurse, Texas, 681705
- HCA Preceptor Development Workshop, 09/2016
- HCA Leadership Institute's Frontline/Charge Nurse leadership, 02/2018
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN) certification by AACN, 01/2027
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 03/2026
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 08/2025
References
Available upon request.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
RN Intensive Care
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center
03.2024 - Current
CVICU Staff Nurse/ Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Heart Hospital of Austin
08.2003 - 03.2024
Circulator/Recovery Room RN
Fort Duncan Medical Center
10.2001 - 07.2003
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Galen College of Nursing
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Iowa Central Community College
License in Practical Nursing -
Iowa Central Community College
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