SOFIA KAFULA
New Market,MD
Summary
Compassionate, hard-working, energetic, and highly motivated Registered Nurse offering comprehensive patient care in both critical care and medical-surgical environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships with patients, and efficiently coordinates with healthcare professionals to advance patient care. Well-organized and forward-thinking in managing patient needs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, ED Observation Unit
University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital
04.2024 - Current
- Identify current and potential complex problems of specific patient populations, critically analyze trends and changes in patient status, and plan appropriate interventions.
- Enhance patient satisfaction by delivering compassionate, culturally sensitive care tailored to individual needs and preferences.
- Administer medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Communicate openly and collaboratively with all healthcare staff to organize successful patient care.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment.
- Individualize patients plan of care, focusing on short and long-range goals and effectively use a variety of teaching resources to meet the learning needs of patients and families.
- Incorporate evidence-based practice and research into patient care delivery, with a focus on quality and safety.
- Demonstrate effective leadership behaviors. Establish priorities and delegate tasks to peers and ancillary staff as appropriate to scope of practice and unit requirements.
Orthopedics Registered Nurse
Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital
06.2023 - 10.2023
- Developed and implemented individual plans of care in collaboration with members of healthcare team to promote patient and family centered care in healing environment.
- Educated patients and families on managing post-treatment home care needs and medication administration.
- Monitored surgical sites and noted any changes.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients'
post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids, and oriented patients to the unit to achieve optimal outcomes. - Used critical thinking skills to assess and evaluate patient physical, psychosocial and emotional needs.
- Evaluated patient response and modified plan of care accordingly throughout patient stay.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
OSU Wexner Medical Center
09.2022 - 06.2023
- Oversaw care delivery for patients on a medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments, and supervising a team of nurses, technicians, and unit clerks.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings, and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Maintained quality care and comfort for patients with heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, and other conditions.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals, and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
Registered Nurse, ICU
Grant Medical Center, Ohio Health
09.2022 - Current
- Deliver age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent, and geriatric ICU patients.
- Develop and implement patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and generally accepted nursing practices.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Assess and manage various patient treatments for numerous diagnoses, from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
- Document patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care, and rehabilitation.
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Ohio Health Grant Medical Center
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Deliver age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent, and geriatric ICU patients.
- Develop and implement patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and generally accepted nursing practices.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Assess and manage various patient treatments for numerous diagnoses, from sepsis to acute respiratory distress.
- Document patient interactions and interventions in EPIC EMR.
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care, and rehabilitation.
Registered Nurse, Surgical/Medical ICU
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Communicate with ICU physicians about changes in patient status, symptomology, and results of diagnostic studies.
- Deliver bedside care to patients on a busy 14-bed ICU unit for trauma, post-surgical, and inpatient surgeries.
- Provide direct medical care to patients needing intensive medical treatment, including those with septic shock, cardiogenic shock, and respiratory failure.
- Serve as mentor for nursing students, providing training and guidance on nursing best practices within the intensive care unit.
- Coordinate assessment, diagnosis, treatment, evaluation, and monitoring of critically ill patients, utilizing a multi-disciplinary care plan.
- Administered advanced cardiac life support medications and treatments operating highly technical equipment for hemodynamics, VS, and mechanical ventilation.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
08.2019 - 05.2021
- As resource nurse, I was responsible for smooth and efficient patient flow within the unit and delegation of assignments.
- Provided supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient’s acuity.
- Managed caseload of 5 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, and IV therapy.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention, and management.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health conditions, prognosis, and treatment.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids, and oriented patients to the unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Precepted new nurses, guiding unit functions and individual roles, hospital policies and procedures, and nursing best practices.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Crouse Hospital
12.2014 - 08.2019
- Assisted patients with mobility needs, including moving to and from beds, organizing wheelchairs and preparing assistive devices.
- Responsible for obtaining patient's vital signs: temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and fluid intake and output.
- Perform ADLs by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary, ambulating, turning and positioning patients.
- Collaborate with unit nurses by answering patients' call lights and requests; report observations of patients appropriately.
- Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, attending in-services, and maintaining licensure.
Academic Tutor
Le Moyne College
10.2010 - 12.2014
- Collaborated with school administrators, teachers and community leaders in order to provide academic support to middle and high school students.
- Responsible for tutoring students ages 14-19 in subjects such as Biology, Mathematics, English, Chemistry, etc.
- Collaborated with teachers to organize and chaperone summer trips, museum visits and team building activities for the students.
- Collaborated with students to complete homework assignments, identify lagging skills and correct weaknesses.
- Helped students prepare for routine and standardized tests, including college entrance exams.
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
09.2022 - 06.2023
- Managed caseload of 5 patients simultaneously by providing bedside care, treatments, and IV therapy.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention, and management.
- Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients and families on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques.
- Educated patients and answered questions about health conditions, prognosis, and treatment.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
- Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
- Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients'
post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids, and oriented patients to the unit to achieve optimal outcomes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN02.2023
Associates - Applied Science, Nursing
Pomeroy School of Nursing
Syracuse, NY06.2019
Bachelor of science - Biology
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY12.2014
High School Diploma -
Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
Schenectady, NY06.2010
Skills
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
- Acute Care
- Effective communication skills
- Very adaptable, flexible, and quick to find solutions
- Highly dependable
- Proficient in EPIC, Soarian, Cerner, and Medconnect programs
- Resource Nurse/Precepting
- Intravenous Therapy/Phlebotomy
- Critical Thinking/decision-making
- Organization and Time Management
- Administering and monitoring moderate sedation
Certification
- District of Columbia Professional Nurse License (RN): 1053910
- State Of Ohio Professional Nurse License (RN): 502703
- State of New YorK Professional Nurse License (RN): 841879-01
- Basic Caregivers Life Support Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified
Additional Information
- Available upon request
Timeline
Registered Nurse, ED Observation Unit
University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital
04.2024 - Current
Orthopedics Registered Nurse
Premier Health Miami Valley Hospital
06.2023 - 10.2023
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
OSU Wexner Medical Center
09.2022 - 06.2023
Registered Nurse, ICU
Grant Medical Center, Ohio Health
09.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
09.2022 - 06.2023
Travel Registered Nurse, ICU
Ohio Health Grant Medical Center
01.2022 - 07.2022
Registered Nurse, Surgical/Medical ICU
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
05.2021 - 12.2021
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit
Medstar Washington Hospital Center
08.2019 - 05.2021
Certified Nursing Assistant
Crouse Hospital
12.2014 - 08.2019
Academic Tutor
Le Moyne College
10.2010 - 12.2014
- District of Columbia Professional Nurse License (RN): 1053910
- State Of Ohio Professional Nurse License (RN): 502703
- State of New YorK Professional Nurse License (RN): 841879-01
- Basic Caregivers Life Support Certified
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Walden University
Associates - Applied Science, Nursing
Pomeroy School of Nursing
Bachelor of science - Biology
Le Moyne College
High School Diploma -
Notre Dame Bishop Gibbons
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