ROCIO ZUNIGA
Norwalk,CA
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN
Kindred Hospital
Baldwin Park
01.2026 - Current
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording all changes in medical records.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations. - Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport. - Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
Monitored and tracked patient vitals in Software to keep team informed of changing conditions. - Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels. - Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
LVN/CASE MANAGER IP
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
08.2022 - 01.2026
- Developed and modified patient care plans and assisted interdisciplinary team in identifying client needs and goals to determine priorities of care.
- Collaborated with healthcare leaders and physicians to support and offer resources in performance of duties to maintain high-quality and efficient patient care.
- Gathered and recorded patient health information and data to assess, identify and manage characteristics that affect care outcome.
- Educated patients and caregivers on healthcare protocols and processes.
LVN/CASE MANAGER
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Made valuable contributions to care-plan development and patient education processes backed by thorough research into client diagnoses.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Collaborated with supervisor to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Inpatient reviews , request clinical reviews from hospitals to see if member meets criteria for approval or deny
- Round with medical directors on members current status
LVN/MDS COORDINATOR
Pico Rivera Healthcare Center
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
- Contributed to committees in effort to promote standardize practices and procedures across hospital-wide nursing stations.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Observed, monitored and reported changes in patient condition to supervising RN or physician in accordance with policies and procedures of medical facility.
- Educated patients and caregivers on healthcare protocols and processes.
- Conducted preoperative risk assessments, ongoing assessments and evaluations to prepare patients for surgery and manage healing process.
- Implemented aspects of patient care under physician orders and sought clarification when needed to promote safety, quality and cost-efficient care.
- Gathered and recorded patient health information and data to assess, identify and manage characteristics that affect care outcome.
- Collaborated with healthcare leaders and physicians to support and offer resources in performance of duties to maintain high-quality and efficient patient care.
- Managed support services and fostered communication among social workers, therapists, hospital staff and patients.
- Analyzed patient responses to medications, therapies and variances in plans of care.
- Developed and modified patient care plans and assisted interdisciplinary team in identifying client needs and goals to determine priorities of care.
LVN/CASE MANAGER
Regal Medical Group
04.2021 - 04.2021
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
LVN/MDS COORDINATOR
Fountain View Subacute And Nursing
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Identified care needs of individual patients and coordinated responses based on physician advice, insurance limitations and procedural costs.
- Managed support services and fostered communication among social workers, therapists, hospital staff and patients.
- Helped patients receive appropriate, high-quality care with reasonable results.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
LVN/MDS
Lakewood Healthcare Center
01.2018 - 04.2020
- Identified care needs of individual patients and coordinated responses based on physician advice, insurance limitations and procedural costs.
- Managed support services and fostered communication among social workers, therapists, hospital staff and patients.
- Helped patients receive appropriate, high-quality care with reasonable results.
- Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
LVN
Los Angeles Community Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording all changes in medical records.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Monitored and tracked patient vitals in Software to keep team informed of changing conditions.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
LVN
Marina Pointe Healthcare Center
09.2016 - 01.2018
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising .
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Monitored and tracked patient vitals in Software to keep team informed of changing conditions.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
LVN
Lakewood Healthcare Center
06.2015 - 09.2016
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording all changes in medical records.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Made valuable contributions to care-plan development and patient education processes backed by thorough research into client diagnoses.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Monitored and tracked patient vitals in Software to keep team informed of changing conditions.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
LVN
Ivy Creek Healthcare & Wellness Center
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising Job title.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Monitored and tracked patient vitals in Software to keep team informed of changing conditions.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Made valuable contributions to care-plan development and patient education processes backed by thorough research into client diagnoses.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording all changes in medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
Medical Records Clerk
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
12.2008 - 01.2013
- Obtained necessary signatures on information release forms to obtain medical and treatment records from other service providers.
- Uploaded physician progress notes, history and physicals into electronic medical records.
- Maintained patient records in compliance with security regulations.
- Maintained patient confidence by keeping patient records information confidential.
- Kept accurate log of all requests for medical information and records.
- Maintained database for storage and retrieval of medical records.
Medical Assistant
Bascoy Medical Clinic
08.2002 - 12.2008
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
- Prepared initial patient charts for admission.
- Documented vital signs and health history for patients in clinic and hospital environments.
- Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
- Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Completed clinical procedures and gathered patient data for interpretation by physician.
- Obtained client medical history, including medication information, symptoms and allergies.
- Promoted office efficiency, coordinating charts, completing insurance forms and helping patients with diverse needs.
- Gathered forms and copied insurance cards to collect patient information for billing and insurance filing.
- Verified appropriate lab couriers picked up collected lab specimens.
- Obtained all prescribed laboratory testing.
- Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
- Performed clerical duties, such as word processing, data entry, answering phones and filing.
Education
VN - Nursing
American Career College
Anaheim, CA09-2012
High School Diploma - High School Diploma
Schurr High School
Montebello, CA09-2001
Timeline
LVN
Kindred Hospital
01.2026 - Current
LVN/CASE MANAGER IP
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
08.2022 - 01.2026
LVN/CASE MANAGER
AltaMed Health Services Corporation
05.2022 - 08.2022
LVN/MDS COORDINATOR
Pico Rivera Healthcare Center
04.2021 - 05.2022
LVN/CASE MANAGER
Regal Medical Group
04.2021 - 04.2021
LVN/MDS COORDINATOR
Fountain View Subacute And Nursing
04.2020 - 04.2021
LVN/MDS
Lakewood Healthcare Center
01.2018 - 04.2020
LVN
Los Angeles Community Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2018
LVN
Marina Pointe Healthcare Center
09.2016 - 01.2018
LVN
Lakewood Healthcare Center
06.2015 - 09.2016
LVN
Ivy Creek Healthcare & Wellness Center
01.2013 - 06.2015
Medical Records Clerk
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
12.2008 - 01.2013
Medical Assistant
Bascoy Medical Clinic
08.2002 - 12.2008
VN - Nursing
American Career College
High School Diploma - High School Diploma
Schurr High School