Rosemary Elendu
Sacramento,CA
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse with experience offering comprehensive patient care in outpatient environments. Works well with diverse patient populations and fosters trusting relationships to improve outcomes. Efficiently coordinate with healthcare professionals to advance patient care.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Carerev Staffing Agency (Swedish Hospital Med Surg Floor)
05.2023 - 08.2024
- Assessed, plan, coordinate, evaluate and delegate the delivery of skilled patient care
- Demonstrated critical thinking and consistency
- Created my own schedule
- Build an independent career within my own community.
Registered Nurse
Advance Home Health
08.2024 - 10.2024
- Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use, and disease management.
- Collaborated with leadership to devise initiatives for improving nursing satisfaction, retention and morale.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
- Delivered high level of quality care to diverse populations while overseeing patient admission and triaging based on acuity and appropriate department admission.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
Registered Nurse
Kindred Hospital (under Gamarica agency) (Med-Surg 2nd; 3rd and 4th floor)
11.2022 - 05.2023
- Provide planning and delivery of direct and indirect patient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning, Intervention, and Evaluation
- Develop nursing care plan in coordination with patient, family, and interdisciplinary staff as necessary
- Communicate changes in patient's clinical condition with Physicians, Nursing Supervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate
- Participate in discharge planning process.
Registered Nurse
Providence Health and Service,(Med-Surg 9West; 6A and 7A)
08.2021 - 11.2022
- Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, identifies appropriate nursing diagnoses, plans, implements and evaluates patients' care
- Develops, updates, and coordinates the patient's plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the care continuum
- Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate
- At the completion of the residency, demonstrates competencies in populations served and performs essential competencies as required by specific unit of hire
- Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve
- Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team including students; facilitates formal and informal learning for patient/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community
- Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence, and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes
- Aligns patient safety, self-safety and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes
- Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices to the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards
- Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence-based practice
- Leads in the Practice Setting & Community: Leads and coordinates teams, appropriately delegates, coordinates care and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge
- Models' professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
Registered Nurse
Everett Transitional Care Services (Long term care)
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Record a patient's medical history accurately
- Take and record measurements of blood pressure, temperature, heart rate etc
- Observe patients under treatment to identify progress, side-effects of medications etc
- Monitor patients' condition including fluid intake and output and compose patient charts
- Assist ailing patients in daily necessary activities such as eating, bathing etc
- Administer injections, prescribed medications, clean and dress wounds and assist with other basic medical care tasks
- Collect samples for lab testing as assigned
- Provide emotional and psychological support when needed
- Communicate with patients' family or friends to provide comfort and release instructions.
Registered Nurse
Swedish: Cherry Hill (Neuroscience, Epilepsy) Med-Surg
02.2021 - 03.2021
- Employs Nursing Professional Practice: Assesses, identifies appropriate nursing diagnoses, plans, implements and evaluates patients' care
- Develops, updates, and coordinates the patient's plan of care to achieve patient goals and to optimize outcomes and transitions across the care continuum
- Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate
- At the completion of the residency, demonstrates competencies in populations served and performs essential competencies as required by specific unit of hire
- Advocates: Effectively advocates for ethical and holistic care by partnering in care planning to promote the autonomy, dignity, rights, values and beliefs of those we serve
- Facilitates Learning: Fosters a learning environment for patient/families, nursing, and other members of the healthcare team including students; facilitates formal and informal learning for patient/families, nursing, other members of the healthcare team, and community
- Aligns Practice with Safety and Quality: Accountable for safety, identifies and corrects problems, and integrates evidence, and best practice into nursing care; uses data and evidence to improve patient outcomes
- Aligns patient safety, self-safety and environmental safety as equally important for best outcomes
- Engages in Professional Development: Engages in ongoing professional development; practices to the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards
- Promotes a culture of inquiry that explores, integrates, and disseminates research and evidence-based practice
- Leads in the Practice Setting & Community: Leads and coordinates teams, appropriately delegates, coordinates care and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge
- Models' professional behaviors as a representative of the nursing profession.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Samford University
Birmingham, AL05.2020
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Holy Names University
Oakland, CA05.2016
Skills
- ADL Assistance
- Precepting
- Critical Care
- Vaccine administration
- Diabetes management
- Supply Restocking
- Diabetes and nutrition education
- Long-Term Care
- EMR Systems
- Medication and IV administration
- IV setup
- Taking vitals
- Proper catheter insertion/removal
- Patient Care
- Oxygen saturation standards
- Family Education
- Patient education and counseling
- Home visits
- Sanitation
- Personal care needs
- Feeding Assistance
- Appointment Scheduling
- Care Planning
- Wound Care
- Peripheral line insertion
- PICC line care
- Putting on a wound vac and taking it off
- wet to dry dressing
- iv therapy
Certification
Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
NIH Stroke Scale- Test Group A, American Stroke Association
IV Certification, Oquirrh Mountain Phlebotomy School, Federal Way, WA
License
Washington State Registered Nurse License Effective date: 08/26/2020 Expiration: 04/10/2024
California State Registered Nurse License Effective date: 10/04/2023 Expiration: 05/31/2025
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Advance Home Health
08.2024 - 10.2024
Registered Nurse
Carerev Staffing Agency (Swedish Hospital Med Surg Floor)
05.2023 - 08.2024
Registered Nurse
Kindred Hospital (under Gamarica agency) (Med-Surg 2nd; 3rd and 4th floor)
11.2022 - 05.2023
Registered Nurse
Providence Health and Service,(Med-Surg 9West; 6A and 7A)
08.2021 - 11.2022
Registered Nurse
Everett Transitional Care Services (Long term care)
04.2021 - 03.2022
Registered Nurse
Swedish: Cherry Hill (Neuroscience, Epilepsy) Med-Surg
02.2021 - 03.2021
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Samford University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Holy Names University
Basic Life Support, American Heart Association
NIH Stroke Scale- Test Group A, American Stroke Association
IV Certification, Oquirrh Mountain Phlebotomy School, Federal Way, WA
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