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RYAN V. COLINA

Tallahassee,Florida

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Endoscopy Clinical Registered Nurse

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Tallahassee, Florida
05.2021 - Current
  • Verifies that essential equipment is functioning properly each day
  • Performs patient preparation, including but not limited to: review of medical history, acquisition of appropriate consents, measuring vital signs, starting IV, administering medications, and setting up appropriate monitors
  • Assists in relieving patient’s apprehension before and during administration of IV sedation or anesthesia
  • Assesses and monitors patients before, after and throughout all phases of care, demonstrating competency with all monitoring equipment
  • Transports and positions patients as needed
  • Records and documents all vital signs and assembles and maintains all related patient records
  • Maintains patient safety, and ensures a clean, orderly environment throughout the hospital
  • Assist MD with endoscopic accessories and collect specimens during procedure
  • Addresses individual patient needs, and completes all pre and post-op physician orders
  • Adheres to CDC Bodily Fluid precautions and infectious waste disposal according to policy
  • Manages supply inventory, ordering and restocking supplies as needed
  • Conducts pre and post-procedure orientation and instruction of patient and/or patient’s family, communicating a positive and caring attitude
  • Provides verbal and written discharge criteria
  • Assists with post-procedure telephone interviews
  • Performs other duties as requested or assigned
  • Provides professional nursing care through assessment, planning, treatment and evaluation of the patient
  • The registered nurse is responsible for delivering safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative and individualized nursing care to patients and families.

Assistant Nurse Manager for Utilizations Management Review

EXL Service Philippines
Cebu City, Philippines
05.2013 - 12.2019
  • Check the intended requests for pre-certification that people do and, when some additional expertise is required, to refer them to the medical director
  • Reviews all the information about the concurrent reviews, monitories the non-clinical activities of the staff, collaborates with doctors, patients, physicians, families, clients and customers
  • Responsible for the review and evaluation of clinical information and documentation
  • Reviews documentation and interprets data obtained from clinical records or systems to apply appropriate clinical criteria and policies in line with regulatory and accreditation requirements for member and/or provider issues
  • Nurse should use the appropriate systems to search and verify available program offers prior to completing an outreach call
  • Nurse is responsible to fully explain the Health program and answer all questions related to the program levels
  • Independently coordinates the clinical resolution with internal/external clinician support as required.

Volunteer Emergency Room Staff Nurse

Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital
Mandaue City, Philippines
07.2014 - 01.2015
  • Serves as a Volunteer Nurse in the 100-bed capacity hospital
  • Works 16 hrs per week on weekends
  • Caring for patients in the different areas of the hospital
  • Areas of exposure: medical/surgical ward, private rooms, OB/GYN wards and Emergency room.

ICU Nurse / ER, Triage and Code Nurse / Compounding Nurse / Charge Nurse

Cebu Doctor's University Hospital
Cebu City, Philippines
07.2008 - 05.2013
  • Plans and gives comprehensive quality care to patients according to their individual needs with respect to culture, religion, creed and beliefs
  • Orients patients, friends and relatives about the physical set up, hospital rules and regulations and the patients’ rights and responsibilities
  • Establishes upon admission a discharge plan to ensure that hospitalized patients are given information to post-discharge care and access to any health services that are required for their care outside the hospital and to minimize re-hospitalization
  • Assesses, monitors, reports and documents vital signs and symptoms of patients and any significant changes in their conditions including signs of deterioration, complications or improvement
  • Administers prescribed medications, initiates IV therapy with doctors’ orders, performs independent nursing interventions and observes patient's responses to such treatments
  • Bathes and feeds moderately ill patients and assists them in their performance of activities of daily living until such time that patient independence can be established
  • Provides nutrition to patients with extraoral tubes (e.g
  • NGT, PEG tube, jejunostomy tubes) through scheduled tube feedings
  • Prepares patients physically and emotionally for treatments, operations and diagnostic studies
  • Supervises the care given by the nursing auxiliaries
  • Participates in providing for the spiritual welfare of patients
  • Assists physicians in administering highly specialized therapy and performing complicated procedures
  • Assists in patient education and rehabilitation, including physical and mental health
  • Participates actively in committee work and in studies for the improvement of nursing care within assigned unit
  • As the team leader, assumes responsibility for the quality of nursing care given by the team members
  • Substitute for the charge nurse when so delegated
  • Assists in the orientation and evaluation of other nursing personnel
  • Participates in the activities of the Nursing Service Department
  • Cooperates with the charge nurse in promoting and maintaining a clean, orderly, environment conducive to the optimum comfort and safety of the patient.

ICU Nurse Trainee/Staff

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
Cebu City, Philippines
01.2007 - 04.2008
  • Perform and participate in approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures including: Participate during nursing endorsement and make nursing rounds with the team
  • Assesses patient condition and status throughout each shift
  • Plans and implements independent nursing function
  • Performs all routine ICU care
  • Administers medications, treatments and observes its reactions
  • Plans and gives comprehensive quality care to patients according to their individual needs
  • Prepares patients physically for treatments, operations and diagnostic studies
  • Responsible for the assessment of critically ill patients and immediate reporting of pertinent information after evaluation to the physician for medical management
  • Participates actively in committee work and in studies for the improvement of nursing care within the assigned unit
  • Cooperates with the charge nurse in promoting and maintaining a clean, orderly environment conducive to the optimum comfort and safety of the patient.

Emergency Room Staff Nurse / Charge Nurse

Cebu Doctors University Hospital
Cebu City, Philippines
03.2015
  • Provides direct and indirect patient care activities and professional nursing service required in the nursing care of patients in the Emergency Room
  • Utilizes nursing process to: admit patient, obtain nursing history, identify nursing care priorities, assess patient’s problems
  • Observes patients and institutes appropriate measures both in the emergency and non-emergency situations, reports and records information to physicians and to head nurse/supervisor
  • Initiates CPR during emergency cases
  • Administers and records medications, cognizant of reactions and reports harmful side effects to physicians
  • Adheres to nursing service and Emergency Room Policies and Procedures in performances of patient care activities
  • Documents in the E.R
  • Sheet all nursing observations and care provided to patient in the E.R
  • To be incorporated in the patient’s chart
  • Assists the physician in the treatment in administering highly specialized therapy or in performing highly complicated procedures in the E.R
  • Assists ER physician in cases of precipitate delivery; provides immediate care of newborn
  • Answers ambulance booking in coordination with the admitting clerk
  • Sees to it that all pertinent data of patient were taken during ambulance booking
  • Sees to it that ambulance team is ready and must leave within five minutes from time of booking
  • Notifies the ambulance driver and other members of the team
  • Keeps record of all ambulance call conducted
  • Accomplishes all charges and replaces all medicines and supplies used
  • Secures a medical abstract if patient is for transfer
  • Sees to it that all hospital bills including ambulance fee are settled by the patient
  • Informs hospital where patient is to be transferred
  • Supervises the care given by nursing auxiliaries
  • Participates in the general activities of nursing service, assists in the orientation and evaluation of new personnel
  • Maintains good interpersonal relationship with patients, relatives, co-workers and other department staff
  • Performs other assignment as directed.

Skills

  • Endoscopy Clinical Registered Nurse
  • Emergency Room Staff Nurse / Charge Nurse
  • Assistant Nurse Manager for Utilizations Management Review
  • Volunteer Emergency Room Staff Nurse
  • ICU Nurse / ER, Triage and Code Nurse / Compounding Nurse / Charge Nurse
  • ICU Nurse Trainee/Staff
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Training
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support Training
  • Basic Life Support Training
  • ECG and Pharmacology in the ICU
  • Seminar on Care of Mechanically Ventilated Patients
  • Basic Skills Development in Wound Closure Techniques
  • Workshop on Peritoneal Dialysis
  • Basic Intravenous Therapy and Regular IV Training Program
  • Scientific Seminar: Update on Infection Control
  • 12th Midyear Convention: "Pulmonary Controversies: Evidence Based Updates"
  • Surviving Trauma: Multiple Hacking
  • Advance Practice Role of Pediatric Nurses in the US

Timeline

Endoscopy Clinical Registered Nurse

Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
05.2021 - Current

Emergency Room Staff Nurse / Charge Nurse

Cebu Doctors University Hospital
03.2015

Volunteer Emergency Room Staff Nurse

Vicente Gullas Memorial Hospital
07.2014 - 01.2015

Assistant Nurse Manager for Utilizations Management Review

EXL Service Philippines
05.2013 - 12.2019

ICU Nurse / ER, Triage and Code Nurse / Compounding Nurse / Charge Nurse

Cebu Doctor's University Hospital
07.2008 - 05.2013

ICU Nurse Trainee/Staff

Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center
01.2007 - 04.2008
RYAN V. COLINA