Satoko Hughes
Tumwater,USA
Summary
Hardworking Registered Nurse with success providing individualized patient care. Committed to delivering best-in-class patient care through effective education and counseling. Proven leadership focused on increasing and enhancing patient care and satisfaction. Streamline safety protocols for comprehensive patient care. Provides person-centered care and tends to holistic needs of patients. Skilled communicator excelling at building positive relationships with diverse team members and healthcare professionals.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse- Transitional Care Unit
Providence Mother Joseph Care Center
11.2023 - 03.2025
- Provide exceptional care to over 18 to 24 daily sub-acute patients needing such as IV, extensive wound care, indwelling urinary catheter, EKG, hospice and palliative care.
- Collaborate with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing changing conditions.
- Recorded details regarding therapies to keep patient charts updated.
Travel Registered Nurse
TRINITY Co
11.2015 - 04.2016
- Visited the patient's 10 home daily and provided wound care tracheotomy care and palliative care.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information, and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement, and enhance treatment strategies.
Public Health Nurse
Setagaya Public Health Center
09.2014 - 10.2015
- Visited 5 homes daily, assessed postpartum patients and newborn babies, and conducted needs assessments to determine which materials and services were warranted for each case.
- Conducted Well-Child checkups from 1-month-old to 3 years old and immunizations for optimum infant and child health.
- Interpretation and information for foreign expectant and nursing mothers.
Midwife
Sanikukai Hospital
05.2011 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: Regional high risk birth centre
- Assisted in over 350 successful births and provided postpartum counseling for struggling families to increase the happiness and health of newborns and mothers.
- Implemented and monitored individualized patient care and birth plans, addressing specific needs and complications during labor.
- Performed blood and blood product transfusions and intravenous infusions to address patient symptoms or underlying causes.
- Regional high risk birth centre
Midwife
Meiai Obstetrics And Gynecology Clinic
12.2007 - 03.2010
- Assisted in over 100 successful births and provided postpartum counseling for struggling families to increase the happiness and health of newborns and mothers.
- Directed parents and newborns to physicians without causing parent alarm based on problematic test results and health conditions of babies and mothers.
- Managed Fetal Distress and Delivery complications calmly to provide safety to mothers and babies.
Clinical Teacher Midwife
The University Of Shiga Prefecture
08.2007 - 12.2007
- Participated in over 30 successful births with student and focus on clinical nurse education.
- Met with students one-on-one to design learning plans and discuss nursing plans.
- Supported student Educational and Vocational planning to help each optimize learning strategies and reap long-term career benefits.
Midwife
Otsu Red Cross Hospital
05.2004 - 06.2007
- Assisted in over 200 successful births and provided Postpartum counseling for struggling families to increase the happiness and health of newborns and mothers. Primarily working for high risk pregnant women and babies in the Perinatal Medical Center.
- Monitored and managed various treatment and care interventions for women in pregnancy after 23 weeks of Antepartum, Labor, and Postpartum period, STD, perineal injury, hysterectomy, ectopic pregnancy treatment.
- Performed resuscitation of very low birth weight infant neonatal with pediatricians.
Resident Registered Nurse
Kyorin University Hospital
04.2003 - 05.2004
- Primarily working in the Endocrinology and Gastroenterology Department.
- Educated diabetic patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Administered medications via oral, Intravenous Infusion Therapy, and Intramuscular Injections and monitored responses.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
Education
Master of Human Science -
Graduate School of Ritsumeikan University
56-1Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan03.2010
Post -Basic Certificate in Midwifery -
Ehime College of Health Science
543 Takooda,Tobe, Iyo District, Ehime, Japan03.2003
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
Kochi Women's University
2751-1 Ike, Kochi, Japan03.2002
Skills
- Nursing team leadership
- Data visualization updates
- Clinical evaluation
- Infectious disease prevention
- Diabetes patient education
- Catheter maintenance
- PICC line management
- Experienced in venipuncture techniques
- Attention to detail in documentation
- Diabetic foot care
- Palliative care
- Wound care
- Health care consultation
- Medical assessment
Accomplishments
- Training - Trained team of staff nurses in medical office procedures to ensure consistent quality of care.
- Patient Advocacy - Explained treatment procedures, medication risks, special diets and physician instructions to patients.
- Clinical Skills - Monitored patients' respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
- Charting - Developed and organized 300+ charts for all new and current patients, routinely updating information for physician reference.
Certification
- Registered Nurse, Washington, RN61472438, Current expiration date 10/26/25
- Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (BLS), Current expiration date 09/19/25
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Current expiration date02/12/27
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Current expiration date01/31/27
Languages
English
Full Professional
Japanese
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Registered Nurse- Transitional Care Unit
Providence Mother Joseph Care Center
11.2023 - 03.2025
Travel Registered Nurse
TRINITY Co
11.2015 - 04.2016
Public Health Nurse
Setagaya Public Health Center
09.2014 - 10.2015
Midwife
Sanikukai Hospital
05.2011 - 10.2013
Midwife
Meiai Obstetrics And Gynecology Clinic
12.2007 - 03.2010
Clinical Teacher Midwife
The University Of Shiga Prefecture
08.2007 - 12.2007
Midwife
Otsu Red Cross Hospital
05.2004 - 06.2007
Resident Registered Nurse
Kyorin University Hospital
04.2003 - 05.2004
Master of Human Science -
Graduate School of Ritsumeikan University
Post -Basic Certificate in Midwifery -
Ehime College of Health Science
Bachelor of Science Nursing -
Kochi Women's University
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