Shalee Rios
Albuquerque,NM
Summary
Patient-oriented nurse with over 2 years of diverse experience in direct patient care, staff supervision and department operations. Skilled at multi-tasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Offering expertise including Neuro ICU specialty.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ICU (Neuro) Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital
11.2021 - Current
- Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
- Observed patients' vital signs and administered physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
- Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult and geriatric ICU patients.
- Developed and implemented patient care plans based on physicians' instructions and generally accepted nursing practices.
- Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed medical care choices.
- Recorded patients' medical status and treatment details in electronic charts to accurately document medical care.
- Followed HCA ethical values and principles and adhered to HIPAA medical record regulations to promote patients' privacy.
- Coordinated with healthcare staff from various disciplines to devise, carry out, and manage personalized care plans to benefit patient health and recovery.
- Trained and educated new employees on protocols and best practices to promote ideal patient outcomes.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care and rehabilitation.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Provided care to kidney transplant recipients.
- Provided care to patients needing CRRT dialysis.
Student Nurse Intern (Mother Baby/Newborn Clinic)
UNMH
12.2020 - 08.2021
- Collaborated with nurse preceptors and other medical staff to achieve quality patient outcome goals.
- Administered close patient care, checked vital signs
- Completed medical facility experience while under supervision of qualified staff.
- Met with patients to make introductions, inquire about needs and offer assistance.
- Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
- Coordinated meal and snack deliveries, assisted with feeding, and charted intake for review.
- Completed skilled phlebotomy tasks to obtain needed biological specimens for laboratory testing.
- Vaccinated patients to protect individuals from illnesses of concern.
Lab Assistant
TriCore Reference Laboratory
06.2019 - 01.2021
- Assisted with support duties such as filling products, labeling products, testing samples and taking inventory.
- Managed specimen sample handling, receiving, storage and inventory.
- Maintained lab by calibrating equipment and cleaning surfaces and items used.
- Demonstrated flexibility working in a fast-paced and challengin environment.
- Prepared specimens for testing and analysis.
- Logged samples correctly into computerized tracking system.
- Prepared samples for centrifugation, aliquoting and preserving sample integrity.
Education
BSN - Nursing
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM08.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM08.2021
Skills
- Patient Monitoring
- Fluid Intake and Output Monitoring
- Honest and Dependable
- Shock Symptom Identification
- Blood Transfusion Administration
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Healthcare Team Collaboration
- Emergency Interventions
- Critical Thinking
- Tracheostomy Care
- Ventilators
- CRRT
- Kidney transplants
- TTM
- EVD
- Equipment Sterilization
- Cardiac Monitors
Certification
- ACLS
- BLS
- Stroke NIHS
Timeline
ICU (Neuro) Nurse
Presbyterian Hospital
11.2021 - Current
Student Nurse Intern (Mother Baby/Newborn Clinic)
UNMH
12.2020 - 08.2021
Lab Assistant
TriCore Reference Laboratory
06.2019 - 01.2021
BSN - Nursing
University of New Mexico
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of New Mexico
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