Valentina Thomas
Ewing,NJ
Summary
Enthusiastic and hardworking Registered Nurse, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in the healthcare system with a commitment to provide high-quality individualized service to the patients. Team-oriented and proven ability to remain calm under pressure and success in building strong relationships with patients and families through empathetic communication, respectful attitude, and compassion.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
Community Medical Center @ RWJBH
Toms River, NJ
05.2021 - 05.2022
- Managed care from admission to discharge with 1:7 nurse to patient ratio
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
- Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Implemented medication and IV administration, catheter insertion and airway management.
- Monitored patient condition by interpreting and tracking EKG readings, identifying irregular telemetry readings and updating team members on changes in stability or acuity.
- Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walmart Pharmacy
Hamilton, NJ
10.2015 - 09.2021
- Answered incoming phone calls and addressed questions from customers and healthcare providers.
- Resolved non-routine issues like third-party billing, computer system and customer service issues.
- Communicated directly with doctors offices via telephone, fax, and email.
- Processed over 150 prescriptions per day in busy pharmacy achieving decreased customer wait times and maintaining excellent customer satisfaction.
- Calculated dosage, filled prescriptions and prepared prescription labels with absolute accuracy.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Mercer County Community College
East Windsor, NJ12.2020
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Feeding Assistance
- Infection Control and Aseptic Procedures
- Triaging
- Patient Care
- Medication Administration
- Confidentiality and HIPAA Compliance
- Multilingual
- Advanced Math Skills
- Drug Safety
- Medicare and Medicaid process
- Drug inventory management
- Patient and Family Advocacy
- Lab Result Interpretation
- Patient Counseling
- Intravenous Therapy
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Community Medical Center @ RWJBH
05.2021 - 05.2022
Certified Pharmacy Technician
Walmart Pharmacy
10.2015 - 09.2021
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Mercer County Community College
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