VANESSA VILLARRUEL
Austin ,TX
Summary
Experienced nursing professional managing nursing teams, and population health patient panel. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care.
In addition, offering extensive hours of hands-on work experience in a acute hospital setting for more than two-years in a variety of departments; Med-surg/Emergency department/Intermediate care/Telemetry unit/Intensive care unit/Covid unit/Stroke/Seizure unit.
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Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Charge Nurse
Community Care Clinic
08.2024 - Current
- Oversee assigned staff, including but not limited to, establishing work assignments and priorities in relationship to nursing services available, weekly review and adjustment of timecard, weekly review of time off requests, input for performance evaluations, monitoring orientation of new hires, and coaching and counseling staff in conjunction with NMO,PL, and HR.
Registered Nurse
Peoples Community Clinic
10.2022 - 08.2024
- Participated in the coordination of patient care management as part of the care management team for high risk populations.
- Provide health-related education as directed by provider or as indicated by nurse assessment.
- Participate in collaboration with the health care team in identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing patient and family needs to develop a plan of care.
- Responsible for full compliance with all applicable regulations for the operation of a Class D Pharmacy.
- Telephone/walk-in triage of patients using approved national standards.
- Perform patient medication reconciliation in conjunction with the provider as part of the pre-visit assessments and care coordination, including coordinating refills with providers at time of visit.
- Follow up with patients as directed by provider.
- Perform Birth Control Refill visits and patient education as needed.
Registered Nurse
St David's North Austin Medical Center
01.2019 - 10.2022
- Assessed and prepared patients for procedures, performing initial and ongoing patient assessments.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
- Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
- Evaluated patients, recognized and addressed complications and coordinated treatment with other members of critical care team.
- Administered medications and treatments, monitoring patients for reactions and side effects.
- Adhered to infection control procedures to facilitate safe, clean patient environment.
- Collaborated with doctors to plan post-treatment home care and prevent return hospitalization.
- Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through team nursing process.
TEAM LEADER
Bill-Miller BBQ
07.2014 - 12.2019
- Long standing hours providing customer service, excellent numerical skills, attention to details, emphasize teamwork.
- Monitoring the status of placed orders and encouraging the workers for faster preparation of orders.
- Promoted to leadership position in recognition of strong work ethic and provided exceptional customer service.
- Maintained high standards of customer service during high-volume work shifts and fast-paced operations.
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
Austin Community College
01.2014 - 01.2016
- Coordinate, and provide a weekly collaborative discussion section for college level History I and II.
- Enhancing the quality of preexisting discussion sections.
- Help students master the course material, and skills needed to become successful and self-sufficient.
- Received Extensive training in leadership, and guided practice on the most important content and vital skills for the courses.
- Collaborate along with college instructors to enhance performance of students in the class.
- Delivered academic assistance to students and study aids to improve course material comprehension.
- Helped students with subject knowledge as well as general abilities in learning, studying and retaining information.
- Worked with students to develop skills in note-taking, studying and test preparation.
- Identified and removed obstacles keeping students from learning, helping to effectively complete homework tasks on time.
SALES ASSOCIATE
RAINBOW
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Fast pace, customer oriented, multitasking, strong interpersonal skills, organize and prioritize work, punctuality,organizing store clothing floor plans
- Collected payments and provided accurate change.
- Helped customers find specific products, answered questions and offered product advice.
- Built and maintained relationships with peers and upper management to drive team success.
- Engaged customers in friendly, professional dialogue to determine needs.
Education
Bachelor of science in Nursing -
Concordia University at Austin
Austin, TX12.2019
Austin Community College
Austin, TXSkills
- Exceptional customer service
- Clear Patient Communication
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Care Coordination
- Fluent in Spanish and learned American sign language
- Time management, self- motivation, communication, adaptability, leadership skills, ability to work under pressure
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Community Care Clinic
08.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse
Peoples Community Clinic
10.2022 - 08.2024
Registered Nurse
St David's North Austin Medical Center
01.2019 - 10.2022
TEAM LEADER
Bill-Miller BBQ
07.2014 - 12.2019
Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader
Austin Community College
01.2014 - 01.2016
SALES ASSOCIATE
RAINBOW
01.2012 - 01.2014
Austin Community College
Bachelor of science in Nursing -
Concordia University at Austin
CERTIFICATIONS
- Stroke certified
- ALS Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified