Vera Churilov
San Diego,CA
Summary
Accomplished Registered Nurse (RN) with over 3 years in ambulatory clinic settings managing primary care patients to those with behavioral and OB GYN needs. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through targeted interventions and effective communication working with interdisciplinary teams. Committed to identifying and addressing health disparities to foster better healthcare access and equity.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RN Nurse Manager
True Choice Medical Clinic
San Diego, USA
08.2024 - Current
- Managing clinic flow and positively leading nursing team, fostering a collaborative work environment
- Managing STI, UTI, HPV, Pap, UPT, and HCG testing, with results notification, accurate documentation in EHR, and timely treatments, reporting appropriate results to the CDC.
- Performing OB ultrasounds and providing education.
- Assessing patients for pelvic exams
- Administering IM and PO medications, and e-prescribing timely treatments per physician.
- E-prescribing timely medications per Physician.
- Educating patients on health care needs, conditions, and options.
- Providing case management and triage and appropriate scheduling options.
- Ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements related to clinic services.
- Ensuring clinic and lab comply with infection control policies and procedures.
Primary Care Registered Nurse
Imperial Beach Clinic
Imperial Beach, CA
03.2024 - 06.2024
- Improved patient outcomes thru care coordination including medication reconciliation, hospital follow ups, referrals, and medication prior authorizations
- Triaged patients in person and over phone escalating emergency care needs promptly when necessary.
- Addressed physicians' inboxes to address patient needs in a timely and satisfactory manner.
- Provided one-on-one patient education and counseling for diabetes and hypertension.
- Assessed patient conditions and behaviors updating care plans with supervising physicians.
- Managed wound care and electrocardiograms per orders.
- Coordinated behavioral health and injection administration for patients on psychiatric medications.
- Managed rapid responses situations and emergency equipment.
- Counseled patients regarding medication side effects or lifestyle changes necessary for improved health outcomes.
Family Medicine Nurse (contract)
San Ysidro Health
San Diego, USA
06.2023 - 10.2023
- Care coordination for post hospital visits, psych patients and referrals
- Provided targeted follow-up support addressing diabetes and hypertension care strategies.
- Administering immunizations on pediatric to adult patients, injectable medications, ear lavages, Wound care from suture to staple removals, electrocardiograms per orders
- Behavioral health care coordination and injections
- Managing walk-in and rapid response, triaging patients and providing clinical oversight to assigned employees
- Overseeing emergency equipment, inventories, medications, immunizations
Travel Primary Care RN
Santa Rosa Community Health
Santa Rosa, USA
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Patient teaching on medications, chronic disease management, lab results
- Triaging walk-in and phone patients with critical lab results to allergic episodes
- Counseling patients on lifestyle disease prevention and medications including CGMs, GPL1s and gestational diabetes testing
- Performing New OB and Newborn visits including weight check, lactation, nutrition education
- Administering STI and hormone treatments
- Care coordination from refills, lab orders, home health orders to referrals
Clinic RN Nurse in Specialty Outpatient Clinic
Kaiser Nephrology clinic
San Diego, USA
10.2022 - 01.2023
- Triaging and scheduling patients over the phone and in person
- Patient teaching on labs, medications, symptoms, disease management
- Coordinating care with medical team and case managers
- Addressing EHR messages for refills, medical questions and triage
Resource Nurse (contract)
Kaiser Permanente
San Diego, USA
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Resource RN for Rapid Response calls including falls, syncope, ED transfers
- Vaccine administration and education in Travel and Flu clinics
- Coordinating care and addressing doctor Inbox messages
- Patient care for chronic disease visits for hypertension to diabetes and wounds
- Patient teaching, lab orders and med refills
- Administering injectable medications from Depo to antibiotics
- Doing clinic procedures and treatments from Phlebotomy to ear lavage, wound packing, suture removals
- Post surgical wound care, Diabetic ulcers, suture and staple removals as well as venous stasis compression wraps
Public Health RN Case Manager (contract)
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB Thru YOH Healthcare
Remote, USA
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Assessing and investigating COVID transmission cases prioritize Lab worker safety
- Triaging COVID hotline, from ill individuals to those with general questions
- Coordinating and ordering COVID testing based on individual cases consulting with a medical team
- Implementing referrals to acute, outpatient and mental health services as well as an onsite testing program
- Ordering work restrictions to prevent transmission among household cases, travelers and ill workers
Telemetry Travel Nurse
AMN Healthcare
El Centro, USA
10.2020 - 06.2021
- Managing med administration, patient education, clinical care, admitting and discharge planning
- Care planning with a multi disciplinary team including physicians, nursing assistants to Case Managers
- Tube feedings, blood administration, NIH stroke checks
PCU RN
SHARP HEALTHCARE
San Diego, USA
06.2019 - 05.2020
- Utilizing the nursing process to guide safe patient care
- Helping patients prepare and recover for procedures as part of a clinical team including all transplant care and education from kidney to heart transplants
- Performing individualized assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation using the nursing process
- Caring patients with cardiac mechanical-assist devices, mechanical ventilation, trachs, telemetry, vasoactive drips and on hospice care
- Wound care
Surgical and Transplant RN
Intermountain Health
Salt Lake City, USA
03.2018 - 06.2019
- Delivering clinical care to surgical and transplant patients on Telemetry, patient-controlled analgesia, and continuous monitoring
- Collaborating and evaluating patient care and discharges with Care Coordination and Transplant team
- Administering medications and treatments using the nursing process
- Assessing patients in their physical, social, and psychological status using critical thinking skills for best individualized care
- Coordinating and prioritizing nursing interventions with an interdisciplinary team via delegation and collaboration
- Managing JP drains, catheters, skin integrity and tube feedings, as well as post surgical site wound care per orders
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
COLLEGE OF MARIN
Kentfield, CA05-2016
Bachelor's - Health Science
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
San Francisco, CA05.2000
Health & Wellness Coaching Program
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego, CASkills
- Team Leadership
- Ambulatory Care Management
- Primary care, psychiatric & OB-GYN experience
- Patient Care Coordination
- Patient triage and Rapid Response management
- Health coaching and motivational interviewing
- Native bilingual Spanish
Certification
- Active CA RN License
- BLS Certification
Languages
Spanish, Native
Timeline
RN Nurse Manager
True Choice Medical Clinic
08.2024 - Current
Primary Care Registered Nurse
Imperial Beach Clinic
03.2024 - 06.2024
Family Medicine Nurse (contract)
San Ysidro Health
06.2023 - 10.2023
Travel Primary Care RN
Santa Rosa Community Health
01.2023 - 05.2023
Clinic RN Nurse in Specialty Outpatient Clinic
Kaiser Nephrology clinic
10.2022 - 01.2023
Resource Nurse (contract)
Kaiser Permanente
10.2021 - 01.2022
Public Health RN Case Manager (contract)
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB Thru YOH Healthcare
11.2020 - 09.2021
Telemetry Travel Nurse
AMN Healthcare
10.2020 - 06.2021
PCU RN
SHARP HEALTHCARE
06.2019 - 05.2020
Surgical and Transplant RN
Intermountain Health
03.2018 - 06.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
COLLEGE OF MARIN
Bachelor's - Health Science
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY
Health & Wellness Coaching Program
San Diego Mesa College