Veronica Bagby
dfw,tx
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional equipped with a strong background in patient assessment, emergency response, and advanced life support. Collaborates effectively with teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes in high-pressure environments. Highly reliable, adaptable, and skilled in effective communication and quick decision-making. Recognized for proactive problem-solving and optimizing processes to support team objectives. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Float Pool Nurse
Texas Health Hospital
01.2024 - Current
- Maximized resource utilization by efficiently coordinating float pool nurse schedules to match fluctuating demands of the hospital.
- Reduced hospital staffing challenges by providing reliable coverage across various departments, including ICU, ER, and MedSurg. Provides and facilitates competent health care of patients and families.
- Ensures adherence to established standards of care and scope of practice while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver optimal treatment care.
- Ensured seamless continuity of care during transitions between units by thoroughly documenting patient information and sharing pertinent details with incoming staff members.
Critical Care Nurse
JPS Health Network
05.2024 - Current
- Deliver specialized care to a 34-bed unit.
- Maintained ventilator settings according to doctors' orders
- Maintain airway patency and providing tracheostomy care and responded to high/low alarm settings
- Supported nutrition by administering feedings via G-tube / Kangaroo pumps, etc
- Administer titration drips, hypertonic solutions, and conduct rigorous hourly routine checks
- Provides care and coordinates participation that fosters the goals of the hospital's mission and vision statement
- Comprehensively participates in activities to plan, measure, assess and improve the quality of patient care
- Record and meticulously monitor MEWS scores, oxygen levels, and critical care labs
- Effectively communicate critical information to the multidisciplinary team and promptly escalate assessment changes.
Medical Surgical / Burn Acute Critical Care
Parkland Health Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2024
- Delivered specialized care to a 37-bed unit
- Utilized critical thinking skills when managing complex cases involving multiple comorbidities or rapidly changing clinical situations.
- Developed strong rapport with patients through active listening skills, empathetic communication, and improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
- Managed complex medication regimens for multiple patients simultaneously while ensuring accuracy in administration and timely delivery of prescribed treatments.
- Mentored nursing students during clinical rotations, fostering their growth and development as future healthcare professionals.
- Educate patients and families plan of care, home treatment services, provide resources and aid with physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
Patient Service Specialist
Baylor Scott & White Acute Rehab
08.2016 - 12.2021
- Assists medical staff in a clinical setting, gym area, weights, infection control, and transportation of patients
- Recording vital signs, weight, medical history, worked closely with insurance companies, billing, and patient collection accounts
- Worked directly with workers compensation insurance companies, delegated approvals.
- Communicates closely with Veteran's Affair department to aid in assistance of care and benefits
- Works closely with physical therapist and CBO to ensure daily quotas, KPI's, DCRR reports are met.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
West Coast University
Richardson, TXBachelor of Science/Arts in Communication Studies & Biology -
University of Texas Pan American
Edinburg, TXSkills
- Bilingual in Language (Spanish)
- EPIC
- Telemetry monitoring
- PCA Pumps, CPM
- Burns and Wound Care
- Wound Vac
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Feeding Tubes
- Tracheostomy
- Blood Transfusion Administration
- Critical Thinking
- Cultural Competency
- Clinical judgment
- Ethical Practice
- Policy Adherence
Websites
Accomplishments
- Achieved employee of the month within six months of employment by effectively helping with unit safety outcomes.
- Collaborated with team of eight in the development of patient hospital, survey experience.
- Documented and resolved patient behavioral noncompliance which led to increased KPI and unit satisfaction.
Certification
- Registered Nurse License (RN) - State Board of Nursing.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association.
- NIHSS
Languages
Bilingual in (Spanish)
Timeline
Critical Care Nurse
JPS Health Network
05.2024 - Current
Float Pool Nurse
Texas Health Hospital
01.2024 - Current
Medical Surgical / Burn Acute Critical Care
Parkland Health Hospital
04.2022 - 07.2024
Patient Service Specialist
Baylor Scott & White Acute Rehab
08.2016 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science/Arts in Communication Studies & Biology -
University of Texas Pan American
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
West Coast University
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