Veronica Pinuelas
Riverside,CA
Summary
Results-driven case management professional with track record of effective client advocacy and support. Experienced in conducting thorough assessments and creating individualized care plans to meet client needs. Collaborates seamlessly with multidisciplinary teams and adapts to dynamic situations to ensure optimal client outcomes. I am skilled in client assessment, resource coordination, and crisis interventions.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Case Manager
UCI Medical Center
Irvine, CA
04.2024 - Current
- Nurse Case Manager Surgical Oncology Women’s Health Clinic
- Collaborate with attendings, nursing, ancillary, and technical staff to facilitate and coordinate comprehensive care plans to address patient needs and deliver high quality services effectively.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care for complex cases
- Facilitate and coordinate the care of the patient in specialty areas such as pre-operative and post-operative care. Monitored patient progress, adjusting care strategies based on clinical evaluations and feedback. Assist patients schedule appointments, tests, scans, and procedures, and arrange transfers of care.
- Educated patients and families on disease management, treatment options, and community resources
- Implement quality improvement initiatives to streamline case management processes and improve outcomes
- Facilitate communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to enhance understanding of treatment options
Circulating Nurse
UCI Medical Center
Orange, CA
09.2021 - 04.2024
- Responsible for high level assessments/screenings pre/intra-operatively and providing nursing care for high risk patients in a variety of surgeries including traumas
- Monitor surgical procedures to ensure compliance with AORN, JCAHO, and hospital policies and procedures for improved patient outcome. Collaborated with surgical teams to ensure efficient patient flow and optimal safety standards. Primary circulating/scrub nurse for the multiple services such as the trauma service. Circulating/scrub experience in surgeries such as total/partial nephrectomies, robotic assisted prostatectomies, penile implants, urethral reconstructions. Team member of the Trauma, Neuro-Spine, and ENT services.
Circulating Nurse
LB Memorial Hospital
LB, CA
08.2018 - 09.2021
- Primarily Circulating nurse for the Orthopedic service. Experienced in surgeries such as, but not limited to, MAKO surgery, total hips, total knees, spinal & cervical laminectomies and fusions, discectomies, robotic spinal fusion and navigated spinal fusions.
- Member of the “Time Out” committee. Created and helped implement a new approach to the entire operating room to improve the time out performance and to comply with AORN standards.
- Assist the Orthopedic coordinator to improve and help the flow of the day.
- Skilled in providing pre/intra operative nursing care in a variety of surgeries, including, but not limited to, Neurology, Vascular, Colorectal, ENT, Thoracic, Plastics and General surgery for adult and pediatric patients
- Accurately document all elements of nursing assessment, treatments/procedures, medications.
- Assisting surgeons with special demands for high profile surgeries.
- Assisting anesthesia team with blood products orders and emergencies.
- Level II Trauma Hospital
Circulating/Scrub Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
Fontana, CA
10.2014 - 04.2018
- Main circulating nurse for the Pediatric and Cardiothoracic services where surgeries such as, but limited to, VATS, PDA ligations, open thoracotomies, sternotomies, gastrectomies, hiatal hernia repairs, esophagectomies, anoplasties, nissen, g-tube insertions, exploratory laparotomies, ravitch and Ladds procedures were performed.
- Responsible for high level assessments pre/intra-operatively and providing nursing care for high risk patients in a variety of surgeries. Including but not limited to, Vascular, Colorectal, ENT, Thoracic, Plastic and General surgery.
- Scrub nurse in Pediatric and General Surgery specialties.
Circulating Nurse
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
01.2013 - 10.2014
- - Deliver patient care during peri-operative period at a level II Trauma Center.
- - Assist entire OR team in performing life saving surgeries.
- - Assist in a variety of surgeries including Plastics, ENT, Vascular, Urology, Gyn, Orthopedics, Spine and Neurology.
Receptionist
Kaiser Permanente
Downey, CA
10.2004 - 04.2013
- - Responsible for monitoring and arranging calendar, meetings, emails and ensuring inquiries were addressed in a timely manner for the Chief of Urology.
- - Consistently recognized by management for providing superior, high quality patient/customer service.
- - Spanish speaking interpreter.
Education
Associate Degree - Nursing
Rio Hondo College
Whittier, CA05-2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
04-2022
Skills
- Case Management
- Ambulatory Care
- Inpatient Care
- Perioperative Nursing
- Surgery
- Nurse Triage
- Infection Control
- EPIC EMR/EHR
- High Level of Assessment and Screening
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Case Manager
UCI Medical Center
04.2024 - Current
Circulating Nurse
UCI Medical Center
09.2021 - 04.2024
Circulating Nurse
LB Memorial Hospital
08.2018 - 09.2021
Circulating/Scrub Nurse
Kaiser Permanente
10.2014 - 04.2018
Circulating Nurse
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
01.2013 - 10.2014
Receptionist
Kaiser Permanente
10.2004 - 04.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Chamberlain University
Associate Degree - Nursing
Rio Hondo College