Victoria Bueno
Converse
Summary
Experienced Registered Nurse with professional skills in critical care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse/CVU
North Central Baptist Hospital
San Antonio, TX
04.2024 - Current
- Assessed cardiac rhythms ,vitals signs,and hemodynamic parameters to adjust medications.
- Monitored patients safely and titrated cardiac vasoactive infusions according to physician orders,clinical protocols, and patient response.
- Reported and interpreted EKG changes, cardiac rhythms ,and telemetry findings,promptly communicating significant abnormalities to providers and initiating appropriate interventions.
- Assessed and monitored Chet tube systems for proper function ,drainage characteristics ,air leaks,and signs of complications.
- Monitored cardiac catheterization access sites for bleeding,hematoma formation,infection,and vascular complications following diagnostic and interventional procedures.
- Assisted with elective and emergent cardioversion procedures ,ensuring patent safety and adherence to established protocols.
- Utilized standardized stroke assessment tools including (NIHSS) t evaluate and document neurological status.
Licensed Vocational Nurse – Registered Nurse
AXIS Home Health
San Antonio, TX
10.2019 - Current
- Perform in-home visits to determine skilled services needed, initiate referrals to specialty services (speech, physical/occupational therapy, skilled teaching, social work, wound care).
- Timely completion of documentation, certifications/re-certification, obtain orders, and complete discharge summaries.
- Assess patient’s condition at each visit, implement nursing interventions and ensure patient status is communicated with interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluate effectiveness of plan of care, reviewing medications, vital signs, outcome of specialty services, to determine patient’s response, revising plan of care as needed.
- Managed and monitored Negative Pressure Wound Vac Therapy systems to promote wound healing and prevent complications.
- Perform wound-care dressing changes as ordered, assess and document healing status.
- Initiate home infusion therapy, monitor/perform dressing change for infusion line management.
- Plan, implement, and provide hands-on instruction on self-care management to patient and/or caregiver, for health promotion and disease prevention activities.
- Verified insurance benefits,coverage legibility ,and authorization requirements to facilities timely patient care.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing (RN)
Galen School of Nursing
San Antonio, TX02.2024
Licensed Vocational Nurse - undefined
St. Phillips Community College
San Antonio, TX08.2019
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Patient assessments
- PICC line management/dressing changes
- Wound care/VAC management
- Obtaining venous and central line blood draws
- In & out catheterization management
- Task prioritization
- Direct patient care
- Post-op surgical care
- IV setup
- Precepting
- Patient discharge
- Cerner charting system
- Preforming EKG's
Certification
- Registered Nurse, State of Texas 1/30/2024 – 6/30/2026
- Licensed Vocational Nurse, State of Texas 9/19/2019 – 6/30/2024
- BLS-CPR Certification current
- ACLS current
Timeline
Registered Nurse/CVU
North Central Baptist Hospital
04.2024 - Current
Licensed Vocational Nurse – Registered Nurse
AXIS Home Health
10.2019 - Current
Licensed Vocational Nurse - undefined
St. Phillips Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing (RN)
Galen School of Nursing