Yvonne Juarez

Screens patients meeting ROP criteria for Driscoll Children's Hospital.

Coordinates inpatient and outpatient ROP exams.

Works with the CARE Team in scheduling follow-up exams.

Performs retinal imaging for ROP exams and CARE team exams.

Assists ophthalmology providers with ROP procedures.

Creates a weekly patient list for NICU/CICU staff for patients needing ROP exams.

Tracks all ROP patients at the main DCH and NCC for timely first-time exams and follow-up exams according to ROP guidelines.

Schedules follow-up appointments at discharge for DCH, NCC, and CICU.

Performs audits for all ROP-discharged patients.

Participates in the DCH NICU and NCC QAPI and Oversight Committees in reporting ROP data.

Participates in case reviews that align with ROP practices.

Provides lectures and education to TPNP program and DCH staff, including NICU, NCC, and CICU staff.

Quality Improvement Projects relating to ROP prevention and process improvements.

• Coordinated discharge planning processes to ensure timely patient transitions to home.
• Developed comprehensive discharge plans in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.
• Educated patients and families on post-discharge care instructions.
• Reviewed medical records and assessments to identify patient needs for effective resource allocation.
• Monitored post-discharge follow-up appointments and services to ensure continuity of care.
• Coordinated timely discharges by effectively communicating with physicians, nurses, social workers, and the NICU multidisciplinary team.
• Coordinated weekly discharge meetings with NICU stakeholders to identify the needs of patients transitioning to home.
• Served as a key resource for patients and families, providing guidance on post-discharge care options and resources.
• Performed audits for all patients discharged in the NICU.
• Provided education for the TPNP programs and all NICU staff regarding discharge processes.
• Scheduled all discharge appointments, and worked closely with outpatient clinics to coordinate appointments with families.

• Provide direct patient care to neonates in a Level 4 ICU setting.
• Collaborate with members of the treatment team to manage care from admission to discharge
• Provide education and teaching to caregivers for home care for high-risk infants prior to discharge.
• Multiple medication management, including caring for patients on multiple drips, titrating drips, calculating total fluid goals, assisting with bedside procedures, and caring for complex post-op patients.
• Collaborated with physicians, nurse practitioners, charge team members, and staff to assess patients and deliver appropriate care.
• Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnoses.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, standards, policies, and safety protocols.
• Utilized EPIC for recording patient data.
• Essential preceptor for the TPNP program.
• Charge nurse for a busy Level 4 NICU.
• Serves as the Chair for the ROP Committee.
• Coordinates inpatient and outpatient care weekly for ROP exams.
• Competent in performing retinal imaging using an ICON and RetCam.
• Employee of the Year, 2020.

• NICU staff nurse
• Provide direct patient care to neonates in a Level 4 NICU setting
• Collaborate with members of the treatment team to manage care from admission to discharge
• Educate families on care prior to discharge
• Management of Level 1-4 neonates with multiple disease processes, post-surgical patients, and assisting with procedures
• Preceptor for new GNs and new nurses.
• Utilized Meditech for patient charting.

• Labor and Delivery GN program
• Employed as a staff nurse in a Labor and Delivery Unit
• Managed care for laboring patients
• Assisted physicians in deliveries
• Educated new mothers and families on newborn care
• Collaborated with physicians and staff on the care of mother and baby

• Worked as nurse’s aide/unit clerk in a busy labor and delivery unit
• Obtaining vitals, calculating intake and output, charting, changing linen, and passing meal trays
• Answered phone calls and call lights, stocking, assisted nurses with procedures and transporting patients.
• Entered physician orders in Meditech.