Zahra Egal
Westminster,CA
Summary
Seasoned and compassionate nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths, and efficiency-driven patient care. Knowledgeable about EMR charting and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Organized and dependable candidate with a positive attitude. Able to tackle on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
RN, Pre/Post Operative Services
Keck Medical Center Of USC
08.2022 - Current
- Managed preoperative documentation, including consent forms, surgical checklists, and medication reconciliation.
- Conducted thorough preoperative assessments including medical history, physical examinations, and patient interviews ensuring patients' readiness for surgery.
- Provided perioperative care services including laboratory specimen draws and intravenous catheter insertions for patients undergoing various surgeries and procedures.
- Collaborated with surgical team, including operating room staff, to ensuring smooth and safe transition from preoperative area to operating room.
- Collaborated with anesthesia team, surgeons, and fellow nurses in PACU area to monitor post-op patients while delivering appropriate treatment options to safely recover patients from different types of anesthesia.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on post-op care, discharge plan objectives, and safe medication use.
- Adhered to infection control protocols and safety standards by maintaining clean and organized preoperative environment.
RN, ICU
Keck Medical Center Of USC
10.2012 - 08.2022
- Provided exceptional care to high-acuity patients (liver transplant) needing complex care such as ventilator management, extensive wound care, continuous renal replacement therapy, sepsis management, hemodynamic stability requiring rapid transfusions, rehabilitation, and end of life care.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams (e.g. physicians, physical therapist, respiratory therapist, occupational therapist, case manager, social worker, chaplain) to assess quickly changing patient clinical status and provide optimal treatment plan tailored to their needs
- Maintained patient charts and files confidential.
- Performed CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy) for acute or chronic liver/kidney failure patients.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and lifestyle options.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.
- First healthcare responders to COVID-19 virus outbreak
RN, Critical Care
Schneider Regional Medical Center
08.2007 - 05.2009
- Cared for critically ill patients in the medical/surgical utilizing the nursing process
- Responded rapidly to critical codes to coordinate stabilization treatments and safely transported patient to level 1 trauma centers .
- Collaborated with physicians to optimize patient care delivery
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.
- Educated patients on blood pressure and diabetes mellitus management
RN, Critical Care
UCI Medical Center
05.2005 - 09.2007
- Monitored patients post cardiac catherizations in Medical Intensive Care Unit.
- Collaborated with Multidisciplinary team for comprehensive patient care.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment.
- Worked with intubated and ventilated patients, monitoring and reporting on conditions to maintain optimal levels.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan and implement evidence-based patient care.
RN, Critical Care
USC University Hospital
05.2003 - 05.2005
- Cared for post-op liver transplant patients by providing efficient nursing care
- Portrayed effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Evaluated and documented patient hemodynamic changes
- Monitored and recognized changes in physiological and psychosocial status
- Monitored Swanz-Ganz, arterial, and central venous pressure lines
- Performed cardiac outputs and hemodynamic calculations
RN, Medical-Surgical
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Hospital & Clinics
09.2001 - 05.2005
- Monitored and delivered nursing care to post-op orthopedic and ob-gyn patients
- Collaborated in discharge planning process
- Administered medications via oral, IV, intramuscular, subcutaneous, transdermal, opthalmic and monitored responses.
- Educated patients on medical-surgical procedures, therapeutic regimens, and pain management techniques including use of PCA pump
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Practice
Walden University
Minneapolis, MN05.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA01.2000
Skills
- Patient-focused care
- Plan of care understanding
- Critical care nursing
- Electronic Learning
Accomplishments
- Awarded Clinical laddership program 2019, 2020, 2021
- Successfully completed extensive AG-ACNP clinical rotation with Surgical Intensive Care, Transplant (liver/kidney/pancreas), Neurology Critical Care, and Heart Failure Cardiology Teams
- Multiple Daisy Award winner
Affiliations
- Nurse Practitioner Association
- American Nurses Association (ANA) Member
Timeline
RN, Pre/Post Operative Services
Keck Medical Center Of USC
08.2022 - Current
RN, ICU
Keck Medical Center Of USC
10.2012 - 08.2022
RN, Critical Care
Schneider Regional Medical Center
08.2007 - 05.2009
RN, Critical Care
UCI Medical Center
05.2005 - 09.2007
RN, Critical Care
USC University Hospital
05.2003 - 05.2005
RN, Medical-Surgical
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Hospital & Clinics
09.2001 - 05.2005
Master of Science - Nursing Practice
Walden University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
San Jose State University
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