Work:
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center - Roswell, NM
Staff RN
Cibola General Hospital - Grants, NM
Staff RN
Cibola General Hospital - Grants, NM
MDS Coordinator
Cibola General Hospital - Grants, NM
Staff LPN
Grants Good Samaritan Center - Grants, NM
Staff LPN
Education:
New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
B.S. in Nursing
New Mexico State University Grants Branch - Grants, NM
New Mexico State University - Las Cruces, NM
Associates in Nursing
Skills:
Dispensing of medications, Vital Signs, Maintenance of IV therapy, Providing oxygen therapy, providing wound care, application of dressings, Tracheotomy care, Nasopharyngeal and oral suctioning, insertion of many different catheters, Administration of controlled narcotics assuming full responsibility, Enforce regulations requiring the witnessed counting and charting of medications, Develop and implement nursing care plans and supervise patients admissions and discharge procedures, Oversee direct patient care requirements within systemic rehabilitation and ambulatory regulations, Liaison between patients, families, nurses and physicians to address problems and concerns, Assist my fellow staff nurses with any responsibilities needing immediate attention, Meeting Laboratory specimen requirements. (Blood (venous or arterial), stool, urine, and sputum, etc.) Reporting changes in patients conditions and other matters requiring critical/immediate attention, Train and supervise other nurses and CNAs.