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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A skilled emergency/trauma nurse dedicated to the highest standard of excellence in nursing
practice. Accomplished in delivering multicultural patient care with exceptional proficiency in
Latin culture and bilingual in Spanish. A strong patient advocate and excellent in communication
between physicians, patients, and ancillary disciplines, as well as knowledgeable in standards of
care and practices across the United States.

CORE SKILLS
Airway management, assessment of patient and vital signs (including neonate, pediatric, adult,
geriatric, and psychiatric populations), COVID-19 patients and their care (including
implementation of proper personal protective equipment (PPE), swabbing, medication
administration, and proning), escalation of changes to patient condition, critical results (such as
lab values) and relaying relevant lab results to provider, genitourinary patients (including Foley
catheter protocol/insertion/care, suprapubic catheters, and nephrostomy tubes), peripheral
intravenous (IV) placement and infusions (including critical drips such as amiodarone, diltiazem,
dobutamine, dopamine, epinephrine, fentanyl, heparin, insulin, lorazepam, midazolam,
nicardipine, nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, norepinephrine, octreotide, pentobarbital,
phenylephrine, and propofol), fall protocols, myocardial infarction (MI), orthopedics and splints,
stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA), trauma, and telemetry.

EDUCATION
Indiana University Southeast, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2012
Kentucky State University, Associate of Science in Nursing, 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kaiser Permanente • Emergency Room Staff Nurse
Santa Rosa, California • January 2018-present
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital • Emergency Room Staff Nurse
Santa Rosa, California • November 2015-January 2018
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St. Joseph’s Medical Center • Emergency Room Travel Nurse
Stockton, California • May-October 2015
Hazel Hawkins Hospital • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Hollister, California • February-March 2015

Sunrise Medical Center • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Las Vegas, Nevada • October-November 2014

Community Regional Medical Center • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Fresno, California • April-September 2014

Southwestern Vermont Medical Center • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Woodford, Vermont •January-April 2014

Wilson Medical Center • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Wilson, North Carolina • July-December 2013

St. Vincent’s Infirmary • Emergency Room Travel Nurse

Little Rock, Arkansas • May 2013

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University of Louisville Healthcare • Trauma/Emergency Room Staff Nurse

Louisville, Kentucky • July 2012-April 2013

Floyd Memorial Hospital • Emergency Room Staff Nurse

New Albany, Indiana • June 2011-July 2012

Norton Suburban Hospital • Emergency Room Technician

Louisville, Kentucky • September 2005-May 2011

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED)

Emergency Nurses Association

Society of Trauma Nurses

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS (HOSPITAL-BASED)

Intimate Partner Violence/Family Violence Prevention Committee

Patient Satisfaction Committee

Trauma Committee

PUBLICATIONS

“Fall Risk Prevention: A Comprehensive Endeavor,” The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 2022.

“Legal Nurse Consultant Role in Independent Medical Examinations,” The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 2021.

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CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSURE, AND ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Certified Emergency Nurse

Bilingual Certified in English and Spanish

California Registered Nurse License #845685

Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support

Basic Cardiac Life Support

Glucometry Certified

Istat Certified

Managing Assaultive Behavior

National Institute of Stroke Scale

Certified Pediatrics Advanced Life Support

Trauma Nursing Core Course Certified

Ultrasound-Guided IV Placement Certified