Education And Qualifications
BSc: Nursing (1994)
University of the Visayas
Secondary (1990)
University of San Jose-Recoletos
Intermediate (1986)
Pooc Elementary School
Experience
Private Duty Nurse (1997 – date)
MSGR. CRISTOBAL E. GARCIA, SAP, HP, Cansojong, Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines
• Delivering consistently high standards of patient care by empathising with patients and their families / carers while ensuring consistent compliance with established procedures, policy and regulations
• Diligently monitoring patients’ vital signs every 4 hours, accurately maintaining patient records and using a glucometer to conduct routine blood glucose monitoring, making appropriate referrals as necessary
• Administering insulin subcutaneously in accordance with doctors’ instructions, additionally, administering oral hypoglycaemic agents as prescribed
• Providing fast acting simple carbohydrates if indications are identified during assessment, assisting patients to perform daily routines / personal care activities and maintaining accurate patient charts
Operating Room / Emergency Room Staff Nurse
ST. VINCENT GENERAL HOSPITAL, Cebu City, Philippines
• Effectively prioritizing workload to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously, including obtaining endorsements from previous shifts and monitoring / maintaining the sterility of the unit
• Educating patients and their families / carers regarding individual health care plans and ongoing patient needs, ensuring that all medical / technical information is communicated in easily accessible terminology
• Familiarizing scheduled operations, checking OR packs / sets, monitoring equipment to ensure optimum functionality / maintenance and preparing /opening packs, instruments and other items required for surgery
• Ensuring consistent compliance with pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative care standards / procedures
Pre – Operative Care
• Fulfilling responsibility for establishing the correct identification of all patients, ensuring that patients are wearing the appropriate OR gown and conscientiously reviewing the pre-operative order / checklist
• Utilizing excellent communication and interpersonal skills to establish a rapport with the patient, accompanying them into theatre and ensuring compliance with safety measures
Intra – Operative Care
• Managing accountability for allocated assignments (Scrub or Circulating Nurse) during surgical procedures, assisting with the induction of anaesthesia and assisting in scheduled operations
• Diligently counting instruments, sponges and needles used, commencing blood transfusion as directed and administering IV, IM and subcutaneous medications
• Working effectively as part of a team to prepare sufficiently for emergencies that may occur in the Operating Room, in accordance with established procedures
Post-operative Care
• Monitoring patients during their recovery from the anaesthesia administered in the OR, including checking vital signs every 15 minutes until it stabilizes
• Consistently complying with Observed Standards of Post-Anaesthesia Care, informing family members of patients’ condition / recovery and evaluating patients’ status, submitting referrals as necessary
• Maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient records, accompanying patients to the unit after surgery and providing the correct endorsement
• Monitoring OR stocks, supplies and medications, making requisitions from the pharmacy / property department, following-up outstanding borrowed articles / equipment and reporting lost / damaged items
Languages
Fluent English, Tagalog and Visayan
