Experience

St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Registered Nurse

  • Apr 2012 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Post Anesthesia Care Unit(PACU) Registered Nurse. Recover patients, including ICU patients, from conscious sedation and general anesthesia. Monitor patient’s vital signs, airway, pain level, and alertness following surgical procedures. Administer intravenous medications as needed and/or ordered. Patient/family post-operative education. Discharge patient home or transfer to unit floor.



Cardiovascular Medicine & Cardiac Arrhythmias

• Registered Nurse

  • Nov 2008 - Jan 2010

  Redwood City Provide phone triage and patient education. Room patients, take vital signs, IV insertions for bubble studies, administer injections. Monitor stress echocardiograms and perform 12 lead ekgs. Authorize prescription refills, coumadin adjustments.



California Pacific Medical Center

• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Nurse

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2008

  San Francisco Bay Area Cardiac Care/Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse. Assessed and provided care to critical cardiac, respiratory, and surgical patients. Arrhythmia interpretation, hemodynamic monitoring, ventilator support, vasoactive drug administration, IV insertion, phlebotomy. Central line maintenance.



Planned Parenthood San Diego

• Prenatal Operations Coordinator

  • May 2003 - Dec 2004

  San Diego Implemented decisions and coordinated standardization of operations. Negotiated fees, payments and referral arrangements with hospitals, ancillary medical service and support service providers. Reviewed income and expenses of prenatal program to provide feedback to Center Managers. Utilization Review, and Quality Assurance. Coordinated and provided training to staff and volunteers.

• Prenatal Case Coordinator

  • Aug 2001 - May 2003

  San Diego Maintained daily operations of prenatal program. Case Management, Discharge planning, and Quality Assurance. Educated patients about health and nutrition issues throughout pregnancy and postpartum period. Referred patients to external agencies and other community resources for ongoing support.

• Reproductive Health Assistant

  • Apr 1999 - Aug 2001

  Front office duties, including patient check-in and Medi-Cal/insurance verification. Performed vitals, basic lab work, venipuncture and intramuscular injections. Assisted patients by providing testing, screening and education required for the provision of medical reproductive health guidance.