Cristina M. Díaz Matías
Atlanta
Summary
Tech-savvy innovator with hands-on experience in emerging technologies and passion for continuous improvement. Skilled in identifying opportunities for technological enhancements and implementing effective solutions. Adept at leveraging new tools and methods to solve problems and enhance productivity. Excels in adapting to fast-paced environments and driving technological advancements.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Emergency Department
Atlanta VAMC
06.2022 - Current
- Full Time 12 hr. Shifts
- Charge Nurse, Clinical nurse, Provide direct emergency & nursing care to patients. Always going the extra mile for patient’s best care and treatment.
- Triage nurse
- Patient advocate for better service and assist veteran’s needs, Medicine & Narcotic Administration verifying the 5 Rights.
- Culture collections and patient transport to respective units with respect to severity of illness.
- Patient and family Education & knowledge of their health problems.
- Electronic documentation in computer, programming called CPRS.
- Work in Mental Health related and EToH withdrawal patients in the ED.
- Establish teamwork and cooperation for quick assessment to guarantee efficient service and successful outcomes.
- Collaborated and communicate with various healthcare professionals to ensure effective patient care.
- Apply expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phases of acute illness or trauma.
- Monitor ER patients, including alerting physicians or charge nurses to changes in patient status, communicating with patients and their family members in a variety of traumatic situations.
- Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, Bladder scan, foley insertion & urinalysis, UCG testing, or administering medications, blood, stroke code management and intervention, hypo and hyperglycemia management with expert knowledge.
Med / Surg BSN, RN
Metropolitan Hospital
10.2018 - Current
- Ful- Time 8 hour rotating shifts.
- Clinical Nurse and Emergency leader.
- Experienced minor Supervision role.
- Narcotics key handler, narcotic requisition and administration
- Actively mentoring to new nurses at the ward.
- Promote teamwork and cooperation with LPN and RN.
- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary care nurse for 6-15 patients with varying diagnoses; including medical, cardiac, post debridement, ect.
- Teach and Provide experience to nursing students the practice of nursing at the medicine ward.
- Daily patient evaluation for patient’s best care and treatment
- Receive written and telephone doctors’ orders, transcribe them on treatment cards, discontinue orders or add medicine if ordered.
- Blood administration by double checking information with my team mate, patients record and identification band.
- Daily reconciliation with pharmacy for the correct dispensation of medicine for each patient
- Introduce foley or nasogastric tube if required to patients.
- Daily management of patients records and electronic documentation in computer programming called Evolution.
- Medication administration via Oral, Subcutaneous, Intramuscular, IV push, Reconstruct IV meds that need to be in piggy’s for administration.
- Change intravenous therapy if indicated or needed by the health regulation. If infiltration happens give local wound care directed by the organization.
Primary Care SCI team
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Full time 8 hr. Shifts
- Call Veterans and verify for their needs and encourage better primary care services.
- Do clinical reminders like suicide screen and or mental health check off if any of those tuned out to be positive a warm handoff was provided to primary care provider and MH was well. update any information to pt’s chart that is vital for their care.
- Refill medications and consult prosthetics, bp cuff, Telehealth and or other consults are placed for pt’s care.
- Educated pt’s BP management and diabetes also how to prevent further complications as well as medication treatments.
- Work with multidisciplinary services to achieve excellent integrated services for the veteran.
- Coordinate transportation for SCI veterans.
- Foley catheter changes, dressing changes, wound measurements and work hand to hand with wound nurse for dressing changes and address proper treatment.
- Capable to manage autonomic dysreflexia, hypotension, hypo/hyperglycemia.
- Answer alerts from CPRS and assist veterans with tap calls, providing guidance and assessing patients to determine level of urgency and manage at the moment.
- Review lab and test reports and alerts the provider of significant findings and assists the provider with appropriate follow-up and treatment.
- Natural leader, suggesting solutions and integrate new working methods to benefit work environment, provide solution and manage situations for veterans’ complaints and/ or problems.
- Identifies patients at high risk for harm to self or others related to mobility issues, disturbed/disruptive behavior, and/or withdrawal complications and provides them with appropriate treatment/follow-up.
Emergency Department
Ralph Johnson Medical Center VA
01.2020 - 10.2020
- Full Time 12 hr. Shifts
- Clinical nurse, Provided direct emergency & nursing care to patients. Always giving the extra mile for patient’s best care and treatment.
- Triage nurse
- Bladder scan, foley insertion & catheterization
- Patient advocate for better service and assist veterans needs
- Medicine & Narcotic Administration verifying the 5 Rights.
- Blood administration
- Starting an IV & phlebotomy
- Culture collections and patient transport to respective units
- Helping nursing students and providing opportunity to practice their learning skills & critical thinking in a professional environment for their career development.
- Electronic documentation in computer programming called CPRS.
- Worked with MH patients in the ED in the Mental health room.
- Establish teamwork and cooperation for quick assessment to guarantee efficient service.
Education
MHA - Master of Health Administration - Health Services Management and Evaluation
Ana G Méndez University
06.2024
BS- Bachelors in Science - Nursing
Universidad Metropolitana Cupey
San Juan, PR01.2017
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Active listening
- Decision-making
- Problem resolution
- Verbal communication
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer service
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Flexible and adaptable
- Dependable and responsible
- Multitasking
- Proficient in handling multiple priorities
- Critical thinking
- Computer skills
- Organizational skills
Accomplishments
- Achievements:
- Daisy Award nominee an award for extraordinary nurses, While taking care of a high rank veteran this writer was offered a challenge coin for excellent service and compassion, also this writer currently is in a blood transfusion project which will help standardize and improve the hospital’s charting and care for veteran’s.
- Blood Transfusion Template created and implemented in Atlanta VA facility wide , impacting all inpatient and outpatient clinics except for ICU standardizing quality and provide uniformed consistency in the documentation of blood products. Innovating nursing practice and establishing quality control in nursing documentation.
Certification
- Servicios Orientados al Sordo Inc. Approval certification basic Sign Language #24, 414 San Juan, PR August 2016
- American Heart Association ACLS Certification GA, USA
- American Heart Association BLS Certification GA, USA
- Department of Health / Nursing Examiners Board of PR Nurse license; 87710G San Juan, PR September 11th 2019 - Present
SKILLS/INTERESTS
Languages: Spanish and English fluently. Basic Sign Language
Interests
- Baking
- Cooking
- Music
- Pilates
- Reading
Timeline
Emergency Department
Atlanta VAMC
06.2022 - Current
Primary Care SCI team
11.2020 - 06.2021
Emergency Department
Ralph Johnson Medical Center VA
01.2020 - 10.2020
Med / Surg BSN, RN
Metropolitan Hospital
10.2018 - Current
BS- Bachelors in Science - Nursing
Universidad Metropolitana Cupey
MHA - Master of Health Administration - Health Services Management and Evaluation
Ana G Méndez University
Hobbies and Interests
Nursing master’s degree to influence the nursing world, achieve higher position not only as a nurse but to educate our population, nursing staff and students to provide better health care. Cooking, reading, music.
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