Edward Medrano
Blackpool
Summary
Skilled nursing professional with more than 11 years of experience and passion for providing highest quality of behavioral and medical care. Compassionate and empathetic advocate for patients and families. Skillfully assesses health status, develops diagnoses and manages care for patients with acute and chronic concerns. Experienced in structured and unstructured environments, smoothly coordinating multiple activities and competing priorities.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Nurse
Bon Secours Hospital
01.2023 - Current
- Provide quality, evidence-based care to a variety of cardiac patients in the acute care inpatient setting
- Conduct frequent assessments, implement ongoing physician orders, and participate in facilitating high-quality care and patient advocacy
- Document nursing assessments, interventions, medication administration, and ongoing patient education and care outcomes
- Collaborate with various interdisciplinary healthcare teams, including the Primary Cardiology Service and Advanced Heart Failure Service
- Monitor electrocardiograms with continuous telemetry, titrate inotropic intravenous medications, manage ventricular assist devices.
Staff Nurse
Mater Private Hospital
04.2021 - 12.2022
- Critical Care Specialization of EKG Interpretation and Telemetry monitoring Post care of Fem Pops, Pacemaker, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Monitoring patients laboratory results which Included PT/INR and adjust Coumadin therapy as needed
- Perform EKG, diagnostic laboratory venepuncture participated in seeing the patient alongside the cardiologist
- Provide wound care post pacemaker placement and open-heart surgery using sterile/clean technique
Staff Nurse
Haven Bay Care Centre
11.2019 - 04.2021
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with residents or clients, their families or carers and members of the health care team
- Work alongside of and support the care team to ensure that care is delivered with a team member's scope of practice, is evidenced based and is safe and high quality in line with policies and protocols
- Demonstrate competence in delivering services that ensures residents and clients are safe
- Demonstrate proactive approach to problem solving with strong decision making capability.
Charge Nurse
St. Luke's Medical Centre
11.2019 - 04.2021
- Coordinate day-to-day administrative and operational functioning of the 26-bed unit
- Support the nurse manager in operating the unit by controlling the quality of service, cost-effectiveness, and patient safety
- Determine patient care assignments in accordance with patient's requirements
Staff Nurse
St. Luke's Medical Centre
11.2015 - 05.2017
- Administer directly procedures and medicines to children according to prescribed nursing care plans
- Continually assessed the patient by observing vital signs, and developing communication skills with children and family members and with medical team
- Supports to children and their family members
- Implement strategies to help children and family members cope with the medical plans
- Document a patient's symptoms and medical history for the doctor to review
- Assessed the patient condition as well as detect changes in symptoms, health or pain, and will need to know when action is necessary
- Scan and review doctor's orders for medication and schedules procedure for the patient
- Checked cardiac monitor and logged vital signs using the critical care sheet
- If symptoms changes or patient deteriorates communicates right away to the doctors
- Communicates effectively with patients who are scared, in pain or in shock and answers family members questions.
Education
Professional Academy Diploma - Leadership And Management
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland05.2024
Post-Graduate Diploma in Medical and Surgical Nursing, Process Improvement, Cardiac Simulations, Airvo, Documentation -
University College Cork
08.2023
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
St. Joseph's College
04.2013
Skills
- Advance Cardiac Life Support Certified
- Lean Six Sigma Certified
- Detail oriented
- Excellent Team Player
- Time management and prioritisation
- Planning Skills
- Monitoring Skills
- Leadership & Management
Certification
- Registered General Nurse, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, 11/01/19
- Registered Nurse, Nursing Council of New Zealand, 04/01/22
- Registered Nurse, AHPRA Nursing and Midwifery Board, 05/01/22
- Registered Nurse, Professional Regulation Commissions, 01/01/14
Personal Information
Title: Registered General Nurse
Timeline
Staff Nurse
Bon Secours Hospital
01.2023 - Current
Staff Nurse
Mater Private Hospital
04.2021 - 12.2022
Staff Nurse
Haven Bay Care Centre
11.2019 - 04.2021
Charge Nurse
St. Luke's Medical Centre
11.2019 - 04.2021
Staff Nurse
St. Luke's Medical Centre
11.2015 - 05.2017
Professional Academy Diploma - Leadership And Management
University College Dublin
Post-Graduate Diploma in Medical and Surgical Nursing, Process Improvement, Cardiac Simulations, Airvo, Documentation -
University College Cork
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
St. Joseph's College
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