Valerie Puig
Registered Nurse - Nicu @Nicklaus Children's Health System
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WORK HISTORY
Registered Nurse - Nicu @Nicklaus Children's Health System
Communicates the patient\'s progress including critical findings, changes in the patients\' condition with the physician involved in the care of the child. Plans, implements and documents the plan of care in collaboration with the other disciplines and services to assure safe and efficient care. • Completes all nursing assessment of patients. Performs reassessments as per policy, and when there is a change in the plan of care, or when an intervention is performed. Provides basic nursing care such as feeding, bathing, changing diapers, may start IV, suctioning and repositioning for neonates. Responds to medical equipment in a timely manner.• Completes patient admission history and discharge planning thoroughly and accurately as per policy. Admission history will include spiritual needs, cultural, developmental, educational/learning needs, and psychosocial needs. • Provides education and documents on patient/family teachings on health related needs (i.e. disease, medications, treatments, pain, discharge, safety, nutrition, skin care etc.). • Follows physician’s orders and administers medications as directed. Adheres to the six rights of medication administration.• Promotes a safe \"error free\" working environment by consistently performing thorough hand-offs and infection prevention measures.• Assesses all body systems, ensures safe, effective, efficient care delivery with emphasis on the absence of medication errors, avoidance of falls from surface, ouch-free procedural pain, reduction of pain, absence of blood borne infections and surgical site infections, secure of Endotracheal tubes when applicable per competency, observance of skin integrity for prevention of skin breakdown. • Provides beside report and patient information at shift change • Responsible for specimen collection
EDUCATION
West Coast University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
ABOUT VALERIE PUIG
NICU nurse passionate about consistently providing patient and family-centered care…
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