Staff Nurse
Iranian Hospital
Total years of experience :6 years, 3 Months
Ophthalmology Nurse cum Technician (16 June 2012 - 26 May 2016)
• Obtaining patient’s personal and medical data using thorough health history taking through interview.
• Obtaining patient’s objective refractive data, corneal topography, intraocular pressure, present glasses’ grade (if present), visual acuity (near and far), stereopsis, schirmer’s test, ishihara test and pupil sizes.
• Obtaining Orbscan, Ocular Coherence Tomography (Optic disc and Macula), and A-Scan Biometry as ordered.
• Assisting the patient and ophthalmologist throughout the consultation, surgical and non-surgical treatment course.
• Obtaining documentation of care both on the chart and computer system.
• Proper encoding of patient's medical data in an electronic health record with ICD and CPT codes using HINAI hospital information system.
• Books a client appointment for a systematic and maximized function.
• Collaborates with secretaries for the patient’s payments and generates daily, monthly and yearly income of the ophthalmology department.
• Handles phone calls and SMS and assists callers for their needs.
• Doing an inventory of stocks and collaborates with supervisor and biomedical supply department for the restocking.
Outpatient Department Nurse - Substitute Nurse in the field of Pediatric, ENT, Psychiatry and Dermatology (14 June 2014 - 26 May 2016)
• Controlling patient's queues both walk-ins and with appointments.
• Obtaining patient's vital signs, height and weight and informs the doctor prior to encoding the information on the electronic health records.
• Assisting the patients and specialists in their minor surgical procedures perioperatively.
Emergency Department Nurse (24 November 2013 - 24 December 2013)
• Immediate assessment using proper triaging method.
• Obtaining patient's vital signs and proper documentation of patient's medical health history.
• Administering proper medications and parenteral solutions as ordered.
• Obtaining blood samples and other various investigations for supportive patient assessments.
• Maintaining order of supplies and medical equipments.
• Maintaining surgical and medical sepsis.
• Providing support to the patient while monitoring the boundaries of nurse-patient relationships.
• Preparing the admission and transfer of the patient to other hospital unit.
Nurse Lecturer (August 2012 - May 2016)
• Topic: ”Transfer of client information at transition points”
• Topic: “Ethics in Nursing”
Recovery Room Nurse (24 April 2012 - 14 June 2012)
• Checking the patient’s vital signs, oxygenation, surgical site and appropriate positioning.
• Assisting the patient in their post-operative phase until full recovery from anesthesia.
• Assisting the patient in their surgical-related pain by administering pain reliever as ordered.
• Attending the patient’s needs while on the recovery phase in anesthesia.
Ophthalmology Nurse:
• Assisting the patient and the surgeon perioperatively.
• Encoding of patient's medical data in an Electronic Health Record.
• Assessing patient’s eye condition by:
1. Getting the patient’s objective visual grade through ARK (automated refractive keratometry).
2. Eye scanning with the use of PENTACAM.
3. Visual acuity testing both distant and near vision.
4. Assisting the ophthalmologist during eye assessment and treatment.
• Reminding patients (personally or via phone calls):
1. For their next follow-up check-up
2. The schedule of their surgery and their pre-operative instructions
• Doing an inventory of stocks and managing for restocking by coordinating with the suppliers.
Nurse Secretary/Receptionist:
• Handles telephone calls and take messages; assist callers with the necessary and accurate information.
• Obtains medical and personal data of patients which is to be encoded to Electronic Health Record.
• Assists patients’ needs throughout the treatment course.
• Acts as a cashier in the clinic in the absence of the secretary receiving payment in cash, cheque or card.
• Generates daily, monthly and annual income summaries and reports.
• Books a client appointment for a systematic and maximized clinic functions.
• Coordinating with HMOs (Health Insurance) for the availability of patient’s health care and collects the payments from HMO.
HONORS AND AWARDS • Academic Achievement Awardee – With Honor (Gold Medalist Clinical Graduation-2009) • Dean’s Lister (1st Year-2nd Year College)
Awards and Honors • KHK (Kapisanan ng Huwarang Kabataan/Youth Association of Role Model) Awardee (2nd year and 3rd year high school) • Merit Awardee (2nd year-4th year high school) • Boy Scout of the Philippines – active participation awardee