Desiree Irish De Guzman

Nurse à Self

• Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
• Je travaille ici depuis décembre 2016

Nurse à Malaak Mama and Baby Care

• Émirats Arabes Unis - Dubaï
• novembre 2014 à juillet 2016

Takes care of newborns upto 2 years old with or without special needs.
Teach the mother about different techniques/position of breastfeeding.
Help the mother sleep through the night.
Sleep train the baby and put into routine day and night.
Monitor baby's developmental milestones and help the baby in each milestone.
Ensure vaccinations and medical check up are being followed.
Teach the mother how to handle newborn like carrying the baby, cuddling, changing nappy, feeding, different burping position, and baby cues.

Patient Assitance Coordinator à Chong Hua Hospital

• Philippines
• mars 2012 à septembre 2014

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Greets and establishes first contact with patients, making sure that there is no discrepancy with the spelling of the patients name, birthday and other information.
• In-charge of reinforcing the patient education made by the admitting staff and the nurses to ensure that everything has been understood to avoid misunderstanding on certain
policies or miscommunication.
• Confirms and updates patient demographics and verifies insurance as necessary to ensure
that patients have appropriate insurance for physicians they are seeing.
• Liaise between the patient and the medical and nursing staff, and in some cases, the administration, to ensure that the best possible care is provided accordingly.
• Takes part in the evaluation of correct patient identifier and infection control group by practicing proper hand hygiene.
• Coordinate with the licensed social worker for the patient's financial, pastoral care or other
needs that need to be addressed, and also coordinates patients with the specific
department that they are looking for and thus, address their concern directly to the department involved.
• Maintaining and ensuring that patients are discharged on time and giving them the appropriate documents they need beforehand.
• Cater patients needs and concerns from admission until discharge. Take part in the discharge planning of the patient for a smooth transition either from hospital to home or from critical care unit floor.
• Coordinates with all the hospital staffs and personnel, and thus knows every department within the hospital. Answers patients queries regarding with their health condition (should
be with the doctor's permit), and insurance claims.

Company Nurse à LWS Media Philippines, Inc

• Philippines
• juin 2011 à janvier 2012

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Keeps a track of the employees medical health condition.
• Do initial assessment of the employees not feeling well during working hours and provides
them the necessary medical papers needed for further assessment.
• Monitors the annual physical exam of the regular employees and updates the medical
benefits being provided by the company.
• Schedule exercises or other health improvement activities for the employees to benefit from and maintain a healthy lifestyle.
• Coordinates with the HR staff regarding with the documents pertaining to health condition of the employees and making sure that the work load given is tolerable for them.
• Trained to give first aid treatments, and refer to the company Physician for further
evaluation and treatment.
• Incase of any injury/ accident, accompanies the employee to the nearest hospital.

Nurse Trainee à Sacred Heart Hospital

• Philippines
• novembre 2010 à mai 2011

Duties and Responsibilities:

Intensive Care Unit/Pediatric ICU
• Hand washing all the time before and after rendering care to the babies.
• Takes initial vital signs and record it on the vital signs monitoring sheet, taking note of those that are above or below limit then monitors patient every 30 minutes or as frequently as needed thereafter and refers to residents on duty for any unusualities noted.
• Monitors and records patient's intake and output taking note its appearance and color.
• Proper positioning to improve patient's airway, breathing, and circulation.
• In case of cardiac arrest. Do immediate nursing intervention, alert physician and assist on cardio-pulmonary resuscitation and intubation.
• Endorses patient's status/condition to the next nurse on duty for continuity of care.
• Checking from time to time that all equipments at bedside are working properly and thus,
emergency kit/equipment is at-ease.

Nursery
• Follows and implements all the policies and procedures set out by the nursery.
• Early morning care done for all babies such as cord dressing, change diaper and linens, and taking a bath using luke warm water.
• Frequently attends babies' needs and changes position to promote comfort.
• Providing privacy while changing diapers.
• Monitoring and recording babies' vital signs in the chart.
• Carrying and implementing doctor's orders as soon as possible.
• Checking religiously the medication before administering it and during administration.
Observing the proper way of giving medication for infants.
Nursery (after delivery)
• Does routine newborn care: sunctioning, cord dressing anthropometric measurements, foot
printing and prophylaxis.
• Establishes proper identification on infant: crip tags and ID band.
• Performs immediate latch-on to mother.
• Monitors infants vital signs closely for the first few hours of life.
• Performs daily bathing, weighing and cord dressing of infants.
• Assists the pediatrician in certain procedures like venoclysis, umbilical catheterization,
needling and exchange transfusion.
• Maintains proper documentation at all times.