Christine Domingo

• Provides post-operative care to patients recovering from anesthesia, ensuring their safety and comfort.
• Identifies potential risk factors associated with anesthesia use and takes appropriate action to reduce risks when necessary.
• Helps patients regain independence with clear recovery goals, and guidance.
• Initiates communication between anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses, respiratory therapists and other healthcare personnel involved in the post-surgical and PACU process.
• Coordinates discharge planning to ensure continuity of care post-hospitalization.
• Performs assessments of the physical and psychological well-being of patients following surgical procedures.
• Refers patients to specialized health resources or community agencies to furnish additional assistance.
• Educates patients on proper self-care techniques after discharge from the PACU.
• Coordinates with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.

• Conducted phone consultations with patients on pre and postoperative instructions.
• Evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment and maintained patient flow.
• Used dynamic communication and effective leadership to liaise between management, clinical staff and significant others.
• Mentored and taught nursing staff on IV Cannulation and other cardiac procedures, listening to concerns and providing counsel.
• Collaborated with department managers to correct problems and improve services.
• Assessed and responded to patient's clinical deterioration.
• Communicated with doctors on condition of patients and coordinated necessary diagnostic assessments to accomplish patient care goals.
• Assisted Anaesthetists during intubation and other anaesthetic concerns/emegencies.
• Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
• Acted a scrub/scout nurse for cardiac procedures.

• Prepared patients for procedures such as angiograms and angioplasties, pacemaker installations, TOE/CV, TAVI, cardiac ablations and other cardiac cath lab procedures
• Acted as a scrub/scout nurse during cardiac procedures
• Oversaw patient admission and discharge processes to coordinate related paperwork.
• Prioritized nursing tasks and assignments and accurately reported patient status.
• Assisted patients with in recovery after surgery by closely monitoring and caring for wounds, answering questions and educating about continued care strategies.
• Assessed patients before and after procedures and offered specialized care targeted on individual needs to achieve optimal recoveries.
• Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
• Maintained infection control logs, streamlined charting process, and improved patient outcomes through training and leadership.
• Delivered information regarding care and medications to patients and caregivers in comprehendible terminology.

• Acted as team leader during code blue.
• Monitored overall patient flow, ensured resource allocation among team based care zones.
• Responsible for making patient care and first level staffing decisions, placement of patients and bed allocation.
• Made adjustments to nursing care plans as needed and reported any emergency development or degradation in the patient’s health status.
• Prioritized each situation in relevance of importance and made quick and accurate decisions in emergency situations.
• Supervised the nursing care given and the administration of medications and treatments to patients by the nursing staff in correct and timely manner.
• Made referrals to physicians and carried out written or telephone orders and monitored their immediate implementation by the nursing staff.
• Coordinated with other institutions for referral/ transfer of patient.
• Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
• Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.

As a Triage Registered Nurse

• Classified patients according to their needs upon entering the triage area whether emergent, life threatening, urgent or non-urgent, infectious or non- infectious.

As an Outpatient Department Registered Nurse

• Identified nursing needs of patients
• Performed physical examination.
• Prepared instruments and assisted physicians on minor procedures such as wound debridement and suturing, circumcision, removal of foreign bodies, application of casts, and other procedures/operations for outpatients.
• Conducted health teachings for home care.

As an ED Registered Nurse

• Exposed to cases in Medical, Surgical, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, OB-Gynecology, Pediatrics, Cardiac and Respiratory, Minor Operations
• Formulated nursing plans of patients care.
• Modified patient treatment plans as indicated by patient's responses and conditions.
• Assisted physicians on minor operations/procedures such as paracentesis,wound debridement, suturing, femoral and subclavian catheter insertion, circumcision, removal of foreign body, application of cast and other procedures.