Denis Morales

• Performed scrub duties to assist cardiologists with interventional cardiovascular procedures.
• Scrub nurse BAV procedure competent
• Used fluoroscopy and contrast dye to identify narrowing or blockages affecting cardiac function.
• Assisted in procedures such as preparation and deployment of stents/PCIs.
• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
• Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.
• Reported any unusual findings or changes in patient status promptly to attending physician.
• Utilized critical thinking skills to assess patient status during pre-operative and post-operative periods.
• Assisted in the preparation of patients for cardiac catheterization procedures by reviewing medical history, administering medications and performing physical assessments.
• Ensured proper documentation of all aspects of patient care according to established standards.
• Scrub set up for pacemakers / ICD /Loop recorder implantations

• Pre & Post op cares post Angiograms and Device implantation
• Basic ECG Interpretations
• Performed scrub duties to assist cardiologists with interventional cardiovascular procedures.
• Left & right heart catheterisation
• STEMI competent
• Instructed patients on post-procedure care instructions, ensuring that they understand the risks associated with their condition.
• In-depth knowledge of pacemaker and other device implantations
• Supported interventionists with IFR, IVUS & OCT
• Basic experience with Rotablation and Shockwave interventions.
• Monitored patient reactions after administering medications and IV therapies.
• Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
• Assessed patient's vital signs, including temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and blood pressure prior to, during and after procedure.
• Administered conscious sedation to ensure patient comfort throughout procedure.

Started my nursing career as a New graduate in a General Surgery Ward in September, 2017, Serving as a staff nurse providing on-going assessment and care of acute and chronic to critically ill patients

• Assess, monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
• Shift coordinator - delegated/allocated patients to nursing staff and managed patient-bed flow on the ward.
• Oversaw delivery of care for patients on medical-surgical unit, providing direct care, delegating nursing assignments.
• Consult and coordinate with appropriate multidisciplinary team members to assess, plan,
  implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
• Precept and orientate new nurse graduates and new staff in Ward 8 – Provide instruction and rationale on clinical skills. Identify each RN’s different learning styles as well as debriefing and proving feedback. Creating learning experiences. Working close with clinical educator and clinical coach.
• Provided a broad range of general nursing care in areas of vital signs, ECG, phlebotomy, feeding tubes, IV luers, CVL/PICC lines.
• Prepare patients for theatre and assist with examinations or treatments. Modify patient
  treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Good familiarity with complex surgical wounds ; i.e Negative pressure wound therapy / PICO dressings
• Managed, monitored surgical drains - Redivac, Sapphire, Pigtail catheters, Malecot drains.
• Collaborated with the Acute Pain Service team to monitor/manage acute/chronic pain + post operative pain - familiar with PCA/EPCA & Ketamine infusions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Basic knowledge of endoscopy procedures; gastroscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP (3 week placement in Endoscopy as a student nurse)
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