Yaretzi Townsend

City, State, Zip Code

Home: 000-000-0000 | Cell: 000-000-0000

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Professional Summary

Compassionate Dialysis Nurse with over 14 years of experience applying the nursing process of assessment planning intervention implementation and evaluation to the care of Dialysis patients. Performs appropriate and legible documentation recording all procedures and assessments within established time frames and in accordance with standards of care departmental policy and practice guidelines. Promotes an exceptional patient experience by abiding to compassion and image standards and fostering excellent nurse-patient relationships.

Highlights
  • Care plans
  • Culturally sensitive
  • Lab result interpretation
  • Patient assessment
  • Infection prevention
  • OSHA safety rules
  • Therapeutic communication
  • Confidentiality
  • Committed to compliance reporting
  • Dialysate baths and dialyzer lines / systems
Certifications

RN License #5553829 – Board of Registered Nursing Company Name

AHA Advanced Life Support certification (ACLS PALS NRP)

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN)

Professional Experience
Dialysis Nurse
8/1/2009 – Current
Company Name
City, State
  • Serve as an advocate in regard to decisions affecting the plan of care
  • Identify and document patient/family/significant others educational needs and implement ongoing education relevant to those needs
  • Apply knowledge of specific conditions and treatment therapies for the specific patient population of the unit
  • Perform appropriate assessment patient/family teaching of management of pain beginning at admission with reassessment and follow up throughout hospitalization and concluding with discharge planning needs
  • Coordinate discharge planning needs for discharge with other members of the health care team
  • Verify treatment orders relevant to the dialysis treatment for each individual patient
  • Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness by explaining post -treatment home care needs and self-administration of medication
Dialysis Nurse
6/1/2000 – 5/1/2006
Company Name
City, State
  • Primed dialyzer and bloodlines recording patients’ medical information and vital signs
  • Oversaw dialysis treatment and cannulated accesses
  • Removed femoral shealths and administered medications including thrombolytics
  • Cleaned and dressed permanent and temporary catheters
  • Monitored patients adjusted specialized equipment and interpreted and recorded information
  • Provided pre- and post procedure care to patients within the Hemodialysis Unit
Education and Training
Bachelor of Science – Nursing
XXXX – XXXX
Bakersfield College Nursing/Allied Health Department
City, State
  • Nephrology Nursing Advanced Specialty program

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