Felicia Lopez
Louisville
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional with a strong background in patient care and medical support. Collaborative and dedicated to working with medical teams to deliver high-quality care and adapt to the evolving needs of patients. Skilled in patient assessment, medication administration, and providing compassionate care with a focus on reliability.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse (PT)
Robley Rex Veterans Hospital
05.2022 - Current
- I am responsible for patient care in an Intensive Care setting to collaborate in the development, implementation, evaluation and revision of policies, procedures and guidelines to provide exceptional patient care to Veterans
- Manage a patient team of 3:1 stepdown ICU/telemetry patients or 2:1 ICU patients
- Recover cardiac catheterization patients
- Recover and monitor post stroke patients
- Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of HCPs
- Initiate peripheral IVs, assist central line and arterial line placements with Doctors undergoing their Residency
- Monitor patients requiring CRRT using the NXSTAGE dialysis machine
Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Provided exceptional care to expectant mothers during labor and delivery, ensuring both maternal and infant health
- OR cross-trained for scheduled and emergent C-sections
- Provide health coaching to mothers during labor progression
- Perform phlebotomy procedures as needed for lab tests
- Assist with infant care immediately after delivery
- Educate families on postpartum care and newborn practices
Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
06.2021 - 01.2022
- I was responsible for patient care in the Adult Neuro-Intensive Care and COVID-19 patient population
- I worked closely with the Pulmonary Intensivists to deliver safe, competent, evidence-based patient centered care
- Manage a patient team of 2:1 and Occasionally 3:1 Neuro/Covid and general ICU demographic patients
- Maintaining/monitoring/ starting peripheral IVs, monitoring central and arterial lines
- Maintaining/monitoring EVD lines
- Assist Physicians during bedside procedures such as Intubations, Hemodialysis Catheters, EVD placements, Central Line placement
- Implementation of Care based on hemodynamic monitoring and critical lab values
- Maintaining accurate documentation, providing accurate bedside patient report
- Work with a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapist and other nurses to provide high quality patient care
- NIH Stroke Certified
- CRRT Certified
- ACLS/BLS Certified
Nursing Assistant Intensive Care Unit (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
02.2019 - 06.2021
- I was responsible for assisting RNs with the care of Neuro-Intensive care patient population to deliver safe, competent and individualized patient care
- Responsible for obtaining/documenting patient vital signs, emptying foley catheters and daily hygiene care
- Monitored EKG rhythm strips in real time and assessed for changes in morphology and identified deadly rhythms and reported them to nursing staff in timely manner
- Member of the Zero Harm Committee
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY05.2021
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona, CA05.2015
Skills
- Patient assessment
- Clinical documentation
- IV therapy
- Critical care management
- Cardiac care
- Time management
- Problem solving
- Telemetry monitoring
- Medication and IV administration
- Quality improvement
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
- Infection control measures
Accomplishments
Published an EBP article in the Kentucky Nurses A
Certification
- National Institute of Health Stroke Certified RN
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 03/25
- Basic Life Support, 03/25
- NIHSS Certified, 09/24
- CRRT Certified, 12/24
- CAST Certified, 12/24
Timeline
Registered Nurse (PT)
Robley Rex Veterans Hospital
05.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse Labor & Delivery (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
01.2022 - 05.2022
Registered Nurse Intensive Care Unit (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
06.2021 - 01.2022
Nursing Assistant Intensive Care Unit (FT)
Baptist Health Louisville
02.2019 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Science - Kinesiology
California State Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Bellarmine University
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