Jannette Castro, FNP-BC
Summary
Dedicated, skilled, and patient-focused registered nurse seeking a position in medical practice. Bringing 15 years of nursing experience, care, and extensive knowledge in women's health care and general medicine. Bilingual in English and Spanish, with strong organizational and communication skills looking to provide quality, nursing care.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Driscoll Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic
07.2017 - 06.2023
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
- Assist and provide health care via telemedicine interaction
- Assist the physicians with procedures including but not limited to amniocentesis and amniotic fluid reduction
- Perform phlebotomy services for genetic testing
- Identify high-risk complications during pregnancy
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Doctors Hospital Of Laredo
06.2009 - 05.2020
- Supervise and assess maternal/fetal well-being during the labor process Identified complications during the labor and delivery process
- Act as a patient advocate; assess patient's status and notify physicians of clinical changes
- Provide care for mother and neonate after delivery
- Educated and assisted patients with breastfeeding techniques
- Provide care for mothers during recovery and postpartum
- As charge nurse duties consisted of guiding staff nurses and their patients, assisting in deliveries, making appropriate patient assignments, and attending to hospital codes.
- Assisted as circulating nurse in surgical procedures
- Provided acute care for post-operative patients recovering from anesthesia, encompassing surgical procedures, invasive and extensive surgeries.
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Assisted with policies and procedures for our unit
- Educator role for prenatal and childbirth classes provided to parents
- Lead and mentor newly registered nurses in developing and achieving professional expertise through the preceptorship program
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Telemetry Registered Nurse
Doctors Hospital Of Laredo
06.2008 - 08.2010
- Provide excellent care to telemetry and medical-surgical patients in high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
- Monitored and promptly treated post-operative patients while assessing and anticipating any clinical changes.
- Wound dressing care as needed to assure effective treatment
- Provide individualized teaching and education to patients on their various treatments and diagnosis.
- Assessed patients who had undergone diverse surgical procedures and then developed, implemented, and evaluated nursing interventions.
- Work in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams with a specialty focus on medical/behavioral clients and acute care for the elderly.
- Worked closely with Occupational and Physical Therapists on treatment goals and discharge planning of Rehabilitation patients.
- Provided care managers with the required information to fulfill their utilization management functions and help determine patients' discharge needs.
- Implement discharge planning in collaboration with physicians, care managers, nutritionists, physical/occupational therapists, and social workers.
- Educated patients on interventions provided, disease process and management techniques, discharge planning, and medication regimens.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Practice
Chamberlain University
Chicago, Illinois 07.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas A&M International University
Laredo, Texas05.2008
Skills
- Bilingual-Spanish and English
- Educator in prenatal and childbirth
Accomplishments
- 2017 Daisy Nurse Leader Award
- Aug 2022 to June 2023- Family and Women's Health Rotation- completed 500 hours
- Pediatric Rotation - completed 125 hours
Certification
- American Nurses Credentialing Center- active
- Texas Board of Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner- active
- Texas Board of Nursing- Registered Nurse-active
- Basic Life Support certified- American Heart Association-current
References
Dr. Javier Castillo
Maternal Fetal Medicine Director for Driscoll Children's Hospital
(361) 537-7763
Ashton S. Avila, WHNP-BC
Maternal Fetal Medicine
(361) 443-0943
Selina Rodriguez FNP-BC
(956) 235-1998
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Driscoll Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic
07.2017 - 06.2023
Registered Nurse, Labor and Delivery
Doctors Hospital Of Laredo
06.2009 - 05.2020
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit/Telemetry Registered Nurse
Doctors Hospital Of Laredo
06.2008 - 08.2010
Master of Science - Nursing Practice
Chamberlain University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Texas A&M International University
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