Sofia Alejandra Sanchez Lopez
Fountain
Summary
Board-certified Nurse Practitioner at Space Center Veterans Affairs, skilled in chronic disease management, and patient assessment. Proven ability to educate patients and families, fostering health maintenance. Bilingual in Spanish, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and adaptability in high-pressure environments. ANCC certified, committed to delivering exceptional patient care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Space Center Veterans Affairs
Colorado Springs
03.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- The incumbent orders and furnishes medications according to written standardized procedures and acquires countersignature on prescriptions from the supervising physician for medications not included in the approved formulary
- Implement treatment plans and education for chronic conditions
- Provide counseling to patients and their families for prevention of illness and maintenance of health, in order to assist patients in attaining physical, mental, and social well-being
- Collaborate with physicians and other team members regarding patient management
- Administer direct physical care to patients and or family members in an inpatient care setting
- Assess acute, non-acute, and chronic clinical and psychological diagnosis
- Provide direct patient care to patients to include the following: evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of medical disorders
- Provide independent, primary, comprehensive and therapeutic health care services, to include examining, assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients in Primary care and women's health
- Perform a systematic physical examination and interpret abnormal and normal findings
- Examine patients and perform initial patient work-up and assessment of patient's care and treatment; and determine the need for and order laboratory tests, X-rays and other procedures necessary to complete assessment of the patient
- This is a federal job
Registered Nurse- PACT
PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic
Colorado Springs
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Leads the provision of nursing care to Veterans who have complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
- Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting
- Effectively functions as a leader, with demonstrated outcomes, for the immediate practice setting
- Consistently focuses on care activities, which support the goals and outcomes for each individual Veteran and represents that information in all care team meetings
- Continues to hone clinical skills related to specific geriatric syndromes, service era, medication management and cognitive decline
- Demonstrates the ability to improve the effectiveness of communications and interactions with others, to inspire their cooperation and confidence to ensure safe and effective outcomes in the current practice setting
- Obtain vital signs, demographic information and medication list from veterans
- Assist on Charge Nurse once a week and MERT (medical emergencies within the clinic)
- This is a federal job
Family Nurse Practitioner
Cheyenne Mountain Gynecology & Med Spa
Colorado Springs
07.2023 - 10.2023
- Maintain required competencies for designated women's health provider
- Evaluate and treat acute and chronic health problems for scheduled and unscheduled patients in the clinic setting
- Perform histories and physical exams
- Provides appropriate documentation to minimally include history, physical exam findings, diagnosis, definitive care plan and disposition of the patient
- Ensures that patients are appropriately closed out including disposition that clearly indicates the next steps of care
- Ensures that each patient is provided a list of current medications and an appointment list at close-out
- Perform office procedures contained within their approved privileges
- Prescribe medications as appropriate
- Order routine laboratory, radiological and diagnostic tests and provide initial interpretation of results
- Communicate test results to patients
- Initiate and expedite requests for consultations and special tests
- Screen patients to determine the need for hospitalization
- Provide education to the patient and family as necessary
Employee Health/Vaccinator RN
PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic
Colorado springs
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: This is a federal job
- Triaging walk-in employees
- Maintaining roster of active employees and retiring charts of discontinued employees
- Maintaining blood borne pathogen exposure tracker
- Administering flu vaccinations
- Data entry into Occupational Health Record-Keeping System (OHRS)
- Assist with employee wellness and disease prevention initiatives such as, but not limited to tobacco cessation or stress management
- Conduct evaluations or review medical questionnaires to clear employees for respiratory fit testing
- Assist with tracking of employees who require duty specific periodic examinations
- Performs other departmental duties as assigned
- Check-in veterans, assist with walk-ins, check vitals
- Assist on MERT (Medical emergencies) in the clinic once a week
- Charge RN once a week
- This is a federal job
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
South University
Savannah
08.2021 - 07.2023
- Full-time student -Family Nurse Practitioner graduated on July 3rd, 2023
Registered Nurse- Unit Manager Blue Wing
Lawton- Ft Sill Veterans Center
Lawton
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Travel Registered Nurse-House Supervisor/Unit Manager / 36 hrs/week/ April 2022- July 2022
- Assess the health status of individuals, families, and communities; develops plans and implement appropriate nursing interventions and care
- Evaluates and determine health resources necessary to meet individual, family, and community health needs
- Delivers professional nursing care in an assigned unit or other settings following all State and agency policies and procedures
- Educates individuals, families, communities, and members of the health care team about the principles of disease prevention and health promotion
- Provides limited direction, instruction, or guidance to other professional or paraprofessional personnel; collaborates with other professionals in the management of health care
- Delegates' tasks may safely be performed by others, consistent with educational preparation, and that do not conflict with the provisions of the Oklahoma Nursing Practice Act
- Assures quality health care through the use of various measures such as record review, peer review, direct observation, and thorough assessment of individual, family, and community for the desired outcome
- Delegate tasks to CNA, CMA, and LPN to take care of veterans residents in the home
- Utilized emails, phone calls, and answered calls from social workers, physicians, co-workers, staff, and other healthcare professionals
Travel ICU Registered Nurse
Cross Country Healthcare
Boca Raton
05.2021 - 04.2022
- Travel ICU Registered Nurse - 36 hrs/ week/ May 2021- April 2022
- Assess patients in the ICU, neuro, trauma, and medical patients
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment while in a pandemic, assessing, monitoring and proning patients in a critical care setting
- Provided detailed patient education to use the appropriate equipment to lessen the chance of respiratory distress, and educate them on medication administration
- Provide direct care to critical care patients with IV drips, monitors, and drains
- Communicated with Spanish-speaking patients in regards to their care plan and plans for discharge
- Quickly identifies acute declines in patient's status and utilizes critical thinking skills to effectively ensure appropriate interventions
- Thoroughly and concisely educate patients and their families on health instructions and their care plan
- Utilized EPIC system, printers/fax machines, using excel, and Microsoft word, answered phone calls from social workers, physicians, case management, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and other health care professionals
ICU travel registered nurse
Travel Nurse Across America
North Little Rock
01.2020 - 03.2021
- Travel ICU Registered Nurse - 36 hrs/ week/ January 2020- March 2021
- Assess patients in the ICU, neuro, trauma, COVID19, and medical patients
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment while in a pandemic, assessing, monitoring and proning patients in a critical care setting
- Provided detailed patient education to use the appropriate equipment to lessen the chance of respiratory distress, and educate them on medication administration
- Provide direct care to critical care patients with IV drips, monitors, and drains
- Communicated with Spanish-speaking patients in regards to their care plan and plans for discharge
- Quickly identifies acute declines in patient's status and utilizes critical thinking skills to effectively ensure appropriate interventions
- Thoroughly and concisely educate patients and their families on health instructions and their care plan
- Utilized EPIC system, printers/fax machines, using excel, Microsoft word, Glucometer, point of care, Pyxis for medications, answered phone calls from social workers, physicians, case management, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and other health care professionals
- Provide care to patients in hospitals, clinics, occupational health units, homes, schools, and communities
- Administer anesthetic agents and supportive treatments to patients undergoing surgery or other medical procedures
- Promote better health practices, teaching and performing research in one or more phases of the field of nursing
- Consult and advise nurses who provide direct care to patients
ICU registered Nurse- RN III
University of New Mexico Hospital
Albuquerque
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Rotations: Orthopedic, Trauma & Ears, Nose & Throat PCU, Trauma/Surgical ICU, Cardiac Cath Lab (only six months experience) 36 hours a week
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment while simultaneously assessing and monitoring up to 4 orthopedic or trauma patients
- Provided detailed patient education while documenting and administering medication to ensure accuracy of the plan of care set by a global healthcare team
- Assess patients in the ICU, neuro, trauma, and medical patients
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills in a fast-paced environment while in a pandemic, assessing, monitoring and proning patients in a critical care setting
- Provided detailed patient education to use the appropriate equipment to lessen the chance of respiratory distress, and educate them on medication administration
- Provide direct care to critical care patients with IV drips, monitors, and drains
- Communicated with Spanish-speaking patients in regards to their care plan and plans for discharge
- Quickly identifies acute declines in patient's status and utilizes critical thinking skills to effectively ensure appropriate interventions
- Thoroughly and concisely educate patients and their families on health instructions and their care plan
- Utilized Cerner system, printers/fax machines, using excel, and Microsoft word answered phone calls from social workers, physicians, case management, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, and other health care professionals
- Attended regular educational classes such as ACLS, BLS, TNCC, cardiovascular disease prevention, respiratory distress 101, residency program staff meeting every month, finalized a clinical group paper as a final passing grade for the residency program using Microsoft word and APA
- Provide care to patients in hospitals, clinics, occupational health units, homes, schools, and communities
- Administer anesthetic agents and supportive treatments to patients undergoing surgery or other medical procedures
- Promote better health practices, teaching and performing research in one or more phases of the field of nursing
- Consult and advise nurses who provide direct care to the patient
Education
Master's degree - Family Nurse Practitioner
South University
Savannah, GA, United States07-2023
Bachelor's degree - Bachelor of Nursing
Mercy College Health of Sciences
Des Moines, IA, United States12.2017
Skills
- Bilingualism (Spanish)
- Patient assessment
- Treatment planning
- Medication management
- Chronic disease management
- Health education
- Clinical documentation
- Critical Care Medicine
- Organization Skills
- Flexible approach
- Easily adaptable
- Interpersonal skills
- Pelvic floor therapist
- Nexplanon Certified
- ANCC certified
- BLS-certified, ACLS-certified
Languages
Spanish, Advanced, Advanced, Advanced
References
- Taryne Wolfe, Summit Primary Care, AGNP- Nurse Practitioner, 603-845-8807, Taryne.ashley@gmail.com
- Britney Poole Gurski, Department of Veteran Affairs, Nurse Manager, 908-399-4276, Brittney.PooleGurski@va.gov
- Annaleah Ford, Department of Veteran Affairs, VEEOH Nurse Manager, 606-748-3391, Annaleah.Ford@va.gov
- Dustin Grow, Providence Alaska Medical Center, Travel ICU Registered Nurse, 814-525-4291, dustin.grow@providence.org
- Ashley Price, Good Samaritan Community Hospital, ICU Travel Registered Nurse, 509-438-3613, ashley.l.olsen@hotmail.com
Availability
Permanent, Temporary, Term, Seasonal, Full-time, Part-time, Shift work, Intermittent
Relevant Coursework Licenses Certifications
True, CPRS, Vista imaging, Vista, VSE, PACS, BLS
Desired Locations
Fort Carson, CO, United States
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Space Center Veterans Affairs
03.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse- PACT
PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic
09.2023 - 03.2024
Family Nurse Practitioner
Cheyenne Mountain Gynecology & Med Spa
07.2023 - 10.2023
Employee Health/Vaccinator RN
PFC Floyd K. Lindstrom Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic
09.2022 - 09.2023
Registered Nurse- Unit Manager Blue Wing
Lawton- Ft Sill Veterans Center
04.2022 - 06.2022
Family Nurse Practitioner Student
South University
08.2021 - 07.2023
Travel ICU Registered Nurse
Cross Country Healthcare
05.2021 - 04.2022
ICU travel registered nurse
Travel Nurse Across America
01.2020 - 03.2021
ICU registered Nurse- RN III
University of New Mexico Hospital
01.2018 - 01.2020
Master's degree - Family Nurse Practitioner
South University
Bachelor's degree - Bachelor of Nursing
Mercy College Health of Sciences
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