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Jaisell Raflores

Virginia Beach

Summary

Registered Nurse with more than 5 years of experience in a busy level 1 and 2 trauma center. Managed the most critical patients that arrive at the hospital in both the ED and ICU setting.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital: Emergency Room
Virginia Beach, VA
02.2025 - Current
  • Administered emergency care to patients in critical conditions, ensuring timely interventions.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, providers, and support staff to ensure continuity and effectiveness of care.
  • Monitored vital signs and assessed patient conditions, adjusting treatments as necessary.
  • Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
  • Streamlined triage processes, improving patient flow and reducing wait times in the ER.
  • Evaluated patient outcomes, identifying areas for process improvement within emergency services.
  • Apply clinical judgment to assess patient needs, develop care plans, and ensure quality of care in accordance with established standards, policies, and protocols.

(36-40 hours/ week)

Registered Nurse

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Portsmouth, VA
02.2025 - Current
  • Assessed and triaged incoming patients to prioritize treatment based on severity.
  • Utilized advanced life support techniques during critical situations to stabilize patients.
  • Served as a preceptor for nursing students during their clinical rotations, providing valuable real-world experience and guidance to foster professional growth.
  • Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.
  • Apply clinical judgment to assess patient needs, develop care plans, and ensure quality of care in accordance with established standards, policies, and protocols.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, providers, and support staff to ensure continuity and effectiveness of care.

(16 hours/ week)

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital/ Princess Anne Hospital
Norfolk, VA
02.2021 - 02.2025
  • Cared for a broad range of patient populations including OB, pediatric, and psychiatric.
  • Excellent at obtaining IV access using peripheral, intraosseous, or ultrasound guided techniques.
  • Comfortable in emergency situations and able to perform as a competent and reliable team member.
  • Proficient in stabilizing critical trauma patients.
  • Experienced in treating multiple life threatening conditions such as various kinds of shock, STEMI, stroke, tension pneumothorax, and cardiac tamponade.
  • Operate and monitor Electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, Nebulizer Spirometry, Pulse Oximeter machine, suction equipment.
  • Observe and record vital signs.
  • Order laboratory procedures on patients as needed.
  • Perform as a preceptor assisting in the training and development of new staff nurses and new graduate nurses.
  • Teamed on trauma and emergency interventions involving serious head injuries, gunshot wounds, and thoracic trauma.

(36-40 hours/ week)

Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular ICU Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk, VA
04.2022 - 02.2024
  • Proficient in applying hemodynamic data from PA, CVP, and arterial lines to patient care.
  • Open chest management (OCM) after cardiac surgery.
  • Able to provide continuous renal replacement therapy for critical patients.
  • Managed immediate post heart and great vessel surgical patients.
  • Provided care for patients requiring IABP assistance.
  • Cared for unstable post arrest patients.
  • Experienced with various inotrope/pressor medications such as Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, Neosynephrine, Dopamine, Dobutamine, and Vasopressin.
  • Experienced with antiarrhythmics and vasodilators such as Amiodarone, Diltiazem, Esmolol, Nitroglycerin, and Nitroprusside.
  • Apply clinical judgment to assess patient needs, develop care plans, and ensure quality of care in accordance with established standards, policies, and protocols.

(16 hours/ week)

Licensed Practical Nurse (Home Health)

Westminster Canterbury
Virginia Beach, VA
01.2020 - 04.2021
  • Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
  • Coordinates with physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other individuals in the patient's care plan.
  • Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
  • Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout the care process.
  • Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
  • Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, providers, and support staff to ensure continuity and effectiveness of care.
  • Apply clinical judgment to assess patient needs, develop care plans, and ensure quality of care in accordance with established standards, policies, and protocols.

(36-40 hours/ week)

Current Operations Non-Commissioned Officer

United States Army
Virginia Beach, VA
05.2015 - 01.2020
  • Serves as the 11th Transportation Terminal S3 Current Operations NCO.
  • Assists the Senior Operations NCO in creating, coordinating, and monitoring operations orders, fragmentary orders, and taskings from brigade along with battalion daily operations.
  • Tracks the utilization and distribution of mission essential equipment deemed the most effective to accomplish the mission.
  • Distributes the manpower in brigade quarterly taskings throughout eight companies on three separate nodes consisting of over 1,200 personnel.
  • Facilitates battalion and brigade echelons in regard to mission support.
  • Advises leadership with mission analysis, course of action, and problem solving.

(40+ hours/ week)

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Chamberlain University
Chicago, IL
06-2027

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Bryant & Stratton College
Virginia Beach, VA
12-2020

Practical Nursing - undefined

Medical Careers Institute
Virginia Beach, VA
11-2008

Skills

  • CVICU/ Open Heart
  • Emergency medicine
  • Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
  • Epicardial Pacemaker
  • Vent management
  • IV inotropes and vasoactive medications
  • Central line maintenance
  • Swan-Ganz catheter
  • Arterial line
  • Hemodynamics
  • EKG interpretation
  • Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)
  • Pain/ Sedation management
  • Chest tube management
  • Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP)
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
  • Blood gas interpretation
  • Mentor/ preceptor for new-graduate nurses
  • MHS GENESIS
  • EPIC charting system

Certification

  • Registered Nurse in Virginia (Multi-State Privilege), License number, 0001300975
  • Licensed Practical Nurse in Virginia (Multi-State Privilege), License number 0002079627
  • ACLS certified through American Heart Association
  • PALS certified through American Heart Association
  • BLS certified through American Heart Association
  • NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) Certification
  • TNCC certified through Emergency Nurses Association

Timeline

Registered Nurse

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital: Emergency Room
02.2025 - Current

Registered Nurse

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
02.2025 - Current

Registered Nurse - Cardiovascular ICU Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
04.2022 - 02.2024

Registered Nurse - Emergency Room Nurse

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital/ Princess Anne Hospital
02.2021 - 02.2025

Licensed Practical Nurse (Home Health)

Westminster Canterbury
01.2020 - 04.2021

Current Operations Non-Commissioned Officer

United States Army
05.2015 - 01.2020

Associate of Applied Science - Nursing

Bryant & Stratton College

Practical Nursing - undefined

Medical Careers Institute

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Chamberlain University
Jaisell Raflores