Danell L. Rezendes

Provides exceptional care to patients recovering from cardiac events, surgeries, and chronic heart conditions.
• Conducting thorough assessments of patients’ health status, including cardiovascular risk factors, physical capabilities, and psychosocial needs.

• Developing personalized rehabilitation plans, incorporating exercise prescriptions, dietary recommendations, and lifestyle modifications.

• Monitoring patients’ progress and adjusting treatment plans as necessary to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Providing education to patients and their families on heart health, disease prevention, and management strategies.
• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, physical therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive care.
• Utilizing advanced cardiac monitoring equipment to track patients’ heart function and detect any abnormalities.
• Offering emotional support and counseling to patients to help them cope with the psychological impact of their cardiac condition.

• Inserts, maintains / troubleshoots and discontinues (as appropriate) all types of infusion access according to NELC policies and procedures.
• Performs infusion and other skilled nursing care for patients, in the home setting including patient assessments, and monitoring patient response.
• Explains course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
• Teaches patient and caregivers to be independent with administering and maintaining appropriate mode of administration.
• Comprehensively documents all patient assessments and communication with patients, caregivers and other members of the healthcare team in each patient’s record.

• PACU – Direct patient care of phase I and phase II post-operative patients recovering from general anesthesia as well as MAC.
• Reviewed post-operative orders and continuously monitored patients' post-operative vitals, set up PCA and fluids and oriented patients to unit to achieve optimal outcomes. Functioned as charge nurse and preceptor as assigned
• Registered Nurse, Pain Services- Direct patient care and management of patient experiencing chronic pain.
• Duties include assessment and monitoring of patient during procedures which may include conscious sedation.
• Registered Nurse, Emergency Department- Direct patient care of Emergency patients within a 43 bed ED from triage to discharge according to nursing process and hospital policy.
• Functions as charge nurse and preceptor when assigned.
• Duties include initiating and maintaining Intravenous lines.
• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.

• Direct patient care to primarily pediatric patient from triage to discharge according to nursing process and hospital policy.
• Duties include initiating and maintaining IV lines as well as accessing implanted ports.