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Welcome to my ePortfolio. These are learning activities I've completed during my journey to earn an Associate in Science degree in Nursing and become a registered nurse.

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My nursing philosophy continues to develop as I continue to learn more about nursing.  Nursing care focuses on the well-being of individuals, their families, and communities.  Nursing care requires a holistic approach when caring for the immediate needs and providing preventative care for my patients.  I will strive to proactively seek evidence-based practices in order to provide quality and effective nursing care.

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My goal is to work in the field of Pediatrics as a registered nurse.  I enjoy working with children and I want to implement practices that provide necessary care as well as preventative care.  As a child, I stayed in the hospital and I was inspired by the exemplary care I received from the doctors and nurses. Inspired me to continue that level of care and compassion to my own patients.

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University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; 2014 Bachelor of Arts in Biology, minor in Japanese.

Kapiolani Community College Associate Degree in Nursing Program, Honolulu, Hawaii: Fall 2018 – present.

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Basic Life Support exp 05/2020
Certified Nurse Aide exp 08/2020

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Kahala Nui Retirement Community, Hiolani Residence - Honolulu, Hawaii; May 2019 - present.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Assist residents with activities of daily living, personal hygiene, turning and re-positioning,  record vital signs, measure I&Os, and document resident activity in an electronic medical record system.

Hale Ho Aloha, ICF – Honolulu, Hawaii; April 2017 – May 2019

Certified Nursing Assistant

Assist residents with activities of daily living, personal hygiene, turning and re-positioning,  record vital signs, measure I&Os, and document resident activity in Point Click Care electronic medical record system.

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NURS 210: Geriatrics
Kuakini Hospital.  90 hours in an intermediate care facility.  Provided care to geriatric residents including activities of daily living, feeding, personal hygiene, medication administration, and physical assessment.

NURS 220: Medical-Surgical
Queen's Medical Center.  90 hours on a Medical-surgical unit.  Provided nursing care for adult clients who are recovering from surgery or are acutely ill with medical conditions and diseases.  Nursing interventions included administering IV and subcutaneous medications, checking blood glucose, wound dressing changes, monitor I&O, physical assessment, activities of daily living, and patient education.

NURS 320: Maternity and Pediatrics
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.  270 hours on Family Birthing Center, Mother-baby Unit, and Pediatric Wilcox floor.  Performed nursing interventions including monitor I&Os,  provide patient education,  perform head to toe assessments, postpartum, newborn physical assessments.  Performed tracheostomy care and suctioning, IV medication administration, and wound care.

NURS 360: Psychiatric and Medical-Surgical.  270 hours of clinical/ simulation labs.
Castle Medical Center, Behavioral Health Unit.  Performed 1 to 1 assessments and therapeutic communication sessions with patients.  Interacted with members of a multidisciplinary team and utilized various psychiatric assessment tools to develop mental status examinations and psychosocial assessments.
Due to COVID pandemic, we were unable to conduct onsite clinicals at Kaiser. Participated in a variety of simulation labs and assignments.

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I am committed to furthering my education and expanding my knowledge base in order to provide quality and evidence-based care to my patients.

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I attended a conference offered by PESI Healthcare on 09/20/19. This conference provided evidence-based information and management techniques concerning OB emergencies. I have been able to utilize this information during my maternity clinical rotation when assisting and providing education to patients. Attached is my certificate of completion.

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I participated in a Pressure Injury Prevalence at Queen's Medical Center on 06/04/19. We assisted nurses with assessing numerous patients for pressure injuries. This also included participating in a pressure injury training module. Attached is my certificate of completion.

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Certificate of completion_Pressure injurt prevalence 

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October- November 2019
Volunteered with HUGs Hawaii, an organization that provides assistance to families with a serious ill child. Assisted staff with activities for family events and participated in one-to-one activities during respite.

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I completed a nursing continuing professional development activity on 01/24/20. This activity explained how to assess for risk of suicide using the Nursing Suicide Risk Inventory (NSRI). Attached is my certificate of completion.

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Effective Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder: Educating & Empowering Registered Nurses During an Epidemic.

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Effective Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder: Educating & Empowering Registered Nurses During an Epidemic.

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I completed a nursing continuing professional development activity on 02/16/20.  This activity explained how to assess for opioid disorders and treatment options.  Attached is my certificate of completion.

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Here are my artifacts from my nursing courses that exemplifies how I have met the Program Learning Outcomes 

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Here are my artifacts from my nursing courses that exemplifies how I have met the Program Learning Outcomes 

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Program Learning Outcomes specify what the student will know and be able to demonstrate upon completion of the program.  A learning artifact is an object created by the student during a program that displays their knowledge and competency.  These are used to demonstrate achievements of learning outcomes for the Associate degree in Nursing Program.

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Analyze ethical and legal issues while practicing nursing within the healthcare system. Attached is a group presentation that discusses ethical issues regarding vaccination mandate. For this presentation, I was assigned to represent those against vaccination mandates.

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Evaluate professional behaviors and self-care to improve nursing practice.  Attached is a clinical reflection from my psychiatric rotation. This reflection emphasizes the importance of good communication between members of the interdisciplinary team and potential complications that arise with miscommunication.

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Provide nursing care that incorporates evidence supported by research.  Attached is a literature grading critique form of an evidence based article "A randomized study of cognitive remediation for forensic and mental health patients with schizophrenia."

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Demonstrate leadership in nursing practice.  Attached is a power point presentation that discusses nursing care situations that require delegation and leadership decisions.

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Collaborate with multidisciplinary health care team members.  Attached is a simulation lab assignment that includes an SBAR communication dialogue for a virtual simulation patient that had a blood transfusion reaction.

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Participates in making recommendations for improving patient care within the health care system.  Here is a group presentation slide about quality improvement in regards to decreasing the incidences of hospital acquired pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia.

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Advocate for delivery of client-centered care.  Attached is a newborn teaching plan I created to provide education for the new mother's prior to being discharged from the hospital.

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Communicate professionally and therapeutically.  This is a DAR assignment for a patient major depressive disorder w/ psychotic features.  I used the information in this DAR to present the patient's information to the RN during hand off.

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Demonstrate effective clinical decision making in the delivery of nursing care. Attached is a CIS I wrote on a newborn patient.  Based on his gestational age at birth, mother's condition, and birth weight I realized he was at risk for hypoglycemia and hypothermia.  I carefully monitored for signs and symptoms of hypothermia and assisted mother with breastfeeding.