Med-Surg/Oncology Staff Nurse

Geriatric Behavioral Staff Nurse

Full-time work and new-grad training on the ACE Unit/Telemetry Floor of Sutter's Mission-Bernal Hospital under the tutelage of dedicated preceptor with over two decades of experience and knowledge from working on the site dating back to when it was still St. Luke's Hospital.

As a student nurse, my role at NYU Langone Health involved comprehensive assistance of registerednurse preceptors in both ambulatory and acute care settings at NYU Hospitals' Gastrointestinal &Gastrourinary Surgery Unit, Acute Neurosciences Unit, NYU Perlmutter Cancer Center ExperimentalTherapeutics, Oncology, & Infusion Services Unit, NYU Kimmel Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital AcuteCare Pediatrics Unit/NICU, Mother-Baby Unit & OR, Acute Surgery Unit, ED Observation Medicine Unit/Cardiac & Surgery Services Unit, NYU Schwartz Health Care Center Adult Acute Inpatient PsychiatricUnit, NYU Orthopedic Hospital Rusk Rehabilitation for Brain Injury, Stroke, & Pediatric Neurology Unit.

As a Certified Nurse Assistant, my role at CareRite's The Riverside Premier Rehabilitation & HealingCenter involved changeing clients' soiled clothes and bedding, helping with all assigned patients' ADLs,transporting many patients throughout the day using Hoyer Lifts and Sara Stedy devices, and tacklingdiverse assignments that usually differed from shift to shift as I would rotate or float to almost all floorsand work with all patient populations with the facility during my time with Riverside.

Worked freelance gigs while pursuing the creative arts in writing and photography. Writing full-lengthbook manuscript and authoring novella selected for publication by top independent media conglomeratefor millennial audiences. Worked event photography assignments for diverse clients, occasions, andvenues. Established rapport with event attendees, stayed alert for candid as well as planned photoops. Executed vision of main client or host's vision for images while not distracting from the moodor focus of the event nor spoiling surprises (e.g. engagement proposals). Assessed social cues ofguests' amenability to being photographed. Edited, formatted, and provided desired medium of imagedeliverables to client in timely manner. Also did copywriting gig work.

My research assistant role for Dr. Steven Einheber involved collecting and analyzing glial cell proliferation data in rat brain samples for an in vitro culture experiment with methylphenidate. The research assistant position was part of a requirement for course credit in the Research Methods & Experience class through New York University's undergraduate psychology department.

My work with the IPC Lab at Tufts University involved processing fMRI data of mesolimbic response to social experimental stimuli, programming and conducting behavioral computer social psychology experiments, reviewed consent forms with subjects and helped prepare them for safe participation in fMRI scans, and more. Received credit in NeuroImage journal article "Culture shapes a mesolimbic response to signals of dominance and subordination that associates with behavior" (Freeman et al., 2009).

My research assistant role for post-doctoral fellow Dr. Lasana Harris involved recruiting experimental subjects, explaining consent forms, conducting social psychology experiment using GSR equipment, and data analysis.

Help HIV/AIDS/breast cancer services non-profit fundraise, plan events, & write grant proposals.

Manage listings to spaces for artists, learn client needs from feedback surveys. Adapt service accordingly.