Marisol Reyes, RN
Charge Nurse, Med-Surg and Step-Down
Profile
Registered nurse with twelve years on med-surg and step-down units, six as a charge nurse. Currently staffing a 28-bed step-down unit at a 1:5 ratio and responsible for the unit's medication administration audits. CCRN, ACLS, and BLS all current.
Certifications and licences
Experience
St. Aurelia Medical Center
Aug 2016 – Present
El Paso, TX
Charge Nurse, Med-Surg and Step-Down
Feb 2020 – Present
- Charge cover on a 28-bed step-down unit at a 1:5 ratio, roughly 12 shifts a month alongside a full patient assignment.
- Cut medication administration errors by 38% in the first year by introducing a two-person bedside check for high-alert drugs.
- P precept four new nurses a year; three have passed the CCRN exam since 2021.
- Write the unit's monthly quality report, cited twice in the hospital's accreditation review.
Registered Nurse, Med-Surg
Aug 2016 – Jan 2020
- Consistently staffed a 1:6 med-surg assignment, caring for an average of six patients across day and night shifts.
- Managed 1:1 post-operative care for 30+ patients, including the unit's first insulin drip patients after protocol changed.
Del Valle Regional Hospital
Jun 2013 – Jul 2016
El Paso, TX
Registered Nurse, Med-Surg and Telemetry
Jun 2013 – Jul 2016
- Worked the float pool across four units for the first year, then moved permanently to a 32-bed telemetry assignment.
- Took over the unit's shared teaching folder and rewrote it, which the nurse educator later adopted hospital-wide.
Skills
Clinical Step-down and telemetry, insulin and heparin drips, wound care, blood transfusion support, ventilator management
Unit Charge cover, staffing assignment, medication audits, quality reporting, incident review
Teaching Precepting, competency validation, simulation, orientation for new hires
Education
University of Texas at El Paso
2009 – 2013
B.S. Nursing
Volunteer
School health screening clinics
2019 – Present
El Paso, three events a year, blood pressure and glucose screening for 600+ students a year