Kirsten Cuevas
Gulfport
Summary
Highly skilled healthcare professional with strong background in the operating room and intensive care unit. Adept at providing advanced patient care, managing emergency situations, and ensuring optimal outcomes. Strong focus on team collaboration, reliability, and adaptability to changing needs. Expertise in patient assessment, life support, and medical equipment operation.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Operating Room Registered Nurse
Memorial Hospital Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
03.2025 - Current
- Coordinated patient care during surgical procedures, ensuring optimal outcomes and adherence to safety standards.
- Assisted in the preparation of operating rooms, maintaining sterile environments and equipment readiness.
- Monitored patients' vital signs and responded promptly to changes in condition during surgeries.
- Mentored new nurses entering the profession, guiding them through their initial experiences within the operating room setting.
- Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety, and rights of patient.
- Administered patient care during complex cardiovascular surgeries, neurosurgery's, vascular surgeries and ortho/ortho-trauma as well as general ensuring optimal outcomes and safety protocols.
- Adapted quickly to changing situations in the operating room, utilizing problem-solving skills under pressure.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Memorial Hospital Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
03.2023 - Current
- Administered critical care interventions and medications in high-acuity patient settings.
- Monitored vital signs and implemented safety protocols to ensure patient stability.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop individualized care plans.
- Mentored new nursing staff, facilitating smooth integration into the ICU unit and promoting a supportive workplace culture.
- Effectively managed stressors associated with working in an intensive care setting while maintaining composure under pressure.
- Managed complex patient cases, coordinating with specialists for comprehensive treatment strategies.
- Assisted physicians with bedside procedures, ensuring accurate treatment administration and timely patient recovery.
PATIENT CARE EXTERN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
Gulfport, MS
08.2022 - 03.2023
- Recorded vitals every 4 hours
- Assisted in turning and ambulating of patients
- Assisted patients with eating, bathing, and grooming, supporting activities of daily living
ENDOSCOPY TECHNICIAN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
Gulfport, MS
11.2019 - 03.2023
- Prepared Endo rooms according to procedure requirements.
- Placed devices such as blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximetry, nasal cannula, surgical cautery pads and cardiac monitor electrodes on patients to monitor vital signs.
- Collected specimens using the standard procedure and sent to lab.
- Disinfected and calibrated scopes and other endoscopic instruments such as balloons.
- Performed safety checks to verify equipment function before procedures.
EMERGENCY ROOM TECHNICIAN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
Gulfport, MS
11.2020 - 06.2021
- Took vitals at triage before initial assessment.
- Communicated well with patients to understand and attend to their needs.
- Collected blood, stool, urine, etc... from patients.
- Handled doctors and nurses medical supplies during procedures.
- Transported patients to the floor, CT, MRI, etc...
Education
Bachelor of Science -
William Carey University
Tradition, MS02-2023
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Gulfport, MS05-2021
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
West Harrison High School
Gulfport, MS05-2019
Skills
- Operating room safety
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Patient positioning
- Patient safety
- Scrub nurse skills
- Maintaining sterility
- Patient communication
- Patient advocacy
- Circulating nurse skills
- Patient charting
- Emergency response
- Cardiovascular surgery assistance
- Compassion and empathy
- Professional bedside manner
- Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certification
- Precepting
Timeline
Operating Room Registered Nurse
Memorial Hospital Gulfport
03.2025 - Current
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
Memorial Hospital Gulfport
03.2023 - Current
PATIENT CARE EXTERN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
08.2022 - 03.2023
EMERGENCY ROOM TECHNICIAN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
11.2020 - 06.2021
ENDOSCOPY TECHNICIAN
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport, MS
11.2019 - 03.2023
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Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA - undefined
West Harrison High School
Bachelor of Science -
William Carey University