Maryjo Vera Cruz

Experience

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  Providence Health & Services

  May 2012 - Jul 2016

  Medical Cardiology Unit-Successful completion of Newly Graduate Registered Nurse Program-Care of acute stroke and cardiac patients.-Experienced in telemetry and EKG interpretation; assesses and intervenes with medical team to provide safe patient care.-NIHSS certified.-Nursing Excellence Rookie of the Year Award 2013-Unit Based Council Committee 2012-2014-President/Chair of Unit Based Council Committee 2014-2015-Epic Super User -Preceptor to Newly Graduate RNs, and newly hired staff Show less

  • Clinical Nurse-II

    Mar 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Clinical Nurse I

    May 2012 - Mar 2015
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  Kaiser Permanente

  May 2016 - Sept 2017

  Staff Registered Nurse

  Float Pool RN Specialized in:Medical Surgical-Telemetry Step DownMaternal Child Health: Labor & Delivery, (Recovery of Mother & Newborn), Post Partum, and NICUPreceptor Certified

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  California Department of Public Health

  Feb 2019 - now

  Reviews, analyzes, and critiques 14 Regional Offices’ deficiencies written by surveyors and consultants across the State for all facility types.Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) Projects, such as:• Complaint quality assurance (QA) – reviews, analyzes, and trends complaints completed by surveyors in 14 Regional Offices to verify if the surveyors are following the complaint policy and procedure.• Priority & investigation QA – reviews, analyzes, and trends if the correct priority was assigned to a complaint to examine and trend how visits vs. non-visits were determined following department policy and procedure.• Post-DRT review – reevaluates the regulatory deficiencies on which QA has made suggestions to see if the suggestions were incorporated into the final survey before it was sent to the facility.• Special projects – participates in State Observation Survey Analysis (SOSA) and Special Quality Review audit projects as directed.Enters the results of the 14 Regional Office reviews into a database so the QI Department can pull a variety of statistics to evaluate. Maintains a thorough knowledge of POD and the survey process.Attends Federal and State training programs, in-services, and continuing education courses necessary to maintain program knowledge and QI skills. Conducts initial licensing surveys and Change of Ownership (CHOW) provisional licensing surveys at Los Angeles facilities and across the State. Show less Conduct inspections, investigations, surveys, and evaluations of health facilities for conformity with licensing and certification requirements of the Department of Public Health and for compliance with State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations relating to medical care. Advise health facilities administrators and community agencies regarding Statehealth facilities inspection, licensing, and certification programs. Primary responsibility is for enforcement of State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to areas affecting total patient care such as nursing, physician, restorative, pharmacy, social, dental, and related services. Show less Conduct inspections, investigations, surveys, and evaluations of health facilities for conformity with licensing and certification requirements of the Department of Public Health and for compliance with State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations relating to medical care. Advise health facilities administrators and community agencies regarding Statehealth facilities inspection, licensing, and certification programs. Primary responsibility is for enforcement of State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to areas affecting total patient care such as nursing, physician, restorative, pharmacy, social, dental, and related services.Team Lead Role in conducting inspections, surveys, and evaluations. Show less

  • Health Facilities Evaluator Nurse Quality Assurance

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Health Facilities Evaluator Nurse

    Oct 2017 - Jun 2022

  • Health Facilities Evaluator Nurse

    Feb 2019 - Oct 2019