San Francisco State University

Yeshiva University

Neonatal Intensive Care RN

Irvine, California, United States

St. Francis Medical Center

Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse

Admitted into competitive new graduate RN residency program. Trained as a bedside RN providing care to critically ill pediatric patients and their families in the Pediatric critical care unit (PICU). Children's Hospital OC or CHOC Children's is a magnet hospital and a level 2 trauma center. The PICU has won the Beacon Award for exceptional patient care several years running.

CHOC Children's

Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse

Administered COVID-19 vaccines to population from ages 12 and up. Monitored patients following vaccine administration. Aided in dose preparation and asked to lead vaccine clinics as needed. Managed behavioral and vasovagal responses post vaccination.

AMTEC HUMAN CAPITAL, INC.

Vaccine RN

Cared for 24 month old client. Provided nutritional therapy via g-tube. Helped prepare daily medications, feeds and to reinforce therapeutic goals. Additionally, care for 11 year old with severe psychiatric illness on strict medication and intervention regimen to manage care.

Care.com

Pediatric Home Health Aid

On adult med-surg tele floor, served in CNA capacity, providing hygiene care and assisting with ADLs. Preformed point of care testing; finger stick glucose monitoring, EKGs. Collected vitals.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Student Nurse Technician

Labor & Delivery: Volunteers report for a 12-hour shift on the Labor and Delivery unit. They work with any laboring mothers who desire doula support during that time

Postpartum: Volunteers work 4 hours shifts on the postpartum unit. They work with mothers who have recently delivered to provide support and information regarding infant care, self care, and breastfeeding.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center

Volunteer Birth & Postpartum Doula

Nursing Student

The YWCA Silicon Valley is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Received 65 hour training to become California state certified Sexual Assault Response Team member. Specifically, act as an advocate for survivors of sexual assault who present to the emergency department. Responsibilities include advocating for the survivors needs and choices, explaining survivors rights and options, acting as privileged counsel and providing general non-
medical support to survivor during the time forensic exam and report.

YWCA Silicon Valley

Volunteer SART (Sexual Assault Response Team) Counselor

In unit on med-surg floor. Step down unit from cardio-pulmonary, ENT and trauma related surgery. Facilitate communications between patients and nursing staff. Stream line nursing care needs by
communicating with hospital resources. Attend to non-clinical patient needs. Participate in maintaining the general order of the unit. Assist unit secretary in all tasks and manage secretarial position when the secretary steps away. Observe skilled nurses at work.

Stanford Health Care

Unit Volunteer

Health Services Specialist: Preform E.C.G.'s, rapid strep tests, pregnancy tests, urine dips, hemoglobin A1C testing, venipuncture, administer vaccines, vision tests, hearing tests, nebulizer treatments, ear lavages and more. Provide smoke cessation counseling, options counseling and patient education about birth control and safe sex. Trained to certify others in QPR (question, persuade, refer) suicide prevention.

Educator: Provide outreach and class room lectures to student population on college health topics such as safe sex, STD testing, birth control options, consent, sexual assault resources, safe drinking, drug abuse and local mental health resources. Create health programing for students and coordinate with Foothill Collge administration to host health outreach events.

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

Health Educator / Clinical Assistant (HSS)

Working under Monica McLemore RN, MPH, PhD assisted with mailing materials and data entry for ongoing nurses survey assessing California nurses’ sentiment on abortion, as well as their understanding of recent legislation. First paper associated with this research due out in August 2017.

UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Volunteer Research Assistant

Assisted in data collection and entry for ongoing clinical studies in Roosevelt Emergency Department. Shadowed Emergency Department residents. Rode along EMT shifts. Proposed new studies for the department. Attended bi-monthly training sessions on topics such as frequent Emergency Department procedures, casting demonstrations, suturing practicals and more.

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital

Academic Associate/ Clinical Research Assistant

Care Volunteer; facilitated communication between patients and nursing staff, aided nursing staff in management of patient and families non-medical needs, provided comfort items to patients and families.

NYU Langone Health

Emergency Room Patient Comfort Volunteer

Supervise nine consumers (low functioning developmentally disabled adults) in group home attending to their personal hygiene, nutrition, and social needs.

Reinforce adaptive daily living skills as prescribed by professional nursing and therapy staff; record progress notes in charts.

OHEL Children's Home and Family Services

Direct Care Worker

Worked alongside nurses in an in-patient psychiatric hospital, conducted routine patient checks to ensure their safety.

Participated in daily case conferences thoroughly discussing patients’ behavior, progress and treatment.

Conducted literary review for Nurse Manager on Cath Lab procedures.

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Pre-career Practicum Summer Intern

Observed Certified Nurse Midwife, Leah Marinelli, during patient intake, patient care immediately before birth, general health visits, inquiries and patient follow up after birth.

Home Birth with Love; Informed Maternity Alternatives

Shadow

Answered patient calls and forwarded patient requests to nurses and aides assigned to patient. Filed patient charts and organized them for later use by medical staff. Delivered lab results to appropriate personnel.

Chana Felkai BSN RN

Chana Felkai BSN RN