Patrizia Cantu

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Patrizia Cantu

Patrizia Cantu, MSNFNP-BC

Licensed Family Nurse practitioner

EDUCATION

 Nursing School            

  • Masters Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner

  • Bachelors of Science in Nursing Minor in Biology and Chemistry

 

My Story

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Aug 2007- December 2021

University of Texas Pan American Edinburg, TX

Jan 2017 - May 2021

Houston Baptist University Houston, TX

Registered Nurse

Staff nurse in a medical surgical, telemetry, oncology unit caring for patients with various diagnoses.

Feb. 2012 - April 2015

McAllen Medical Center McAllen, TX

December. 2014 - June 2015

Only Love Hospice and Pediatric Home Health McAllen, TX

Registered Nurse

Performing home health assessments and hospice assessments for patients in the home setting.

Registered Nurse

Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) staff nurse caring for patient specializing in cardiovascular diagnosis such as Acute coronary syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, hypertensive emergency, cardiovascular accident and recovering post cardiac intervention and surgery such as coronary artery bypass surgery, cardiac stent, carotid endarterectomy.

April 2015 - Sept 2018

Doctor’s Hospital at Renaissance, Edinburg, TX

Sept 2018 - December 2019

Solara Specialty Hospital, McAllen, TX

Wound care Registered Nurse

Wound care nurse for a long term acute hospital caring for patients with diabetic ulcers, venous stasis wounds, arterial stasis wounds, pressure wounds. Caring for wounds using different approaches and modalities such as debriding agents, negative pressure agents, and collagen films.

Registered Nurse

Staff nurse in a comprehensive stroke/ neurosurgery unit with various conditions such as brain aneurysms and malformations, cerebral vascular accidents, and transient ischemic attacks as well as post cerebral angiography and stenting, status post craniotomy and craniectomy, extra and intraventricular drains. Trauma level II center caring for various traumatic injuries. Treating patients across the lifespan

Dec. 2019 - Nov. 2021

McAllen Medical Center McAllen, TX

April 2022 – Present

Wound Care Institute of Texas