Berny Álvarez Dalorzo

Provide professional domiciliary nursing services including clinical assessments, wound care, and ongoing management of chronic treatments for home-bound patients. Coordinate care and educate caregivers on best practices.

Served as patient assistant in hospital wards then promoted to nurse covering Emergency, Endoscopy, Hospitalization, and Medical Imaging, delivering urgent and routine nursing care and supporting procedures. Contributed to patient safety and quality initiatives.

Provided in-home care for older adults including assistance with activities of daily living, vital sign monitoring, and medication adherence for chronic conditions. Maintained patient comfort and communicated changes to supervising clinicians.

Completed a 6-hour induction course focused on quality and patient safety.

Completed a 36-hour course on advanced care strategies for urgent and emergency situations.

Completed a 25-hour workshop on complementary devices during breastfeeding.

Completed a 2-hour course on nursing interventions to prevent in-hospital patient falls.

Completed a Basic Epidemiology course (21 hours).

Completed courses on university risk management for emergencies and the importance of patient assessment (21 hours).

Attended a medical talk on electrocardiography and medical specialties in Germany.

Activities and societies: Participation in faculty scientific activities, student congresses, and multiple nursing courses and workshops (e.g., inyectables, critical care, oxygen therapy, mental health weeks).

Completed undergraduate nursing studies resulting in a Bachillerato and Licenciatura in Nursing at UNIBE.

Participated in Mental Health Week focused on planetary health (10 hours).

Attended an online webinar on low- and high-flow oxygen therapy.

Completed a course on intensive care and nursing interventions in organ transplantation (3 hrs).

Participated in the I Congreso Internacional de Primeros Auxilios (8 hrs).

Participated in 'Mi Momento – Mi Proyecto' event.

Participated in the National Congress of Nursing Students (15 hours).

Activities and societies: Curso Inyectables (8 hrs); Participación en actividad científica (3 hrs).

Completed short courses and participated in faculty scientific activities, including an injectable medication course (8 hrs) and the II Annual Scientific Activity.

Completed Basic Life Support for healthcare teams (4 hours) at Clínica Bíblica / Academia Stranchan.

Completed workshops on hospital solid waste management and aseptic medical and surgical technique.

Completed an adult English program at the Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano.

Completed secondary education (Bachillerato) at Colegio Bilingüe Santa Sofía.

Completed Microsoft Office Academic certifications in Excel 2007 and PowerPoint 2007.

Completed primary education at Escuela de El Roble.

Completed a basic conversational English course for primary level (27 hours) at Universidad de Costa Rica.