Dyan Karla Abalos Registered Nurse
Pasig City
Summary
Seasoned Registered Nurse with extensive international experience across the UK, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. Advanced to senior leadership roles, excelling in team supervision, mentorship, and service improvement initiatives. Specialized in Burns /Plastics and Ambulatory Care Nursing, with proven skills in complex wound management and patient education. Recognized for strong leadership, adaptability, and commitment to delivering safe, patient-centered care in diverse healthcare settings.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Plastic Dressing Specialist -Wound Care Nurse
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Aylesbury
10.2022 - 10.2025
- To provide Outpatients, a plastics dressing clinic focused on patient assessment, management, advice and monitoring.
- To actively participate in educational interventions to patients encouraging holistic patient care.
- To provide specialist nursing contribution and professional advice to the clinical management of patients' wounds, to patients and other health professionals.
- To liaise with the clinicians, both Plastic Surgeons and other specialties who refer patients to the clinic regarding the appropriate management of individual patients.
- Documentation of all actions and conversations from the clinic, using Evolve.
- Management of discharges and decisions to follow up using Medway.
- To actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings, including Clinical Governance, raising and discussing concerns, and actively seeking acceptable and best outcome solutions for patients. Ensuring that patients and relatives' views are always heard and considered.
- Promote a high standard of specialist nursing by supporting and coordinating the assessment, planning, and delivery of the holistic needs of the patient through evidence-based practice following agreed policies, protocols and guidelines.
- Practice a high standard of communication including highly sensitive and complex information to develop and sustain partnerships working with individuals, groups, communities, and other agencies. Utilize evidence-based information through a variety of communication media.
- Work closely with the MDT to ensure that quality-driven indicators are monitored through audit within the area.
- Comply with the NMC code and ensure that all elements of the code are adhered.
- Secondary - 430 -660 Bed Capacity | Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Outpatients
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Aylesbury
12.2021 - 10.2022
- Act as a Primary/Named Nurse within a multi-disciplinary team, developing collaborative, needs-based care plans, through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
- Provide excellent professional, skilled and effective person centered, evidence-based nursing care.
- Actively involved in the health and well-being of staff and service users.
- Visible and accessible to patients, families and carer working together to ensure efficient, effective and caring services.
- Contribute to achieving all performance indicators, essential standards and quality outcomes.
- Contribute to the education and development of the workforce and students.
- Contribute to staff appraisals and support personal development plans.
- Safely administer medication following Trust policies and practice guidelines.
- Provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
- Secondary - 430-600 Bed Capacity Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Staff Nurse -General Outpatients
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha
08.2015 - 10.2021
- Provides direct care for patients and their families in variety of setting to include the hospital, home, clinics, primary health care units and community.
- Provides guidance for and supervision of personnel responsible and accountable to the Graduate Registered Nurse.
- Assumes responsibility for staffing and scheduling personnel.
- Ensures assignment reflect appropriate utilization of personnel.
- Evaluates the quality and appropriateness of care.
- Accepts organizational accountability for services provided to recipients.
- Delivers nursing care and practices embedding the HMC Registered Nurse Scope of Practice as the ethical and professional framework alongside consideration of the socio-cultural needs of the patients, families, community and society.
- Maintains and demonstrates clinical competence in all aspect of care provided to patient on specific unit or health care setting.
- Attends to emergency / crisis situations calmly and effectively.
- Administers medication and therapies in a safe, timely and effective manner in accordance to HMC policy.
- Uses communication skills to ensure that other members of the health care team, the patient, family are remain fully informed.
- Exhibits leadership qualities and manages nursing care safely, efficiently and ethically.
- Assumes responsibility for own professional development through life long learning and maintains a professional portfolio that includes evidence of continued competence and improvement within midwifery / nursing practice.
- Uses data systems to enhance the quality and delivery of patient care.
- Uses research, evaluation, service improvement and audit findings to enhance the quality of patient care and protect the rights of those participating.
- Tertiary 1000+ Bed Capacity | Doha, Qatar
Staff Nurse III - Outpatients
Armed Forces Hospital
Taif
10.2013 - 10.2014
- Provides ENT nursing care in a daily basis under the supervision of the Specialist.
- Performs syringing, wound dressing related to ENT cases and Tympanometry under direct supervision of the Specialist.
- Direct assist of minor ENT procedures and routine examination in a daily basis.
- Performs proper handling of ENT instruments and ENT machine in a daily basis.
- Participates in delivery of Patient Education as assigned. - Continuity of care.
- Provides patient care for Pre Operative and Post Operative follow up consultation patients.
- Communicate and documents all relevant information as per established standards.
- Maintains various records and reports related to unit activities.
- Assists in maintenance of unit/clinic supplies and equipment necessary.
- Follows all hospital related policies and procedures.
- Maintains positive professional interpersonal relationships with patients and their families, Colleague and other members of the Health Team.
- Tertiary - 500 Bed Capacity | Taif, Saudi Arabia
Staff Nurse III - General Pediatric Ward
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
Jeddah
02.2011 - 02.2013
- Provides Pediatric Nursing Care under the supervision of SN I.
- Follows nursing care plan as assigned.
- Integrates transcultural principles in Nursing Care.
- Communicates verbal and written information clearly and precisely.
- Maintains various records and reports related to unit activities.
- Provide daily patient care.
- Monitoring of blood sugar level of the patient.
- Provides daily patient care for Pre and Post Operative, Ambulatory, and Palliative pediatric patients.
- Assist in Unit supplies and equipment necessary to provide Optimum patient care.
- Participates in delivery of Patient Education as assigned. - Continuity of care.
- Reports any unusual occurrences and monitor patient activities related to nursing care.
- Tertiary - 470-500 Bed Capacity | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Arellano University
Pasig City03-2009
High School -
Victorino Mapa High School
Manila03-2005
Elementary -
Pedro Pelaez Elementary School
Manila01.2001
Elementary -
Sta. Catalina College
Manila03-1998
Skills
- Patient assessment and care planning
- Advanced wound care management
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Graft and cancer wound treatment
- Infection prevention and control
- Risk management strategies
- Adherence to nursing standards
- Evidence-based practice application
- Outpatient equipment management
- Specialty tools coordination
- Multi-disciplinary collaboration
- Patient advocacy and holistic care
- Preceptorship and mentoring
- Staff education initiatives
- Quality improvement processes
- Service evaluation techniques
- Professional discretion and judgment
- Innovative thinking in practice
- Hospital information systems expertise
- Cerner, Oracle, Medway, Evolve, Pyxis proficiency
- Microsoft Office applications proficiency
- Data analysis and reporting skills
- Dashboard creation and report generation
- Data entry and document management strategies
- Business process improvement methodologies
- Client engagement and interpersonal skills development
- Information analysis and decision-making capabilities
Personal Information
- Age: 37
- Date of Birth: 07/14/88
- Marital Status: Married
License Registration
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, NMW0004009284, 05/31/26
- Nursing Council of New Zealand, 356916, 09/30/25
- Nursing and Midwifery Council, 22B0747O, 02/28/28
- Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners, N15307, 01/13/23
- Saudi Licensing Examination for Health Specialties, 11-J-N0027818, 07/01/14
- Professional Regulation Commission - Philippines, 0593284, 07/14/26
Cases Handled
• Plastic Dressing Clinic – Nurse-led clinic
• Post general surgery
Post-plastic surgery
• Negative pressure wound therapy
• Drain dressing and removal
• Complex wound care
• Skin graft management
• Complex wound – Chronic
• Clinical debridement
• Conservative wound management
• Cancer wound management – Skin and breast
• Plastic Surgery Adult
• Medicine for Elderly
• Endocrinology Adult
• ENT and Audiology Adult / Pediatric
• Vascular Surgery Adult
• Colorectal Surgery Adult
• Hand Surgery Adult
• OB-GYNE
• Rheumatology Adult
• General Surgery
• Orthopedic Fracture Adult
• Dermatology Adult
• Urology Adult
• Pulmonary Adult
• Gastroenterology Adult
• Neurology Physio
Burn Post Reconstructive Surgery
Treatment / Procedure Area – Vaccination, ECG, POC Urine, Injection Room
• Post General Surgery
• Orthopedic procedure
• Ophthalmology procedure
• Dermatology procedure
• Urology Procedure
• Pre-Operative Assessment Adult and Pediatric
• Pediatric Surgery
• General Medicine and Surgery Pediatric / Adult Medical
• Hematology Adult / Pediatric
• Pulmonary Adult / Pediatric
• Gastroenterology Adult
• Cardiology procedure
• Neurology procedure
• Nephrology Adult
Timeline
Plastic Dressing Specialist -Wound Care Nurse
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
10.2022 - 10.2025
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Outpatients
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
12.2021 - 10.2022
Staff Nurse -General Outpatients
Hamad Medical Corporation
08.2015 - 10.2021
Staff Nurse III - Outpatients
Armed Forces Hospital
10.2013 - 10.2014
Staff Nurse III - General Pediatric Ward
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
02.2011 - 02.2013
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Arellano University
High School -
Victorino Mapa High School
Elementary -
Pedro Pelaez Elementary School
Elementary -
Sta. Catalina College