Amber Restrepo
Bakersfield,CA
Summary
Highly organized Licensed Vocational Nurse with over 4 years of nursing experience specializing in clinical triage, complex care coordination, and meticulous EMR documentation. Proven expertise in autonomous caseload management, rapid physical assessments, and patient education. Exceptionally skilled at maintaining efficient clinical workflows, processing records, and delivering high-quality, team-based care in fast-paced environments.
Overview
1
1
Certification
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN Hospice Field Nurse
Compassionate Care Home Health & Hospice
Bakersfield, CA
01.2025 - 06.2026
- Field Autonomy & Logistics: Managed an autonomous daily field caseload across Kern County, optimizing travel schedules to consistently deliver high-quality, timed clinical care and palliative support.
- Acute Clinical Triage: Performed rapid physical assessments and triage for acute changes in patient conditions, collaborating directly with physicians to adjust treatment protocols immediately
- Medication Safety & Management: Audited complex drug regimens to identify harmful interactions, tracked pain titration to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations, and educated family units on safe dosing protocols.
- EMR Compliance & Charting: Maintained meticulous electronic medical records (EMR) compliance, executing real-time concurrent charting using mobile EHR systems and processing clinical records accurately.
- Interdisciplinary Liaison: Served as the primary coordinator between patients, families, and healthcare teams to manage medical supplies, pharmacy orders, and resolve complex family dynamics using active listening.
LVN Hospice Field Nurse
Hoffmann Hospice
Bakersfield, CA
04.2022 - 10.2024
- Caseload Management: Managed a dedicated, high-volume palliative and end-of-life patient caseload, executing strategic clinical prioritization to maintain optimal patient comfort and family stability.
- Complex Clinical Interventions: Provided advanced clinical interventions including specialized wound care, dressing changes, foley catheter care, and vital signs monitoring for medically fragile populations.
- Crisis Prevention & Safety: Conducted comprehensive home environmental safety and fall risk assessments to proactively lower preventable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
- Regulatory Compliance: Audited physician orders and verified pharmacy compliance to strictly minimize medication tracking discrepancies in absolute compliance with HIPAA and California nursing standards.
- Care Plan Adaptation: Analyzed daily symptom clusters and tracked side effects, directly initiating care plan revisions with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to optimize patient care quality.
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (S.A.T.F)
Corcoran, CA
07.2017 - 03.2019
- High-Volume Clinic Triage: Delivered comprehensive primary care, urgent triage, and emergency response within a fast-paced, high-volume correctional facility clinic environment.
- Medication & Legal Compliance: Coordinated daily medication distribution lines and strictly audited controlled substances in absolute compliance with state and institutional healthcare laws.
Education
Associate of Science - Licensed Vocational Nursing. ASVN
San Joaquin Valley College
Visalia, CASkills
- Clinical Nursing
- Wound & Catheter Care
- Point-of-Care Testing
- Specimen Collection
- Vital Signs Monitoring
- Hospice & Case Management
- Care Plan Implementation
- Pain Titration Tracking
- Acute Change Tracking
- Medication Reconciliation
- Operations & Technique
- EHR & Mobile Charting
- Safety & Support
- Fall Risk Prevention
- Infection Control (Aseptic)
- Patient Flow Management
- HIPAA Compliance
- Family Crisis Management
- Patient/Family Education
- Outpatient Telephone Triage
- Clerical Record Keeping
- Processing Chart Requests
Certification
- Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) – California Board of Nursing | License Exp: May 2028
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers – American Heart Association (Recertification Scheduled: July 2026)
- ASVN- LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSING at San Joaquin Valley College in Visalia 2016
Timeline
LVN Hospice Field Nurse
Compassionate Care Home Health & Hospice
01.2025 - 06.2026
LVN Hospice Field Nurse
Hoffmann Hospice
04.2022 - 10.2024
Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (S.A.T.F)
07.2017 - 03.2019
Associate of Science - Licensed Vocational Nursing. ASVN
San Joaquin Valley College