Amy Blouin
New Port Richey,FL
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 7 years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Tennessee State Veterans Home
01.2025 - Current
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Arm Staffing Traveling Nursing Agency
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Oakpark health and rehab
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Transcribes, document and implements physician orders
- Administers medication and treatments
- Direct patient care
- Managed patient symptoms related to the terminal diagnosis
- Emergency response
- IVs
- PICC
- Peg tubes
- Admissions/discharges
- Coordinating care with physician and family members
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Licensed Practical Nurse
clipboard health, shiftmed, and gale agencies
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Traveled to many facilities, long term care, acute care and rehab
- Assessments
- Vitals
- Clinical documentation
- Direct patient care
- Administers medication
- Treatments
- Wound care
- Tracheotomy care
- Suctioning
- Post-op care
- IVs
- PICC
- Peg tubes
- Coordinating care with family and physicians
- Admissions/discharge
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nursing and rehab center of new port richey
02.2022 - 06.2023
- Long term care and rehab
- Transcribes, document and implements physician orders
- Direct patient care
- Wound care
- Post-op care
- Peg tubes
- Administers medications and treatments
- Admissions/discharges
- Coordinating care with physician and family
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Practical Nursing
Harrison College of Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, IN06.2017
Skills
- Proactive
- Reliable
- Multitasker
- Excellent organization skills
- Ability to prioritize
- Coordination of daily basic care needs
- Highly motivated
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to foster professional relationships
- Chronic disease management
- Direct patient care
- Caregiving skills
Certification
- Essentials of Infusion Therapy, Florida Board of Nursing, NCE 3515
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 11/2025
- Licensed Practical Nurse, PN 5244039 multistate, 07/2025
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Tennessee State Veterans Home
01.2025 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Arm Staffing Traveling Nursing Agency
05.2024 - 12.2024
Licensed Practical Nurse
Oakpark health and rehab
01.2024 - 05.2024
Licensed Practical Nurse
clipboard health, shiftmed, and gale agencies
07.2023 - 01.2024
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nursing and rehab center of new port richey
02.2022 - 06.2023
- Essentials of Infusion Therapy, Florida Board of Nursing, NCE 3515
- Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association, 11/2025
- Licensed Practical Nurse, PN 5244039 multistate, 07/2025
Associate of Applied Science - Practical Nursing
Harrison College of Fort Wayne
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