Andrea Lowery

• Coordinated and delivered quality general and procedure-specific outpatient care with special emphasis in pre and post anesthesia surgical patients.
• Documented pharmacological interactions and managed responses to avoid advanced complications.
• Responded to emergency situations with speed, expertise and level-headed approaches to provide optimal care, support and life-saving interventions.
• Administered oral, IV and intra-muscular medications and monitored patient reactions.
• Helped patients and families feel comfortable during challenging and stressful situations, promoting recovery and reducing compliance issues.
• Assessed patient conditions, monitored behaviors and updated supervising physicians with observations and concerns.
• Observed strict safety measures, including checking medication dosages before administration to patients.

• Supported patients with customized patient teaching tools.
• Tracked and escalated compliance, care and quality issues.
• Provided primary resident care and assistance with daily living activities.
• Maintained patient charts and confidential files.
• Ensured proper entry and processing of patient prescriptions in company system.
• Tested patients' blood glucose levels.
• Administered medications and assisted in diagnostic testing for HIV-positive patients.
• Provided caring companionship to elderly and developmentally disabled patients.
• Assessed notes by nursing staff for accuracy, completion, services rendered and patient responses.
• Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care.
• Ensured efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens.
• Provided education to patients on detox and withdrawal, medications, addiction, recovery, coping skills and community resources.
• Acted as patient advocate and implemented total patient care through a team nursing process covering 2-3 high acuity patients per shift.

Provided emergency nurse care to both pediatric and adult populations, cross-trained to both ICU and PICU, taught triage classes to newer employees, taught BLS for Red Cross, monitored efficiency of glucose monitors, cross-trained to nurse leader position, completed classes in Trauma nurse core curriculum and Emergency Nurse Pediatric core curriculum, achieved clinical ladders requirements and received 6% increase in pay in one year.

Float nurse to med-surg, telemetry, psychiatric, HIV floors. Received my critical care course and floated to both ER and ICU. Independent and flexible nursing duties.

Chemotherapy certified, telemetry certified. I floated between med-surg, telemetry, pediatric populations. 

• Recruited, interviewed, hired and coached employees and promoted a high level of care quality to patients.
• Managed a team of registered nurses,  licensed practical nurses and  certified nursing assistants.
• Ensured HIPAA rules and regulations were carefully followed.
• Initiated appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Investigated and reported all accidents as required by hospital and federal rules.
• Researched and recommended nutritional care plan programs to support patient needs.
• Completed daily rounds of nursing department to verify that all nursing service personnel were performing work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards.
• Called upon staff members to discuss patient care and treatment.
• Ensured the correct number of staffers was maintained to meet budget parameters while ensuring high levels of patient care.

Charge nurse duties included passing medications, performing treatments, handling doctor's orders, and management of staff CNA's.

LPN Charge Nurse duties were the same as RN Charge Nurse duties

In 1984, I won a scholarship award to go to LPN school included books, tuition and uniforms plus a living stipend. I had to answer 5 questions and have a recommendation from the nursing supervisor. I had only been working there for less than one year.