Annie Ball
Akron,OH
Summary
Compassionate professional skilled in client communication and family assessments, with experience in suicide risk evaluation. Proven ability to work independently or collaboratively, supporting client growth and well-being. Committed to fostering positive relationships and delivering effective solutions in diverse settings.
Overview
1
1
Certification
2
2
years of post-secondary education
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Lpn/ patient scheduler
Sharon Family Practice
Wadsworth, OH
01.2025 - Current
- Intaked patients for appointments, scheduled appointments, and relayed messages from patients to doctors.
- Delivered test results to patients, documented patient notes for doctors, and processed medication requests.
LPN/Compliance Nurse
Liberty Residence
Wadsworth, OH
04.2024 - 06.2025
- Ensured readiness of Liberty 1 and 2 by maintaining accurate resident charting and up-to-date licenses for nursing departments.
- Conducted skill assessments for nursing staff to verify competency in essential procedures. Had to make sure residents' needs were met, questions answered.
- Facilitated meetings with the Director of Nursing, owners, and administrators to address operational issues in both buildings.
LPN/Floor Nurse
Village of Saint Edwards
06.2024 - 11.2024
- Administered medications to residents on two floors, monitored vital signs, and charted resident conditions to ensure accurate medical records.
- Took blood sugar measurements, gave insulin as needed, called families for any type of emergencies, or for medicines if residents did not use our pharmacy.
- Took blood sugar measurements, administered insulin, and called families for emergencies or medication needs.
- Contacted physician or nurse practitioner to address resident concerns.
Compliance Nurse
Woodslands of liberty 2
Wadsworth, OH
04.2024 - 06.2024
- Make sure the building is in compliance with the state; this includes the caregivers and nurses.
- Make sure that everyone is licensed, has enough staff, does the scheduling, does in-services, and works medication cart as needed, and making sure residents' rights are kept and that they have what they need.
- Administered medications following prescribed protocols and patient care plans.
- Monitored vital signs and reported changes to the healthcare team.
- Assisted in patient assessments and developed individualized care strategies.
DON
Liberty 2
Wadsworth, OH
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Managed the schedule for nurses and caregivers, met with residents and families to address issues, collaborated with nurse practitioners, completed charting, Communicated with case managers for coordination as needed, and Provided on-call support every day of week while working with the medication cart.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
LPN/ADON
Liberty 2
Wadsworth, OH
08.2022 - 01.2023
- Was assistant to DON Completed resident charts Managed nurse scheduling for nurses, did on call, Facilitated meetings with hospice with hospice, Ensured residents' needs were met residents had what they needed met with families, also worked the med carts.
- Made sure caregivers Monitored caregiver performance as well.
- Provided direct patient care and monitored vital signs daily.
- Assisted in administering medications and treatments as prescribed.
- Collaborated with healthcare teams to develop patient care plans.
LPN/Floor Nurse
Liberty Residence
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Administered medications, monitored vital signs, and accurately charted observations for each resident under my care.
- Did assessments on new residents coming in. Pulled charts for NP, made rounds with NP as well as put orders in the computer.
- Ordered medication for the residents, took complaints and became director of nursing.
- Collaborated with Psych 360 to develop care plans for each resident.
- Requested emergency medical services for residents in need of urgent care. for anyone sick that needed to be transported out, called families to inform them of the event.
LPN
Akron Children's School
Akron, OH
12.2019 - 08.2022
- Worked with a special needs child, took her to each class, helped with homework, did tub feedings as well as assisted with her physical therapy.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by healthcare providers.
- Monitored patient vital signs and reported changes to the nursing team.
- Assisted in developing individualized care plans for students with diverse needs.
LPN/ School Nurse
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH
12.2019 - 08.2021
- Provided 1:1 support for special needs teen, ensuring safe transportation to and from school.
- Escorted her to each class, assisted with schoolwork during lessons.
- Administered daily nutrients through feeding tube.
- Served as float school clinic nurse, assessed and recorded vital signs for students, communicated with parents regarding student health needs.
- Administered daily feeding through feeding tube and managed incontinence care, ensuring comfort and dignity.
LPN/Unit Secretary
DWMcMillian Hospital
Brewton, AL
08.2017 - 09.2019
- Worked in the emergency room where I gave oral medications, Injections, started IV's, hung fluids within scope of practice.
- Answered and transferred phone calls. Called life flight for critical patient transfers and prepared necessary paperwork for physician approval.
- Triaged patients, gathered their information and vital signs, and assisted physician with pap smears and rectal exams.
- Assisted with codes by performing CPR, drawing blood, and starting IVs, while coordinating with ambulance drivers and assigning patient rooms.
- Provided emotional support to individuals who attempted suicide. Trained other LPN's and unit secretary's.
Home care giver
Right At Home
Castleberry, AL
02.2007 - 06.2016
- Stayed home and took care of sick mother that was on dialysis as well as a sick husband.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
LPN
Evergreen Medical Center
Evergreen, AL
03.2001 - 09.2008
- Performed patient screenings to assess health status., Delivered intravenous therapy to patients under medical supervision. & medications.
- Provided high-quality care and treatment to patients in need. & compassionate treatment to indigent & low income.
- Monitored post-op vitals, set up PCA, fluids, reviewed post-op orders and oriented patients.
Education
Nursing - LPN
Ed Reid Community College
Evergreen, Al 05.1991 - 07.1993
Psychology - Bachelor of Science
Kaplan University
Fort Lauderdale, FLHuman Services - Master of Human Services
Amridge University
Montgomery, ALSkills
- Wound care
- Geriatrics
- Medicare
- Skilled nursing facility
- Medical equipment sterilization
- Cerner
- Computer skills
- Epic
- Medication Administration
- Communication skills
- Cardiology
- Electronic health records (EHR) management
- Management
- Vaccination administration
- Home & community care
- Time management
- Isolation precautions
- Patient assessment
- Productivity software
- Maintaining patient confidentiality
- Microsoft Excel
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) use
- Clinical confidentiality policies
- Tube Feeding
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Word
- Volunteer management
- Task prioritization
- Clinical audit and monitoring
- Patient education
- Long-term care regulations
- Rehabilitation center experience
- Hospital experience
- Patient monitoring
- Medical terminology
- Working with geriatric patients
- Patient care
- Home health
- Leadership
- Charge nurse experience
- Care coordination
- Hand hygiene
- Covic-19 Screening
- Long term care experience
- Working with adult populations
- State-mandated disease reporting
- Customer service
- PointClickCare
- Clinical outcome improvement
- Experience Administering Injections
- Preventing readmissions
- Nursing team lead experience
- Infection control
- Nursing
- Vital Signs
- Nurse management
- Fundraising
- Patient condition reporting
- Nursing home experience
- Acute care
- Data entry
- Microsoft Office
- Case management
- Internal medicine
- Aseptic technique
- Collecting samples for laboratory testing
- Medical scheduling
- Triage
Certification
- LPN, 10/01/24 to 10/01/26
- BLS Certification
- LVN
- Driver's License
- Medical License
Nursing Licenses
PN, 10/01/20, OH
Timeline
Lpn/ patient scheduler
Sharon Family Practice
01.2025 - Current
LPN/Floor Nurse
Village of Saint Edwards
06.2024 - 11.2024
LPN/Compliance Nurse
Liberty Residence
04.2024 - 06.2025
Compliance Nurse
Woodslands of liberty 2
04.2024 - 06.2024
DON
Liberty 2
03.2023 - 04.2024
LPN/ADON
Liberty 2
08.2022 - 01.2023
LPN/Floor Nurse
Liberty Residence
09.2021 - 08.2022
LPN
Akron Children's School
12.2019 - 08.2022
LPN/ School Nurse
Akron Children's Hospital
12.2019 - 08.2021
LPN/Unit Secretary
DWMcMillian Hospital
08.2017 - 09.2019
Home care giver
Right At Home
02.2007 - 06.2016
LPN
Evergreen Medical Center
03.2001 - 09.2008
Nursing - LPN
Ed Reid Community College
05.1991 - 07.1993
Psychology - Bachelor of Science
Kaplan University
Human Services - Master of Human Services
Amridge University