April Pratt
Register Nurse
Mount Morris,PA
Summary
Seasoned nurse with more than 16 years of experience in fast-paced skilled nursing facility and 5 years working at WVU Medicine as a Dialysis nurse and Acuity nurse. Excellent assessment, organizational, communication and management skills, handles tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
Overview
1
1
year of post-secondary education
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Dialysis Registered Nurse
WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial Hospital
Morgantown, WV
11.2015 - Current
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
- Administered medications to patients and monitored response to medications.
- Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
- Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Provide Hemodialysis, Peritoneal dialysis, Apheresis treatment.
- Worked in conjunction with ICU staff to complete treatments.
- Worked as a Acuity Nurse on the 7th,8th, 9 th, and 10 th floor.
- Medications Administration
- Treatments
- Assessment of Patient
- IV therapy
- Critical Thinking
- Time Management
- Judgement and Decision making
- Complex Problem Solving
- Instructing
LPN
Golden Living Center
Waynesburg, PA
10.1999 - 11.2015
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood, PA 08.2013 - 05.2014
LPN - Nursing
Fayette County Career And Technical Institute
Uniontown, PA 08.1996 - 05.1997
Skills
Critical Thinking
Chronic disease management
Medication Administration
Tracheostomy Care
Preventive health
Intravenous therapy
Patient and family advocacy
Strong clinical judgment
Time Management
Timeline
Dialysis Registered Nurse
WVU Medicine Ruby Memorial Hospital
11.2015 - Current
Associate Degree in Nursing -
Westmoreland County Community College
08.2013 - 05.2014
LPN
Golden Living Center
10.1999 - 11.2015
LPN - Nursing
Fayette County Career And Technical Institute
08.1996 - 05.1997