April Wheelus

Well-qualified medical professional with experience triaging patients, capturing information and completing basic procedures such as wound care. Excellent communication, prioritization, and multitasking abilities with sound judgment and compassionate nature. Background in clinical environment.

• Licensed Vocational Nurse in the State of California.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification.
• Certification of Nursing Assistant

Windsor The Ridge

• Medical Surgical Clinical: Student Nurse
• Assisted Charge Nurse in the unit to create assignments for health care team.
• Organized a team of student nurses and evaluated patient care needs, prioritized treatment, and maintained patient flow.
• Assisted RN with medication administration, urinary catheter insertion, administering vaccines, and gastroenteral and nasogastric feedings.
• Correctly documented vital signs along with inputs and outputs in the patients’ electronical chart.
• Carefully monitored patients post operation.
• Performed all tasks with a patient-centered focus while seeking opportunities for improvement of processes and treatments.

Pacific Coast Pediatrics

• Pediatric Clinical: Student Nurse
• Assisted RN/LVN with pediatric assessments, resp. tx, medication administration, gatroenteral feedings, and colostomy care.

Doctors on Duty

• Obstetric Clinical: Student Nurse
• Took vital signs of newborns while assisting in NICU.
• Assisted RNs in monitoring patients in labor by monitoring fatal heart tones, patients on Pitocin/oxytocin, and for any epidural reactions.
• Assisted RNs in postpartum unit with neonatal care and care for the mother.

Mental Health/ Geriatric: Student Nurse

• Assisted licensed staff with patient group therapy sessions, one to one sessions, and medication administration.
• Assessed patients in active withdrawal and provided interventions to manage physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms.
• Maintained patient charts and confidential files.
• Assigned to care for patients with different medical conditions with direct supervision of my clinical instructor responsible for head to toe assessments, monitoring V/S, administration of medications( PO, IM, Transdermal), Glucose Monitoring and Insulin administrations, Resp. Tx, GT feedings, ostomy care, and wound care. Responsible for formulating nurses notes and documentations in collaboration with my clinical instructor and licensed staff.