Belinda Solis
La Joya,TX
Summary
To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LVN,ADON
Grand Terrace Nursing And Rehabilitation
08.2010 - Current
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents, and families.
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Collaborated with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Established and monitored infection control programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to prevent transmission of disease and infection.
- Planned and assigned workload to nursing staff
- Worked closely administration to develop and implement best practices to improve patient outcomes.
- Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
- Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
- Monitored and inspected staff processes to eliminate hazards posed for both residents and staff while ensuring continuous compliance with regulations.
LVN Intake Nurse
Rio Home Care
01.2009 - 08.2010
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Coordinate care with the team and referral sources.
- Evaluate incoming referrals for appropriateness for admission
- Obtain verification of benefits, patient demographics and all required clinical support documentation
LVN Field Nurse/intake Nurse
Health Care Unlimited Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2009
- Educated patients and caregivers on disease processes, medications, plans of care and individualized treatment plans.
- Reviewed all medicines to identify possible adverse reactions, significant side effects, drug allergies and contraindicated medications.
- Administered effective nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent and disabled patients.
- Observed confidentiality safeguards for all patient-related information.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
LVN/LVN Floor Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
05.2000 - 01.2002
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
Education
Associates - Nursing/LVN Program
South Texas College
Mcallen, TX05.2000
Skills
- Indirect Patient Care
- Patient Medical Histories
- Patient Data Gathering
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Assisting Physicians
- Chronic Disease Management
- Collecting Vitals
- Intramuscular Injections
- Patient Health Information Access
- Multi-Tasking and Prioritization
- Task Delegation
- Charting and Recording
- Administrative Support
- Recruiting and Hiring
- Shift Scheduling
Certification
- CPR certified
- First Aide certified
- IV certified
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
LVN,ADON
Grand Terrace Nursing And Rehabilitation
08.2010 - Current
LVN Intake Nurse
Rio Home Care
01.2009 - 08.2010
LVN Field Nurse/intake Nurse
Health Care Unlimited Inc.
01.2002 - 01.2009
LVN/LVN Floor Nurse
Mission Hospital Regional Medical Center
05.2000 - 01.2002
Associates - Nursing/LVN Program
South Texas College
- CPR certified
- First Aide certified
- IV certified
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