Bradley W. Neal
Millington,TN
Summary
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ICU Stepdown
LPN, Baptist Memorial Healthcare
04.2020 - Current
- This is a several hundred bed, high volume, high acuity facility in the metro Memphis area
- Under the supervision of the Charge RN, I execute patient care at an ICU Stepdown level of care
- Duties include assessment as scope permits, PO and IV medication administration, evaluation of patient progress with accurate and timely documentation, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, and appropriate notification to RN or Provider of change in patient status requiring intervention.
Skilled Nursing LPN
ShiftKey Staffing
02.2020 - Current
- This is a national staffing agency that connects long term and psychiatric care facilities to appropriate and available healthcare staff in the region to fill critical facility needs on an emergent basis
- With this agency, I have traveled to several skilled nursing facilities in the West Tennessee region, filling these critical needs
- This role requires quickly adapting to an unfamiliar environment, establishing rapport with existing staff and patients, and assuming patient care and duties to include assessment, medication administration, and accurate and timely documentation per facility standards.
LPN
Infusion LPN, Vighter
08.2021 - 11.2021
- This was the fifth and final assignment that I was recruited to participate in with Vighter/CHS medical as part of the national response to COVID-19
- During this assignment, I was an integral member of a team of nurses, whom, under the direction of a Nurse Practitioner, administered monoclonal antibody infusions to active Covid patients
- This required screening for appropriateness of medication, patient assessment, initiating IV access, and medication administration
- Close patient monitoring both inter and post infusion was additionally imperative in this role, to assess for potential reactions, which were either treated or elevated to a higher level of care per Provider direction
- Border Assistance
Vighter/CHS Medical
05.2021 - 06.2021
- This was the fourth effort with Vighter/CHS medical that I was recruited to assist with
- This effort focused on the needs and care of the particularly vulnerable population of Covid positive migrant children who were victims of the border crisis
- As a member of the team exclusively dedicated to the medical needs of this patient population, under the direction of the supervising Provider, treatment was executed not only for symptomatic management of COVID 19, but often for infirmities requiring isolation and focused treatment efforts, such as lice and scabies.
LPN
Vighter/CHS Medical
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Immediately following the endeavors in El Paso, TX, our CHS Medical team was recruited to once again care for COVID positive overflow patients in the Austin, TX metro area in a field hospital setting
- As before, tailored efforts were made by an interdisciplinary team to care for and meet the needs of vulnerable patients of varying acuity and facing a variety of socioeconomic challenges
- Duties again included assessment of patients, medication administration, accurate and timely documentation, and appropriate reporting of events and changes to Providers
- Crisis Response LPN
LPN
Vighter/CHS Medical
10.2020 - 01.2021
- Following my participation in the COVID 19 response with Vighter/CHS medical in NYC, I was recruited to participate in a subsequent effort to care for overflow Covid positive patients in a field hospital setting
- Once again, the patients served by this team were of varying acuities, and tailored efforts were made by an interdisciplinary team to meet these needs to the best of abilities and resources available
- My duties included but were not limited to assessment of patients, medication administration to include IV administration of Remdesivir and Dexamethasone for acute COVID patients, accurate and timely documentation, appropriate reporting of change in status to Providers, and collaboration with interdisciplinary teams to holistically facilitate discharge and post discharge needs of our patients
- Crisis Response
Skilled Nursing LPN
Mesa Springs Healthcare Center
04.2019 - 08.2020
- As part of the patient care team at this skilled nursing facility, my duties included patient admission and intake, assessment, timely documentation to facility standards, medication administration to include the administration of ordered intravenous antibiotics, maintenance of intravenous access, enteral nutrition, and wound care
- In addition to these clinical duties, I collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to report significant events to Providers, facilitated communication with family, and sought to provide overall holistic care to the patient population.
Vighter/CHS Medical
04.2020 - 05.2020
- As part of a nationwide response to COVID 19, I traveled to NYC for the first time as an agency nurse to participate in efforts battling against the devastation of this pandemic
- During this assignment, I functioned as part of a team dedicated to caring for the overflow patient population of varying acuities from overwhelmed local and regional facilities in a field hospital environment
- In addition to adapting to unfamiliar and often volatile conditions of a field hospital while maintaining high standards of patient care and appropriate personal protection, I collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of critical care RNs, physicians, respiratory therapists, and social workers, with tailored efforts made for the individual needs and hopeful discharge and recovery of our patients.
Skilled Nursing LPN
Haskell Healthcare Center
08.2018 - 04.2019
- As part of the patient care team at this skilled nursing facility, my duties included patient admission and intake, assessment, timely documentation to facility standards, medication administration to include the administration of ordered intravenous antibiotics, maintenance of intravenous access, enteral nutrition, and wound care
- In addition to these clinical duties, I collaborated with an interdisciplinary team to report significant events to Providers, facilitated communication with family, and sought to provide overall holistic care to the patient population.
Services LPN/Marketing Liason
Home Health, Advocate Home Care
01.2018 - 07.2018
- Upon my initial entry to this team, my role was focused on providing home health services to a focused cohort of clientele
- Services provided to these patients included performing blood draws as ordered per Provider and subsequently transporting these specimens per protocol and training, providing education pertaining to prescribed medications, wound care as ordered per Provider, management of long term intravenous access, and acted as liaison between patients and Providers to facilitate further interventions, education, and appointments
- Following my clinical performance with this company, I was recruited to additionally participate in Marketing; my role then expanded to not only maintaining existing rapport with Providers, but seeking and securing new relationships with Providers and patients by providing education on services offered by the Advocate team.
Sales Associate
Toyota of Boerne
06.2017 - 01.2018
- Recruited by a former superior, I again built and maintained a loyal customer base through exceptional customer service, resulting in a high rate of repeat business and referrals, utilized strong negotiation skills, and collaborated with cross functional teams to optimize the customer experience.
Sales Associate
Ancira CJDR
11.2016 - 06.2017
- In this role, I built and maintained a loyal customer base through exceptional customer service, resulting in a high rate of repeat business and referrals, utilized strong negotiation skills, and collaborated with cross functional teams to optimize the customer experience.
Cardiac Care LVN, San Antonio Military Medical Center
06.2015 - 10.2016
- Following my licensure, I began working as part of a team dedicated to the care of patients recovering from cardiothoracic surgery
- Through this experience and under the teaching and guidance of critical care RNs and military Providers, I gained competence in multiple cardiac devices, to include external pacing, Life Vest, internal pacemaker/defibrillator, and TR bands
- Within this role, in addition to patient assessment, medication administration, and analyzation of patient data, appropriate reporting of changes in status were made to the overseeing RN or Provider as circumstantially necessary
- Additionally, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team was vital to the holistic care of patients, with goals ultimately oriented towards progress necessitating transfer to a lower level of care, or to home with family.
Education
Bachelors - Healthcare Leadership And Finance
University of Memphis
Memphis, TNBegan pursuit of Bachelors - Finance
McMurry University
Abilene, Sam Houston, TXUnited States Army, Armed Center & School
03.2015
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Crisis Prevention Intervention
- Compassionate and Caring
- Delegation and Motivation
- Routine Examinations
- Patient Data Management Systems
- Reaction Observation
- Individualized Treatment Plans
- Accurate Documentation
- Update Electronic Charts
- EMR Systems
- Health Data Management
Certification
BLS - #225418716646, Exp 9/2024
Timeline
LPN
Infusion LPN, Vighter
08.2021 - 11.2021
Vighter/CHS Medical
05.2021 - 06.2021
LPN
Vighter/CHS Medical
01.2021 - 03.2021
LPN
Vighter/CHS Medical
10.2020 - 01.2021
ICU Stepdown
LPN, Baptist Memorial Healthcare
04.2020 - Current
Vighter/CHS Medical
04.2020 - 05.2020
Skilled Nursing LPN
ShiftKey Staffing
02.2020 - Current
Skilled Nursing LPN
Mesa Springs Healthcare Center
04.2019 - 08.2020
Skilled Nursing LPN
Haskell Healthcare Center
08.2018 - 04.2019
Services LPN/Marketing Liason
Home Health, Advocate Home Care
01.2018 - 07.2018
Sales Associate
Toyota of Boerne
06.2017 - 01.2018
Sales Associate
Ancira CJDR
11.2016 - 06.2017
Cardiac Care LVN, San Antonio Military Medical Center
06.2015 - 10.2016
Bachelors - Healthcare Leadership And Finance
University of Memphis
Began pursuit of Bachelors - Finance
McMurry University
United States Army, Armed Center & School
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