Brandy Hoemberg
Milton
Summary
Dedicated LPN with a proven track record at St. Otto's Care Center, recognized for exceptional patient care and team leadership. Skilled in enteral nutrition and compassionate care, I effectively de-escalate challenging situations, ensuring dignity and respect for residents. Committed to enhancing quality of life through meticulous attention and proactive patient assessment.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
St. Otto's Care Center
Little Falls
05.2023 - Current
- I have been a strong asset to the night shift for the past 2 years.
- I have recently received a High Five Award from a staff member that reads, "Brandy is an amazing charge nurse, delivering outstanding care to the residents. And leads the team with excellence. Her dedication ensures smooth shifts even during challenging night rounds".
- I have many duties at St. Otto's including but not limited to charge nurse of an 84-bed facility plus staff.
- I am a cart nurse who rises above many challenges with residents and behaviors.
- I can successfully de-escalate resident behaviors effectively and efficiently while maintaining the resident's dignity.
- I have gained the respect of all the residents I care for and have impacted their lives in many positive ways.
- I can identify a resident in crisis and frequently before a situation evolves into a medical deficit.
- I take pride in the care that I provide for the residents that I serve.
- I have been an effective teacher in correctly replacing a Mic-key tube, catheters, and super pubic catheters.
- Setting up kangaroo pumps and teaching how to properly use the various extensions of the Mic-key System.
- 5-star award-winning facility that works daily to strive for excellence for residents.
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Genie Healthcare
New Jersey
07.2022 - 03.2023
- I was a travel nurse and I had a contract for a LTC Center in Pine River MN.
- I took care of a 30-bed unit at that time.
- Doing much of the same kind of work that I did at St. Francis in Little Falls MN.
- As a traveler I was able to care for residents in a facility that was in crisis mode due to worker shortage.
- I was able to work with this company until they were able to fill the positions that were in need before I continued in my own journey pursuing a career that I love.
LPN
St. Francis Care Center/Little Falls Health Services
08.2019 - 01.2023
- In this role I was responsible for a 64 bed Skilled Nursing Facility.
- My day to day tasks involved obtaining and recording vital signs, medication administration.
- Applying treatments per physician's orders.
- I also did various types of wound care treatments.
- I worked with physicians taking and recording orders.
- Verifying and recording orders in the EMAR/ETAR system.
- I updated families as events or changes in conditions happened.
- I cared for various types of cases from surgical rehabs to complex geriatric cases.
- I worked with residents to help them through their day to day challenges.
LPN/ST (Licensed Practical Nurse/Surgical Technician Cross Train)
Lakewood Health Systems
Staples
02.2022 - 07.2022
- I cross trained for a brief period of time as a surgical technician.
- This was a great experience and I learned a lot about the sterile procedures and sterile processing of sterilized equipment.
- I learned many different types of surgical procedures and worked very closely with my surgeons to learn their individual routines.
- This was a very exciting role and I learned many things.
- The surgical department was not what I am accustomed to as far as pace.
- I am very driven by a fast paced day with little to no down time and I found it very hard to shift down to a very slow day with much down time.
- A small rural hospital that was just coming out of the pandemic.
Education
Associate - Nursing
Central Lakes College
Brainerd, Minnesota01.2019
Skills
- Enteral nutrition
- Administration of injections
- Pharmaceutical administration
- Patient assessment
- Transcription
- Nursing
- EMAR/ETAR documentation
- Clinical documentation
- Meticulous attention
- Epic
- Matrix
- Optimus
- POC
- Infection prevention training
- Infection control practices
- Caring for wounds
- Team leadership
- Team management
- Resident's rights
- HIPAA protocols
- Patient support
- Diabetes management
- Phlebotomy
- Palliative care
- Venipuncture
- Caregiving skills
- Compassionate care
- Immunization administration
- Nursing best practices
- Vital signs monitoring
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 205505205609, 08/01/18 to 08/01/26
- LPN/LVN MN License, 820314, Active and in good standing, 08/01/19 to Current
Awards
- High-Five Awards, I have been awarded many High-Five Awards throughout my career as an LPN by my peers. These awards have been nominations of my peers for professionalism in the workplace and for the insight and knowledge that I bring to the team. I have been awarded Employee of the Month during the COVID-19 pandemic for my unwavering care and standards for not only my residents but also for my staff who assisted me tirelessly during the pandemic. Along with the many hours of sacrifice from my personal life at home.
- High-Five Nomination, The most recent High-Five nomination reads as follows 'Brandy is an amazing charge nurse, delivering outstanding care to the residents. And leads the team with excellence. Her dedication ensures smooth shifts even during challenging night rounds'.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
St. Otto's Care Center
05.2023 - Current
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Genie Healthcare
07.2022 - 03.2023
LPN/ST (Licensed Practical Nurse/Surgical Technician Cross Train)
Lakewood Health Systems
02.2022 - 07.2022
LPN
St. Francis Care Center/Little Falls Health Services
08.2019 - 01.2023
Associate - Nursing
Central Lakes College