Brian Barnes
Canyon Country,CA
Summary
Knowledgeable LVN with extensive experience in patient care and team leadership. Managed clinical staff and trained staff effectively and ensured high-quality patient outcomes in fast-paced environments. Demonstrated proficiency in patient assessment and care coordination.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LVN Charge Nurse
EXER MORE THAN URGENT CARE
05.2013 - Current
- Regional clinical trainer
- Supervising clinical staff
- Clinic auditing
- Training onboarding RN's, LVN's, MA's
- Administering prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts
- Developing SOP's for clinical staff
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patient's conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples
- Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures
- Triaging patients
- Assisting doctors during procedures (lacerations, splinting, pediatric care, etc.)
- Running daily controls for laboratory diagnostics
EMT
PRN AMBULANCE
03.2011 - 03.2012
- Administer first aid treatment or life support care to sick or injured persons in prehospital settings
- Immobilize patient for placement on stretcher and ambulance transport, using backboard or other spinal immobilization device
- Maintain vehicles and medical and communication equipment and replenish first aid equipment and supplies
- Assess nature and extent of illness or injury to establish and prioritize medical procedures
- Communicate with dispatchers or treatment center personnel to provide information about situation, to arrange reception of victims, or to receive instructions for further treatment
- Comfort and reassure patients
- Operate equipment, such as electrocardiograms (EKGs), external defibrillators, or bag valve mask resuscitators, in advanced life support environments
- Drive mobile intensive care unit to specified location, following instructions from emergency medical dispatcher
- Coordinate work with other emergency medical team members or police or fire department personnel
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
College of The Canyons
Valencia, CABachelor of Science - Nursing
Nightingale College
Ogden, UTSkills
- Patient care coordination
- Clinical assessment
- Vital signs monitoring
- Staff scheduling
- Delegation
- Nursing department oversight
- IV placement
Certification
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- IV/blood withdrawl Certified
Timeline
LVN Charge Nurse
EXER MORE THAN URGENT CARE
05.2013 - Current
EMT
PRN AMBULANCE
03.2011 - 03.2012
Associate of Science - Nursing
College of The Canyons
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Nightingale College
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