Candice Garror
Mansfield,TX
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety, and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
CVS Minute Clinic
03.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Shiftkey
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
Licensed Practical Nurse
PrimeTime Healthcare
08.2020 - 10.2022
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
Licensed Practical Nurse
The Blake
01.2019 - 07.2020
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
Education
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Hinds Community College
Raymond, MSAssociate of Applied Science - Practical Nursing
Hinds Community College
Raymond, MSSkills
- Physical Assessment
- Specimen Collection
- Clinical Documentation
- Medication Administration
- Chronic disease management
- Wound Care
- Vital Signs
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- EMR / EHR
Certification
- BLS
- IV Certification
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
CVS Minute Clinic
03.2023 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Shiftkey
01.2022 - 03.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse
PrimeTime Healthcare
08.2020 - 10.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
The Blake
01.2019 - 07.2020
Associate of Arts - Nursing
Hinds Community College
Associate of Applied Science - Practical Nursing
Hinds Community College
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