Carmen Bethea
Westville,NJ
Summary
Skilled LPN charge nurse with a strong track record in leadership, proficient in orchestrating care, educating patients, and maintaining high standards of compliance and quality.
Overview
1
1
Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Charge Nurse
deptford center health and rehab
Deptford, NJ
04.2025 - Current
- Administered prescribed medications and treatments, ensuring patient adherence and safety.
- Monitored patient vital signs, promptly reporting changes to nursing staff to facilitate timely interventions.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities in a subacute setting, promoting comfort and enhancing quality of life.
LPN Charge Nurse
AristaCare of cherry hill
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
09.2023 - 12.2024
- Collaborated with healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and adjust care, and implement targeted interventions.
- Administered medications and monitored patient responses to treatments, ensuring optimal care in a subacute setting.
- Provided education to clients, patients, and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management, and wound care.
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Deptford Center health and rehab
Deptford, NJ
09.2022 - 09.2023
- Directed daily operations for 240-bed nursing facility with a focus on quality care and protocol compliance.
- Ensured consistent quality care through diligent oversight of protocols across a 240-bed nursing facility through close oversight of protocols.
- Developed and implemented nursing care plans for individual patients based on their needs.
- Coordinated staffing solutions to effectively address coverage gaps and resolve scheduling challenges.
- Intervened to resolve resident and employee concerns.
- Resolved resident and employee concerns through timely involvement as needed.
- Addressed staffing issues through prompt intervention and coordination.
- Assessed new patient care technologies and provided actionable recommendations for enhancing care delivery systems.
- Assessed new patient care technologies and provided recommendations for care delivery systems.
- Supported operations for 240-bed nursing facility, ensuring quality care and adherence to care protocols.
Licensed Practical Nurse
deptford center health and rehab center
deptford, NJ
09.2016 - 09.2022
- Administered medications and treatments per physician orders.
- Checked patient vital signs and communicated significant changes to nursing staff for timely intervention.
- Monitored lab values for changes, facilitating prompt responses to patient needs.
- Managed and tracked scheduled appointments to optimize patient care delivery.
Education
License Practical Nurse - License Practical Nurse
Prism Career Institute
Cherry Hill, NJ03-2016
High School Diploma -
Deptford High School
Deptford, NJ06-1988
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Emergency medical care
- Wound care therapy
- Intravenous therapy administration
- IV therapy administration
- Dialysis patient management
- Diabetes patient care
- Geriatric patient care
- End-of-life care
- Tracheostomy management
- Colostomy management
- Nutrition management
- PEG tube administration
Certification
- BLS adult, child and infant CPR/AED & First Aid 11/22/2025 -11/22/2027
- Practical nurse 06/2026- 06/2028
Timeline
LPN Charge Nurse
deptford center health and rehab
04.2025 - Current
LPN Charge Nurse
AristaCare of cherry hill
09.2023 - 12.2024
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Deptford Center health and rehab
09.2022 - 09.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse
deptford center health and rehab center
09.2016 - 09.2022
License Practical Nurse - License Practical Nurse
Prism Career Institute
High School Diploma -
Deptford High School