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Carrie Turner

Pensacola

Summary

License practical nurse with 19 years experience in a variety of healthcare settings. Driven, hardworking and bringing demonstrated patient care, medication monitoring and treatment management expertise. Strong attention to detail, excellent attendance record, dedicated, and dependable with strong organizational skills, and ability to multi-task in a high-paced environment.


Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

FULL TIME NEUROSURGERY SUPPORT CLINIC LPN

Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
11.2022 - Current
  • Screening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care of young adult to geriatric patients. Obtain patient medical and family history, drug allergies, current medications, vital signs. Document patient information in the medical record accurately and timely.
  • Perform staple/suture removal, dressing changes with post care treatment and education.
  • Inform/Educate patients of doctors orders/labs/test results/treatment plan.
  • Creates, implement, maintain surgery schedules.
  • Pre/post-op consenting and education.
  • Responds to fax, incoming telephone calls, messages, EMR notifications.
  • Triage incoming telephone calls. Perform verbal assessments over the phone to prioritize scheduling for urgent surgeries/procedures and/or providing clinical recommendations. Inform doctor if immediate care is needed, refer to ER for emergent issues.
  • Communicating frequently with surgeon and keeping them updated.
  • Place lab and radiology orders and referrals. Chart review and chart prep. Place various in-house and outside referrals.
  • Chart prep to confirm in-house diagnostic test done and results finalized prior to follow up in clinic and prior to surgery.

(PRN) STAFF NURSE

Pensacola Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
04.2024 - Current
  • Taking and monitoring patient vital signs
  • Assessed physical, psychological, physiologic, and cognitive status of patients.
  • Communicating changes in patient behavior or health status to physicians, and family members
  • Collecting specimen samples when needed
  • Overseeing Certified Nursing Assistants and training
  • Preparing patients for transfers or discharge
  • Perform specialized procedures including tracheostomy care and enteral feeding management.
  • Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

LEAD LPN

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
04.2010 - 11.2022
  • Screening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care of young adult to geriatric patients. Obtain patient medical and family history, drug allergies, current medications, vital signs.
  • Perform EKG, ABI test, snellen eye test, staple/suture removal, ear irrigation, dressing changes with post care treatment and education.
  • Prepares and administers medications including injections, vaccinations, intramuscular, intradermal, oral, subcutaneous, nebulizer treatments.
  • POC lab testing: basic urinalysis, Hcg, rapid strep and flu test. Covid swabbing.
  • Inform/Educate patients of doctors orders/labs/test results/treatment plan.
  • Creates, implement, maintain clinic schedules.
  • Maintain adequate stock of supplies and keep exam rooms stocked with medical supplies and maintain infection control.
  • Triage incoming telephone calls. Perform verbal assessments over the phone to prioritize scheduling for urgent appointments and/or providing clinical recommendations. Inform doctor if immediate care is needed, offer work-in vs routine appointment, and refer to ER for emergent issues.
  • Coordinate prescription orders with pharmacy in-house and outside clinic, home health, hospice with chart review prior to provider authorization.
  • Complete numerous forms, application, and prescriptions regarding FMLA, home health, employer disability, handicap placards, patient health related statements, DME prescriptions.
  • Creates and maintains accurate detailed reports and records. Review numerous outside medical records daily and charting synopsis of records for internal medicine/family practice provider review.
  • Chart prep to confirm in-house diagnostic test and procedures done and results finalized prior to follow up and confirm outside records received prior to follow up.
  • Wound care nurse in clinic once a week for 8 years alongside PA-C. Managing wounds, providing patient and family education, home supplies, wound assessment, measure, chart, photograph. Managing schedule and supplies.
  • Float between multiple providers within the clinic and Covid clinic.
  • Provides guidance, instruction, direction and leadership to my team.
  • Training and mentoring team members and new medical staff and informing staff of changes to protocols.
  • Attend monthly leadership meetings and biweekly leadership meetings.

MED SURG NURSE

Parkview Hospital
04.2009 - 04.2010
  • Preparing, administering, and recording prescribed medications.
  • Measure and record vitals.
  • Providing bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients including pre and post-op surgery.
  • Initiation, administration, and monitoring of IV therapy, wound care, catheterizations, monitored post surgical drains, catheters.

HOSPICE FIELD NURSE AND ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Trinity Hospice
04.2006 - 04.2009
  • Collaborate with physicians and other professionals to plan care.
  • Make frequent visits to terminally ill patients in home and facility's to evaluate their condition.
  • Provide support and comfort to individual patient needs.
  • Work with caregivers to plan and execute patient care.
  • Help in administering medication.
  • Alleviate sudden symptoms of the disease's end phase.
  • Notify a physician with a patients condition when deemed necessary.
  • Assist patient and their families with paperwork. Maintain accurate records. Help relatives cope with the upcoming loss and provide post-Mortem support.
  • Manage the ordering of supplies, medications, medical equipment.
  • Assister other nurses and case managers.

Education

VOCATIONAL IN PRACTICAL NURSING -

Caddo Kiowa Technology Center
Fort Cobb, OK
03.2006

VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS, TYPING, TENKEY - undefined

Caddo Kiowa Technology Center
Fort Cobb, OK
10.2004

Skills

  • EMR systems
  • Vital signs
  • Customer service
  • Communication skills
  • Medication administration
  • Patient assessment
  • Wound care
  • Triage
  • Care planning
  • Leadership

Certification

  • LPN License, FL, 07/01/25
  • CPR Certification
  • Basic Life Support (BLS), AHA
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), AHA

Groups

Outreach/Group sub committee, 08/01/22

Awards

  • DAISY Award Honoree, 10/01/24
  • LPN Lead promotion, 05/01/21
  • Clinic Annual Core Four Value Champion Award + Employee of the year nominee, 01/01/21
  • Champion of Health Award Recipient for leading clinic's elderly health program, 09/01/20
  • IHS Area Director's Merit Award, 01/01/16

Timeline

(PRN) STAFF NURSE

Pensacola Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
04.2024 - Current

FULL TIME NEUROSURGERY SUPPORT CLINIC LPN

Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola
11.2022 - Current

LEAD LPN

Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
04.2010 - 11.2022

MED SURG NURSE

Parkview Hospital
04.2009 - 04.2010

HOSPICE FIELD NURSE AND ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR OF NURSING

Trinity Hospice
04.2006 - 04.2009

VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS, TYPING, TENKEY - undefined

Caddo Kiowa Technology Center

VOCATIONAL IN PRACTICAL NURSING -

Caddo Kiowa Technology Center

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