Colleen Backer

• Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
• Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
• Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
• Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.

I worked at Kernan Elementary school as the LPN for their school based health center until school closed during covid. I then transferred to the house in Boonville.

My duties were to prepare children for their appts with the NP, lab draws, administer medications. I scheduled all appts and did their initial intakes.

I was the main nurse at a 12 bed medical home for disabled adults.

I administered medications and tube feedings.

I kept all 12 pts charts utd as requested by NYS.

I ordered all medications, appts and lab draws weekly.

I worked at the Hobart Street clinic in the specialty clinics.

I prepared pts for the physicians, lab draws administered immunizations and medications.

I scheduled all the appts for 7 physicians, maintained their charts, refilled medications and communicated any concerns to the physicians.

Worked in the laboratory as a certified phlebotomist

Performed blood draws on inpatients, out patients in the lab and out patients at their homed in the community