Courtney Edwards
Apollo Beach
Summary
Experienced and dedicated LPN with a strong desire to contribute to a professional team. Recognized for consistently achieving high levels of productivity and efficiently completing tasks. Proficient in patient care management, patient education and medication administration. Demonstrates exceptional leadership abilities, effective communication skills, and a talent for problem-solving to ensure the delivery of outstanding patient care and seamless team coordination.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Renal Care Coordinator
RHC
10.2024 - Current
- Used company software and databases to maintain records of services performed and patient conditions.
- Managed patient caseloads effectively, ensuring timely follow-up and appropriate interventions.
- Developed strong relationships with community partners, facilitating referrals and collaboration on behalf of patients.
- Conducted regular evaluations of care plan effectiveness, making necessary adjustments based on feedback from patients and providers.
- Built strong relationships with clients to deliver emotional support and companionship.
- Maintained accurate and up-to-date documentation of patient records in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
- Assessed patient needs and connected them with appropriate resources to ensure optimal health outcomes.
- Facilitated appointments and transportation for patients, streamlining access to essential medical services.
- Actively participated in team meetings focused on improving clinic operations and developing more effective strategies.
- Worked closely with nephrologists to review patient outcomes and make necessary adjustments in treatment plans for optimal results.
LPN-Team Lead
American Renal Associates
10.2022 - 09.2024
- Serve as an advocate in regard to decisions affecting the plan of care
- Identify and document patient/family/significant others educational needs
- And implement ongoing education relevant to those needs
- Apply knowledge of specific conditions and treatment therapies for the
- Specific patient population of the unit
- Perform appropriate assessment patient/family teaching of management
- Of pain beginning at admission with reassessment and follow up throughout
- Hospitalization and concluding with discharge planning needs
- Coordinate discharge planning needs for discharge with other members of
- The health care team
- Verify treatment orders relevant to the dialysis treatment for each
- Individual patient
- Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness by
- Explaining post
- Treatment home care needs and self-administration of
- Medication
LPN Field Nurse
Hillsborough County Jail
03.2024 - 07.2024
- Instructed patients on health maintenance, disease prevention, medications and treatment regimens.
- Administered prescribed medications following established protocols while monitoring for adverse reactions or side effects.
- Controlled infection through proper hand hygiene practices before and after contact with a patient.
LPN-Team Lead
Fresenius
03.2013 - 05.2022
- Serve as an advocate in regard to decisions affecting the plan of care
- Identify and document patient/family/significant others educational needs
- And implement ongoing education relevant to those needs
- Apply knowledge of specific conditions and treatment therapies for the
- Specific patient population of the unit
- Perform appropriate assessment patient/family teaching of management
- Of pain beginning at admission with reassessment and follow up throughout
- Hospitalization and concluding with discharge planning needs
- Coordinate discharge planning needs for discharge with other members of
- The health care team
- Verify treatment orders relevant to the dialysis treatment for each
- Individual patient
- Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness by
- Explaining post treatment home care needs and self-administration of
- Medication
Phlebotomist
One Blood
08.2011 - 05.2013
- Draw blood from patients or blood donors
- Explain their work to help relax patients or donors who feel nervous about
- Having blood drawn
- Verify a patient's or donor's identity
- Label the collected blood for testing or processing
- Label sterile containers for other samples, such as urine, and instruct
- Patients on proper collection procedures
- Enter sample information into a database
- Assemble, maintain, and dispose of medical instruments such as needles
- Test tubes, and blood vials
- Keep work areas and equipment clean and sanitary
- Phlebotomists primarily draw blood, which is then used for different kinds
- Of medical laboratory testing or for procedures, such as transfusions
- In
- Medical and diagnostic laboratories, patients sometimes interact only with
- The phlebotomist
- In donation centers or locations that have blood drives
- Phlebotomists draw blood from donors
- Because all blood looks the same
- Phlebotomists must carefully identify and label the blood they have
- Collected and enter the information into a database
Education
Specialized in Nursing
Schiller International University
ASN -
Courtney Edwards
09.2017
Skills
- Serve as an advocate in regard to decisions affecting the plan of care
- Identify and document patient/family/significant others educational needs and implement ongoing education relevant to those needs
- Apply knowledge of specific conditions and treatment therapies for the specific patient population of the unit
- Perform appropriate assessment patient/family teaching of management of pain beginning at admission with reassessment and follow up throughout hospitalization and concluding with discharge planning needs
- Coordinate discharge planning needs for discharge with other members of the health care team
- Verify treatment orders relevant to the dialysis treatment for each individual patient
- Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness by explaining post-treatment home care needs and self-administration of medication
- Draw blood from patients or blood donors
- Explain their work to help relax patients or donors who feel nervous about having blood drawn
- Verify a patient's or donor's identity
- Label the collected blood for testing or processing
- Label sterile containers for other samples, such as urine, and instruct patients on proper collection procedures
- Enter sample information into a database
- Assemble, maintain, and dispose of medical instruments such as needles, test tubes, and blood vials
- Keep work areas and equipment clean and sanitary
- Teaching strategies
References
Jerri Biernacki, (727) 422-4293
Timeline
Renal Care Coordinator
RHC
10.2024 - Current
LPN Field Nurse
Hillsborough County Jail
03.2024 - 07.2024
LPN-Team Lead
American Renal Associates
10.2022 - 09.2024
LPN-Team Lead
Fresenius
03.2013 - 05.2022
Phlebotomist
One Blood
08.2011 - 05.2013
Specialized in Nursing
Schiller International University
ASN -
Courtney Edwards
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