Cynthia Trevino
Harlingen
Summary
Compassionate LVN with a focus on patient education, wound care, and infection control. Committed to delivering high-quality care and fostering strong patient relationships. I work well with others. I have great organizational skills.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen
10.2004 - Current
- Wound care as prescribed by physicians, ensuring adherence to safety protocols.
- Educated patients and families on health management, promoting wellness and preventative care strategies.
- Trained new nursing staff on protocols and procedures, fostering a culture of excellence in patient care.
- Facilitated effective communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Gathered lab specimens and order testing.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Assist with billing reconciliation.
- Work on getting authorizations from insurances for different exams, procedures, and medications.
- Assist MD with different procedures as needed.
- Familiar with different bio engineered graft products and their applications.
LVN
Harlingen OB/GYN
01.2000 - 10.2004
- Facilitated effective communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to ensure continuity of care during transitions between facilities or levels of care.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- assisted MD with different exams and procedures.
Education
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX01-2000
Skills
- Medication administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Patient care
- Clinical judgment
- Patient education
- Direct patient care
- Infection control
- Patient assessment
- Documentation accuracy
- Treatment plan implementation
- Patient and family communication
- Personal hygiene support
- Nursing processes
- HIPAA guideline adherence
- Vital signs
- Reporting and documentation
- Patient relationship building
- Caregiving skills
- Patient assessments
- Wound care
- Documenting intake
- Family communication
- Outpatient care
- Caring for wounds
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
LVN
Valley Baptist Medical Center-Harlingen
10.2004 - Current
LVN
Harlingen OB/GYN
01.2000 - 10.2004
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Nursing
Texas Southmost College