DANNA HENRY
Dubuque,IA
Summary
Self motivated, decisive healthcare professional with proven bedside manners, clinical skills and diagnostic support experience. Manage and document current conditions to effectively support patients and work within multidisciplinary healthcare to enhance outcomes. Specialize in geriatric and behavioral health care patient care. Patient and provider communication is the pinnacle of good care.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Grand River Medical Group
Dubuque, IA
06.2022 - Current
- Became proficient with prior authorizations for medications and procedures.
- Communicate with patients regarding results.
- Answer basic health need questions.
- Arrange procedures, infusions, and referrals.
- Administering breath testing for food intolerance.
- Managing medication refills with pharmacy
Behavioral Health LPN
Unity Point Finley Hospital
Dubuque, IA
01.2018 - 06.2022
- Communicate concerns regarding patient status and environment to charge nurse, physicians and case managers
- Document patient intake and dietary requirements
- Answer patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures
- Look for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtain necessary care for medical concerns
- Chart changes in patient conditions and discuss concerns with health care provider
Charge Licensed Practical Nurse
Stonehill Care Center
Dubuque, IA
10.2012 - 11.2017
- Administrate high consequence medication with exacting accuracy , monitoring patients for side effects and supporting patient comfort and comprehensive recovery
- Establish direct lines of communication between nursing staff and other interested departments supporting patient care with collaboration between personnel complementary specialties
- Supervisor exceptional team with collaborative leadership ane creative responses to resource scarcity and nurse availability
- Took patients blood pressures, temperature and pules, documented height and weight
- Directed medication administration and oversaw patient care
- Chart changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising health care provider
- Adhere to facility and legal standards for daily operations
- Medication room management
- Precepted new staff nurses to provide education on hospital policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures and techniques and patient assessment and intervention
Charge Licensed Practical Nurse
Julian Care Center
Dubuque, IA
02.2011 - 10.2012
- Establish direct lines of communication between nursing staff and other interested departments, supporting patient care with collaboration between personnel with complementary specialties.
- Supervise an exceptional team with collaborative leadership and creative responses to resource scarcity and nurse availability.
- Take patients' blood pressure, temperature, and pulse; document height and weight.
- Directed medication administration and oversaw patient care.
- Chart changes in patient's condition and discussed with supervising healthcare provider.
- Adhere to facility and legal standards for daily operations, medication room management.
- Prepare new staff nurses to provide education on facility policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures, and techniques.
- Monitor patient conditions and progress, reevaluating treatments as necessary.
- Conduct wound assessment for patient and document information.
- Work with healthcare teams to assess patients, manage wounds, and monitor healing.
- Educate patient and family members on cleaning and dressing wounds, and identifying signs of infection
- Measure wound depth to support treatment methods and examine healing
- Classify wounds using staging system based on visual evaluation of affected tissue
- Minimized patient skin breakdown by devising and carrying out skin care plan
Education
Diploma of Practical Nursing - Nursing
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar, IA05-2003
Skills
- Nursing Ethics
- Vital signs monitoring
- Compassionate Care
- Behavioral Health
- Wound Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Family Communication
- Patient Intake
- Physical Assessment
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Patient evaluations
- Patient Assessments
- Educating families
- Empathetic and compassionate
- Medication Dispensing
- HIPAA Compliance
- Behavioral assessment
- First Aid/CPR
- Psychotropic medication knowledge
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Grand River Medical Group
06.2022 - Current
Behavioral Health LPN
Unity Point Finley Hospital
01.2018 - 06.2022
Charge Licensed Practical Nurse
Stonehill Care Center
10.2012 - 11.2017
Charge Licensed Practical Nurse
Julian Care Center
02.2011 - 10.2012
Diploma of Practical Nursing - Nursing
Northeast Iowa Community College
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