Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Office Nurse
Northside Hospital - Cherokee - MANG Main Office
06.2012 - Current
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
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.
Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
Administered medications and injections to patients.
Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
LPN Office Nurse
Emory / St. Joseph's Gyn / Uro Dr. L. Roberts
02.2011 - 06.2012
Provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with preops.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Catheter insertion with sterile technique .
Bladder irrigations
Set the patient up for Urodynamics testing.
Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
Administered injections to patients.
Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
LPN Phone Nurse
Medical Associates Of North GA
08.2010 - 02.2011
Assisted with appointments and scheduling diagnostic and lab testing.
Documented accurate and complete patient information.
Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
LPN II
Central KS Medical Center
01.2006 - 05.2010
6-2004 to 11-2005
8-2002 to 5-2004
Worked in OB GYN office with multiple responsibilities. Preparing and assisting with procedures. Collecting and resulting out lab specimens. Registering all new OB patients in Enatal electronic records and entering all test results in Enatal.
Worked in out patient clinic administering medications, dressing changes, and any other services for our clients to make it convenient for them. Also, assistant to the nurse manager; helping with updating policy and procedures.
Med-Surg-Peds, OB postpartum, ICU, Rehab, and ER. IV insertion and Phlebotomy.
LPN II
Ellinwood District Hospital Clinic
01.2002 - 05.2002
LPN in a rural health clinic. Administered injections, allergy shots, phlebotomy, telephone triage, and assisting with procedures.
LPN II
Hays Medical Center
09.2001 - 12.2001
LPN on a medical floor. IV insertions, assessing patients, and administering medications.
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
LPN II
Clara Barton Hospital And Clinic
01.2001 - 09.2001
LPN in a rural family practice office. Administering injections, assisting with procedures, and telephone triage.
LPN two Saturday's a month in a rural hospital.
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
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.
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 with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
Administered medications and injections to patients.
LPN
Neil Shechtman, MD
09.1998 - 12.1999
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Phlebotomy, EKG, Telephone Triage, ICD-9 coding tests ordered. Review charts to make sure proper documentation had been entered to cover tests ordered.
LPN
Chestatee Regional Hospital
03.1998 - 05.1998
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
LPN Med-Surg-Peds
LPN II
FL Hospital @ @auchula
03.1997 - 10.1997
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
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.
Nurse on Medical / Telemetry floor
Monitored Telelmetries
LPN
Mountainside Medical Center
03.1996 - 11.1996
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
LPN Med - Surg
LPN
Family Care Of Cartersville
07.1995 - 03.1996
LPN in Family Practice Office.
LPN
Court Street Clinic
01.1994 - 02.1995
Lead nurse in family practice / occupational health office.