December 2024 makes twenty-nine years in the nursing field as a Certified Nursing Assistant, eighteen years as a Level 2 Certified Nursing Assistant, and one year as a Phlebotomist with seven years experience in venipuncture. During this time, I have worked in Skilled Nursing Facilities, a Detention Center, several Hospitals, Home Health Care, and Davita Dialysis Center. Also, I worked overseas providing aide to wounded Marines, Army, and Bomb Detection Officers. My career in the nursing field and phlebotomy has always been a rewarding experience and my goal is to continue advancing.
- Patient Care all ages under supervision of a RN: EKGs, vital signs, wound care, OCL splinting, insert/removal foley catheters, suction, external male/female catheters, bathing, toileting assistance, camera observation of safety/behavioral health patients, D/C IV sites, connect patient to cardiac monitors with telemetry and continuous pulse oximetry, administer oxygen by nasal cannula or face mask, phlebotomy, such as lab draws, specimen collection, etc.
- Switchboard
- Fall prevention ED representative in monthly meetings
- Wound Care ED representative
- Outpatient lab draws and specimen collection
- Inpatient and Emergency Room lab draws and specimen collection
- Log in other healthcare offices specimens or blood draws
- Patient Care under supervision of a RN: vital signs, wound care, bathing, assistance with ambulation, blood glucose checks, insert/removal of foley catheters, external male/female catheters, D/C of IV sites, and toileting, etc.
- Preceptor to new PCTs
- Venipuncture
- Assisted Patient Care in Same Day Surgery and PACU
- Assisted GI Physician with Endoscopy/Colonoscopy
- Patient Care under supervision of a RN: vital sign, assistance with feeding, insert/removal of foley catheters, EKGs, assistance with ambulation, bathing, blood glucose checks, connecting patient's to telemetry or continuous pulse oximetry, and wound care, etc.
- Venipuncture
- CPI Training
- BLS
- Mission/St Joseph's Training: Transfer Mobility, Palliative Care, Basic Cardiac Interpretation I & 2, Behavioral Health Training, Venipuncture and Preceptor Training
- OCl Training
- HCA Basic Cardiac Interpretation and Venipuncture
- Davita Dialysis Technician Certification
- Phlebotomy
- CNA I
- CNA II
- Wound Care Training
- Endoscopy/Colonoscopy Technician Training
- Basic Computer Skills
- Detention Officer/Nurse in Cherokee County Jail
- Skilled Nursing Facilities and Home Health Care Nursing