ELAINE VENTURA
Clermont
Summary
Seasoned and licensed Practical Nurse with a proven track record at Orlando Health, demonstrating exceptional communication and critical thinking abilities. Expertise in administering medications, performing complex urologic and cardiology procedures, and delivering compassionate care ensures a high standard of patient support. Strong leadership skills complement a commitment to team collaboration and adaptability in dynamic healthcare environments. Proficient in clinical documentation and HIPAA compliance, with a focus on thorough patient assessments and health education to enhance overall patient outcomes.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
Orlando Health, South Lake Hospital, FL
09.2023 - Current
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when needed.
- Administered prescribed medications according to standing protocols.
- Demonstrated proficiency in performing urologic interventions, ie: inserting foley catheters, exchanging foley catheters and suprapubic catheters, performing bladder scans. Rooming, vital signs, triage patient calls.
- Assisting with urological procedures, such as cystoscopies, vasectomies and biopsies.
- Position: Onsite
Licensed Practical Nurse
Children's Cardiology Clinic
Leesburg, FL
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Performing electrocardiograms, taking vital signs, registering and attaching Holter monitors to patients.
- Scheduling appointments, troubleshooting Holter issues, and triaging patient calls.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
Orlando Health, Clermont, FL
12.2018 - 07.2022
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when needed.
- Administered prescribed medications according to treatment plan.
- Neurosurgery Department: Obtain vital signs, room patients, obtain history and physical. Obtain surgical clearances, triage patient calls.
- Cardiology Department: Resource Nurse- Triage patient calls, post-operative wound care management, enter imaging, lab or medication orders.
- Obstetrics and Gynecology Department: Obtain vital signs and fetal heart tones. Assist with well woman exams, colposcopies, give birth control injections, perform urinalysis testing. Cross-trained to assist in Urogynecology, i.e., perform Urodynamics testing, urinalysis, and assist with exams.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Leesburg Regional Medical Center
Leesburg, FL
10.2021 - 02.2022
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when needed.
- Administered prescribed medications according to treatment plan, wound care management, obtain vital signs, perform accuchecks, insert naso-gastric tubing and foley catheters. Completing admissions and discharges or transfers.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Home Care Connect
Winter Park, FL
03.2018 - 11.2018
- Locating and securing contracts nationwide for home health services, ie: Occupational, Skilled and Physical Therapy, for Workers Compensation clients.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Validus Senior Living
Ocoee, FL
12.2017 - 03.2018
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when needed.
- Administered prescribed medications according to treatment plan, perform accuchecks, administration of insulin, minor wound care, supervise nurse aides. Provide compassionate care for residents.
Correctional Nurse
Orange County Corrections Department
Orlando, FL
08.2017 - 12.2017
- Developed strong relationships with patients through compassionate communication techniques.
- Administered medications to patients and monitored for reactions or side effects.
- Followed infection control procedures to prevent or stop spread of infections.
- Wound care management, perform accuchecks, assist with emergencies throughout the barracks.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Lake Ear, Nose & Throat, and FPS
Leesburg, FL
02.2017 - 07.2017
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when needed.
- Allergy testing, customizing immunotherapy vials, and giving immunotherapy injections.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Nurse
Women's Care
Clermont
10.2016 - 02.2017
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess changes in patient conditions, recognize complications and intervene appropriately.
- Demonstrated strong communication skills to collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
- Provided direct patient care, including assessment and evaluation of health status, development of individualized plans of care and implementation of nursing interventions.
- Assist with well woman appointment, administer injections for birth control, assist with procedure. Triage patient calls.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
Orlando, FL
12.2002 - 10.2016
- Demonstrated excellent communication skills while interacting with patients, families, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess complex situations, develop solutions, and implement interventions when appropriate.
- Anesthesia LPN (12/2002-5/2016): Assist anesthesia team with traumas, emergencies by assisting with central lines, rapid infusion blood transfusions, perform arterial blood gases, perform accuchecks, stocking, equipment troubleshooting. Promoted to Group Leader, and created a new training/reference manual.
- Gynecology-Oncology Triage L.P.N) (5/2016-10/2016.: Triage calls, obtain orders for medications. Liaison between patient and oncologists and oncologists.
Emergency Room Staff Nurse
Osceola Regional Medical Center
Kissimmee, FL
09.2006 - 09.2006
- Managed multiple priorities simultaneously while ensuring quality patient outcomes.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
- Provided emergency care to critically ill patients in a fast-paced environment.
- Administered intravenous medications, fluids, blood products, antibiotics and other treatments as ordered by physicians.
- Demonstrated strong clinical judgment and critical thinking skills.
- Prioritized workload efficiently based on acuity level of each patient.
LVN Telemetry Nurse
Morton Plant Mease Hospital
Safety Harbor, FL
06.2000 - 06.2001
- Administered prescribed medications according to treatment plan.
- Observed patients, charted, and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication and treatment and taking any necessary action.
- Provided direct patient care to diverse patient populations, including obtain vital signs, perform accuchecks, monitor telemetry, perform phlebotomy, initiate intravenous therapy and monitoring.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Morton Plant Hospital
Clearwater, FL
02.1997 - 06.2000
- Assisted patients with personal hygiene tasks, such as bathing and dressing, while maintaining respect for patient privacy and dignity.
- Delivered direct care to patients, assisting with bathing, feeding, and grooming tasks.
- Measured patient vital signs, recording body temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate.
Education
Associate of Science - Medical Office Management
Lake-Sumter State College
Clermont12-2026
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Valencia State College
Orlando, FLPractical Nursing - undefined
Pinellas Technical Education Centers
Largo, FL06.2000
Skills
- Patient assessments
- Wound care
- Direct patient care
- Clinical documentation
- Medication administration
- HIPAA compliance
- Compassionate care
- Clinical judgment
- Catheter care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Breathing treatments
- Transcribing orders
- Emergency response
- Patient evaluations
- Outpatient care
- Inpatient care
- Patient triaging
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Documenting intake
- ADL assistance
- Health education
- Staff supervision
- Healthcare software proficiency
- Verbal and written communication
- Medication reconciliation
- End-of-life care
- HIPAA protocols
- EKG administration
- Pediatric care
- Samples collection
- Counting narcotics
- Licensed practical nurse
- Staff direction and task delegation
- Biomedical hazard disposal
- Empathetic and compassionate
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Time management abilities
- Multitasking
- Active listening
- Adaptable and flexible
Certification
- End of Life Doula
- I.V. Certified
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
09.2023 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Children's Cardiology Clinic
08.2022 - 08.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse
Leesburg Regional Medical Center
10.2021 - 02.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
12.2018 - 07.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
Home Care Connect
03.2018 - 11.2018
Licensed Practical Nurse
Validus Senior Living
12.2017 - 03.2018
Correctional Nurse
Orange County Corrections Department
08.2017 - 12.2017
Licensed Practical Nurse
Lake Ear, Nose & Throat, and FPS
02.2017 - 07.2017
Obstetrics and Gynecology Nurse
Women's Care
10.2016 - 02.2017
Emergency Room Staff Nurse
Osceola Regional Medical Center
09.2006 - 09.2006
Licensed Practical Nurse
Orlando Health
12.2002 - 10.2016
LVN Telemetry Nurse
Morton Plant Mease Hospital
06.2000 - 06.2001
Certified Nursing Assistant
Morton Plant Hospital
02.1997 - 06.2000
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Valencia State College
Practical Nursing - undefined
Pinellas Technical Education Centers
Associate of Science - Medical Office Management
Lake-Sumter State College