Erika Pierce
Lockport,IL
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 20 years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Pavilion Of Bridgeview
Bridgeview, Illinois
04.2002 - Current
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
LPN Charge Nurse
White Glove Agency
Queens, NY
02.2000 - 08.2002
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Documented patient care plans and progress to enable tracking history and maintain updated records.
- Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
Education
No Degree - Practical Nursing
Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York
Brooklyn, NY01.2000
Skills
- Multi-Tasking and Prioritization
- Counting Narcotics
- Patient Assessments
- Chronic Disease Management
- Task Delegation
- Tracking Symptoms
- EMR Systems
- Writing Reports
- Transcribing Orders
- Medication Dispensing
- Medication Administration
- Monitor IV Fluids
Timeline
LPN Nursing Supervisor
Pavilion Of Bridgeview
04.2002 - Current
LPN Charge Nurse
White Glove Agency
02.2000 - 08.2002
No Degree - Practical Nursing
Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York
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