Frances Parker
Temple,TX
Summary
Dedicated Registered Nurse with 20 years of experience as an LVN, including leadership as a Charge Nurse. Expertise in family practice, medical-surgical care, and home health, delivering high-quality patient care through clinical judgment and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. Focused on patient education and holistic wellness while actively contributing to a cohesive healthcare team.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott and White Health Gatesville Family Medicine Clinic
Gatesville, TX
01.2025 - Current
- Administered medications and vaccines to ensure patient safety and compliance with treatment plans.
- Ensured patients received correct medications by filling prescriptions as directed by healthcare providers. per physician protocol and clinic policy
- Triaged patients and phone calls and respond to emergency situations
- Obtain vital signs, weight, height, BMI, specimens, and vision test.
- Administer nebulizer treatments, ear lavage
- Performed venipuncture and urine collection.
- Assisted medical provider during surgical procedures, contributing to effective patient outcomes.
- Assist with telephone communication including scheduling appointments, relaying lab results, collecting patients’ concerns/signs/symptoms for physician’s review.
- Documented clinical information for office visits, maintaining accurate patient records for continuity of care.
Licensed Vocation Charge Nurse
Baylor Scott and White Camero Camily Medicine Clinic
Camerom, TX
09.2021 - 01.2025
- Coordinated daily administrative duties, including scheduling, nursing assignments, and patient care, to enhance team workflow
- Recording patients’ medical records and monitoring vital signs
- Supervising nursing staff and overseeing their needs
- Providing leadership and supervision to the nursing staff
- Evaluating patient care needs and developing individualized care plans
- Ensuring accurate and timely documentation of patient care
- Collaborated with healthcare professionals to ensure cohesive patient treatment.
- Educated and supported patients and families to foster understanding of care plans and promote adherence
- Maintaining and enforcing infection control and safety standards
- Resolved issues by analyzing problems and implementing solutions and decision making
- Providing clinical expertise
- Coordinating patient care and advocating for the patient
- Representing the clinical staff and ensuring the highest quality of care for all patients.
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Santa Fe Family Medicine
Temple, TX
08.2019 - 09.2021
- Administering oral and intravenous medications
- Examining and recording changes in clinical conditions
- Monitoring patients' vital signs, including temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate.
- Changed wound dressings to enhance healing and reduce infection risk
- Replaced wound dressings to promote healing and prevent infection. and other technical nursing tasks
- Drawing blood, collecting urine, and other samples for lab tests
- Managing medications and injections
- Discussed health care issues and concerns to ensure patient understanding and comfort
- Communicated with patients and families to provide support and clarify treatment plans
- Recording and updating patient histories
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Killeen Family Medicine
Killeen, TX
09.2017 - 08.2019
- Administered nebulizer treatments and performed ear lavage to alleviate patient respiratory issues.
- Triaged patients and phone calls and respond to emergency situations
- Obtain vital signs, weight, height, BMI, specimens, and vision test.
- Administered medications and vaccines.
- Assisted medical provider during surgical procedures.
- Perform venipuncture and urine collection as needed.
- Facilitated telephone communication by scheduling appointments, relaying lab results, and gathering patient concerns for physician review.
- Filled prescriptions in accordance with physician protocols and clinic policies.
- Documented clinical information for office visits to ensure accurate patient records.
Medical Record Abstractor/ Quality Improvement Clinical Coordinator
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan
Temple, TX
11.2015 - 09.2017
- Coordinated activities/interventions to improve the delivery of health care services
- Analyze data to identify areas of risk and quality improvement through medical record reviews
- Conducted audits of processes and charts to confirm compliance of NCQA standards
- Monitor, track, and analyze health care improvements and trends
- Submitted regulatory requirements and contractual obligations to ensure compliance
- Developed improvement initiatives and tactical decisions/plans
- Monitor and provide feedback on medical record and documentation issues, as needed.
- Provided education to physicians, staff and leadership regarding changes in measure calculations or reporting requirements and associated operational impact
- Enters data from medical record into database, or other clinical quality data as assigned
- Collect data from electronic medical records
- Gather and abstract information to assist in root cause analysis report
- Participates in Quarterly Quality Improvement Review Committee meetings (QI Workgroup) and other departmental meetings as needed.
- Participates in program meetings and teleconferences.
- Developed approaches to presenting information including presentations and communications
LVN
Cornerstone Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation
Temple, TX
08.2015 - 11.2015
Neurology Nurse
Scott & White Healthcare
Temple, TX
07.2013 - 05.2015
LVN, Charge Nurse Orthopedics
Scott & White Healthcare
Temple, TX
04.2010 - 07.2013
LVN Orthopedics
Scott & White Healthcare
Temple, TX
09.2007 - 04.2010
LVN/Cast Tech
Arizona Family Practice
Sierra Vista, AZ
02.2005 - 10.2006
LVN Med/Surg unit
Scott and White Healthcare
Temple, TX
12.2001 - 06.2004
Education
ASSOCIATE NURSING DEGREE -
EXCELSIOR UNIVERSITY
ALBANY, NEW YORK10.2025
DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY -
RICH WORD THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
GEORGETOWN, TX06.2022
BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY - RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GMOR THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
HOUSTON, TX06.2018
Vocational Nursing Program -
Temple College
Temple, TX05.2001
High School Diploma -
Lake Providence Senior High school
Lake Providence, LA05.1997
Skills
- Patient care and assessment
- Clinical documentation and EHR systems
- Emergency response and medication administration
- Care plan development
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency
- Telehealth platform utilization
Timeline
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott and White Health Gatesville Family Medicine Clinic
01.2025 - Current
Licensed Vocation Charge Nurse
Baylor Scott and White Camero Camily Medicine Clinic
09.2021 - 01.2025
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Santa Fe Family Medicine
08.2019 - 09.2021
Licensed Vocation Nurse
Baylor Scott & White Killeen Family Medicine
09.2017 - 08.2019
Medical Record Abstractor/ Quality Improvement Clinical Coordinator
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan
11.2015 - 09.2017
LVN
Cornerstone Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation
08.2015 - 11.2015
Neurology Nurse
Scott & White Healthcare
07.2013 - 05.2015
LVN, Charge Nurse Orthopedics
Scott & White Healthcare
04.2010 - 07.2013
LVN Orthopedics
Scott & White Healthcare
09.2007 - 04.2010
LVN/Cast Tech
Arizona Family Practice
02.2005 - 10.2006
LVN Med/Surg unit
Scott and White Healthcare
12.2001 - 06.2004
ASSOCIATE NURSING DEGREE -
EXCELSIOR UNIVERSITY
DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY -
RICH WORD THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY - RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
GMOR THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Vocational Nursing Program -
Temple College
High School Diploma -
Lake Providence Senior High school