Frances Smith
Harts,WV
Summary
Proactive LPN Field Nurse with extensive experience in patient assessment, wound care, and disease education. Skilled in patient education, emotional support, and physician collaboration, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Strong clinical judgment and critical thinking abilities enhance patient outcomes and safety. Seasoned LPN with expertise in Home care. Work effectively within interdisciplinary teams to develop, implement and adjust interventions. Organized LPN with experience providing skilled care to diverse patient populations. Compassionate professional with great engagement skills. Prioritize tasks and maintains accurate documentation. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Field Nurse
Boone Home Care
02.2009 - Current
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments and treatments, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Educated patients and families on healthcare management strategies, promoting self-care and wellbeing.
- Delivered emotional support to patients facing challenging diagnoses or difficult treatments, fostering resilience during recovery processes.
- Coordinated with physicians to implement prescribed treatment plans, ensuring consistency in patient care delivery.
- Managed complex wound care for improved healing rates and reduced infection risk.
- Provided exceptional patient care by meeting physical, psychological, and overall care requirements to support daily living needs and independence.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and timely interventions.
- Assessed patients by observing and recording vital signs, gathering specimens and reviewing lab test results.
- Conducted home visits to monitor patient status, adjusting care plans as necessary for optimal health outcomes.
- Completed thorough assessments to identify changes in patients'' condition, implementing appropriate interventions as needed.
- Reduced hospital readmission rates by closely monitoring patients'' progress and executing effective care plans.
- Served as a liaison between patients and their healthcare providers, advocating for their needs while promoting informed decision making.
- Developed strong rapport with patients through clear communication skills that foster trust within the nurse-patient relationship.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction with compassionate, individualized nursing services tailored to their unique needs.
- Organized and updated patient charts and records by reporting vitals, medical history, treatment plans, current medications, medication reactions, allergies and health status information.
- Contributed to interdisciplinary team collaboration for optimal patient care and treatment planning.
- Worked closely with healthcare staff to devise personalized care plans adaptive to changing patient needs by detailing treatment methods, dosage and duration.
- Educated patients and caregivers on disease processes, medications, plans of care and individualized treatment plans.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medication
LPN Charge Nurse
ResCare
06.2005 - 02.2009
- Delegated tasks effectively, optimizing staff productivity and maintaining a well-organized nursing unit.
- Utilized critical thinking skills to make sound clinical decisions in high-pressure situations, minimizing risks and ensuring patient safety.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in medical records.
- Analyzed patient assessments and laboratory data to bring any issues to attention of physicians.
- Documented vitals and medical histories in patient charts when assessing patients and communicated patient information to physicians and other nurses for care continuity.
- Promoted continuity of care by thoroughly documenting shift-to-shift communication in nursing reports.
- Updated patient medical records with services provided, health conditions, and response to treatments.
- Streamlined medication administration processes for improved accuracy, reducing medication errors and ensuring patient safety.
Education
Licensed Practical Nursing
Ralph R. Willis Tech. School of Practical Nursing
Three Mile Curve, Stollings WV08.2001
High School Diploma -
Harts High School
Harts, WV06.1994
Skills
- Catheter Care
- Nursing Documentation
- Geriatric Nursing
- Vital signs monitoring
- Home healthcare
- Diabetes management
- Clinical judgment
- Patient Safety
- Tracheostomy Care
- Respiratory Care
- Disease Prevention
- Ethical Practice
- Cardiac Care
- Orthopedic care
- Patient Education
- Patient Assessment
- Infection Control
- Acute Care
- Disease prevention strategies
- Progress Monitoring
- Physician Collaboration
- Medical Equipment Operation
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- Responsible and Dependable
- Wound Care
- CPR/AED
- Attention to Detail
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Specimen Collection
- Patient Charting
- Activities of Daily Living ADLs
- Critical Thinking
- HIPAA Compliance
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Call Answering and Assistance
- Patient support
- Intravenous Medications
- Wound Dressing
Timeline
LPN Field Nurse
Boone Home Care
02.2009 - Current
LPN Charge Nurse
ResCare
06.2005 - 02.2009
Licensed Practical Nursing
Ralph R. Willis Tech. School of Practical Nursing
High School Diploma -
Harts High School
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