Gayla Carroll LVN
Corsicana,Texas
Summary
Patient-oriented LVN with 10 years of providing compassionate direct and indirect patient care. Cultivates and maintains harmonious relationships with patients, caregivers, and coworkers to achieve individual goals and facilitate patient rehabilitation and wellbeing while applying a holistic approach.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Charge Nurse
Ennis Care Center
Ennis, TX
03.2022 - Current
- Assessed and assisted patients with a diverse range of co-morbid and chronic diagnoses.
- Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
- Administered injections, medications, and wound care according to needs.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress, and medication side effects.
LVN Charge Nurse
Legacy Rehabilitation and Healthcare
Corsicana, TX
06.2021 - 03.2022
- Performed medication administration, documented responses, intramuscular, subcutaneous injections, wound care, oxygen delivery via concentrator insertion and management of peripheral IV catheters, IV infusions and Foley catheters.
- Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers and discharges.
- Managed feeding tubes, central lines, midlines
- Completed Covid-19 assessments Q shift, skin assessments, Braden scale assessments, fall assessments, neurological assessments, pain assessments, urinary assessments and monthly summaries.
- Performed direct nursing care for Covid-19 positive residents on an isolation hall and performed Covid-19 testing for staff & residents.
Clinic LVN
Navarro Regional Hospital
Corsicana, TX
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Performed routine clinical duties such as taking vital signs, collecting specimens, and providing wound care.
- Maintained accurate medical records for each patient visit.
- Conducted physical assessments on assigned patients.
- Coordinated with other healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, social workers. to ensure comprehensive patient care plans were developed and implemented in a timely manner.
- Instructed patients on proper medication usage, side effects, storage requirements.
Treatment Nurse
Twilight Nursing Home
Corsicana, TX
08.2012 - 03.2021
- Performed daily wound care for residents with skin tears, MASD, pressure, arterial, venous, diabetic, traumatic & surgical wounds, applying, managing and removing dressings for wounds that require vacuum assisted closure and applying challenging ostomy devices.
- Proficient in performing all aspects of wound care while using aseptic technique throughout treatments.
- Measured all wounds weekly prepared weekly wound report and reported information to DON.
- Monitored residents with wounds to ensure they were receiving adequate nutrition, hydration and wound care protocol vitamins & supplements to accelerate wound healing.
- Audited weekly skin assessments, Braden scale assessments, missing CNA & nurse documentation & ensured completion.
- Maintained accurate inventory of supplies and ordered supplies, PPE and various items the residents needed and submitted daily count of PPE to administrator to determine the facility's Covid-19 preparedness.
- Conducted semiweekly Covid-19 antigen and PCR testing for all residents & staff.
- Completed initial care plans for new admissions, updated current care plans and completed MDS assessments for private pay residents.
- Fulfilled on call duties 12 weeks out of each year, ensured adequate staffing and filled in for nurse, medication aide & CNA calls ins.
Education
Certification For LVN - Nursing
Navarro College
Corsicana, TX08.2012
High School Diploma
Corsicana High School
Corsicana, TX1992
Skills
- Medication administration
- Maintaining EMR system
- Infection control
- Organization
- Effective Communication
- Care planning and modification
Certification
- Licensed Vocational Nurse 2012
- BLS Certified
- Vohra Wound Care Certified
Timeline
Charge Nurse
Ennis Care Center
03.2022 - Current
LVN Charge Nurse
Legacy Rehabilitation and Healthcare
06.2021 - 03.2022
Clinic LVN
Navarro Regional Hospital
10.2018 - 03.2019
Treatment Nurse
Twilight Nursing Home
08.2012 - 03.2021
Certification For LVN - Nursing
Navarro College
High School Diploma
Corsicana High School
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