Heather Anderson
Dallas,TX
Summary
Proven LVN Charge Nurse with extensive experience at LeaderStat Staffing, adept in medication administration and fostering team collaboration. Excelled in patient care coordination, significantly improving treatment outcomes. Skilled in wound care and proficient in PCC documentation, consistently delivering high-quality care and enhancing patient recovery processes. Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in hospital settings. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization and organizational skills.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Staffing - Keyser Healthcare Center
2023.11 - 2024.05
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
- Promoted continuity of care by maintaining comprehensive medical records and updating physicians on significant changes in patients'' conditions.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Trach care, cleaning and removal of inter cannula, maintaining proper humidified oxygen to patients with tracheostomy.
- Post surgical wound care.
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Staffing-Wellsburg Healthcare Center
2023.06 - 2023.08
- Championed infection control practices within the unit by strictly adhering to guidelines and educating staff on proper procedures.
- Cultivated strong working relationships with physicians by maintaining open communication, providing timely updates on patients'' status, and actively participating in care coordination efforts.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Agency- Berkeley Springs Healthcare Cen
2023.01 - 2023.02
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
- Cultivated strong working relationships with physicians by maintaining open communication, providing timely updates on patients'' status, and actively participating in care coordination efforts.
- Documented using PCC for charting on patient care.
LVN Charge Nurse
Nursa- Mesa Vista Of Boulder
2021.12 - 2022.09
- Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient-related information.
- Monitored infection control procedures to verify facility wide health and safety.
- Evaluated patient care procedural changes for effectiveness and made necessary adjustments.
- Directed implementation of patient's vial statistics , tracking metrics and observations about behaviors/responses.
- Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure and glucose levels in response to administration.
- Followed care plans to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain, and optimize outcomes.
LVN Charge Nurse
James L. West
2021.09 - 2021.12
- Assessed vital signs every hour due to Covid, monitor for change in condition, promptly notify doctor of those changes, place new orders in PCC, discontinue changed orders, transfer patients out to hospital as needed.
- Performed Covid 19 testing on patients and employees.
- Performed Covid 19 charting in PCC.
- Called every patient's family giving an update of condition.
- Admissions Nurse for new patients arriving to facility.
- Supervised CNA's performing ADL's and masking sure they had the proper PPE equipment on correctly.
- Administered medications oral, rectal, IV, IM, SQ, optical and topical.
- Performed wound care sterile and non-sterile.
- Performed glucose monitoring and administration of insulin as needed.
- Performed in and out catheter insertion for urinalysis.
LVN Charge Nurse
Maxim Healthcare-Mesa Vista Of Boulder
2021.05 - 2021.12
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare providers.
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds, and managed catheters.
- Cared for patients' acute and chronic wounds by changing dressings and applying medicated compounds.
- Worked with RN's to deliver comprehensive , high -quality care to patients.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues, and determined how best to help with established parameters.
- Administered medications and started intravenous fluids to address patient symptoms and underlying etiologies.
- Communicated concerns regrading patient's status, care and environment to supervisors.
- Answered patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures.
LVN Charge Nurse
CareerStaff- Mountain Ridge Center
2021.03 - 2021.04
- Answered patient calls, identified issues, and determined how best to help within established parameters.
- Presented information regarding diagnoses, conditions, illnesses, treatments and outcomes to patients and families in clear, easy-to-understand terminology.
- Assessed and assisted patients with diverse range and comorbid chronic diagnosis, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes, and sepsis.
- Educated patients on disease prevention and health maintenance.
- Provided continuous assessment of patients in Skilled/Quarantine Unit from admission to discharge.
LVN Charge Nurse
CareerStaff-Uptown Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
2021.01 - 2021.03
- Analyzed charts and utilized data to recommend proper treatment courses to physicians.
- Monitored patients with incontinence issues, both after procedures and in recovery from trauma, installing catheters and monitoring bedpans to keep patients safe and comfortable.
- Administered high consequence medications with exacting accuracy, monitoring patients for side effects, and supporting patient comfort and comprehensive recovery.
- Monitored infection control procedures to verify facility-wide health and safety.
- Supported nurses in providing routine wound care and attending to complex lacerations and wound care.
LVN Charge Nurse
Remarkable Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center
2020.09 - 2020.11
- Worked directly with DON to implement new changes with nursing staff.
- Responsible care for 24 patients in Long-Term Care Setting.
- Supervising CMA and CNA staff when performing their essential duties in the facility.
- Administered medications oral, rectal, IM, SQ, optical, and topical.
- Performed sterile/non-sterile dressing changes.
- Documented all patients outcomes in PCC.
LVN Charge Nurse- Covid Unit, Step Down Covid Unit
Senior Care Of Stonegate
2020.03 - 2020.09
- Monitor for any sign and symptoms of Covid fever, diarrhea, headaches, poor appetite, extreme tiredness.
- CPR performed when needed until EMS arrived.
- Assessed patients every hour, monitor for any change in condition, promptly contacting MD of changes, put MD orders into PCC, discontinued orders if given.
- Performed Covid 19 testing on patients.
- Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records in PCC.
- Administered mediations oral, IV, IM, topical, rectal and optical.
- Worked closely with all staff nursing and non-nursing.
LVN Charge Nurse-Skilled Nursing
Brookdale Broadway Cityview
2018.03 - 2019.09
- Admitted patients into and transferred out of the facility using PCC.
- Monitored patients' incisions from various surgical procedures (hip replacements, knee replacements, amputations, new tracheostomy placement).
- Rehabilitation from various broken bones.
- Foley catheter placement and removal.
- Sterile/non sterile wound care.
- Wound vacuum care.
Education
Nursing
Navarro College
Corsicana, TXMedical Assisting/Phlebotomy
Platt College - Moore
Oklahoma City, OKCertified Medication Aide
McLennan Community College
Waco, TXSkills
- Medication Administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Patient Care Coordination
- Team Collaboration
- Wound Care sterile/non sterile, wound vacuum trained
- Foley catheter insertion and monitoring
- Documentation in PCC.
Timeline
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Staffing - Keyser Healthcare Center
2023.11 - 2024.05
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Staffing-Wellsburg Healthcare Center
2023.06 - 2023.08
LVN Charge Nurse
LeaderStat Agency- Berkeley Springs Healthcare Cen
2023.01 - 2023.02
LVN Charge Nurse
Nursa- Mesa Vista Of Boulder
2021.12 - 2022.09
LVN Charge Nurse
James L. West
2021.09 - 2021.12
LVN Charge Nurse
Maxim Healthcare-Mesa Vista Of Boulder
2021.05 - 2021.12
LVN Charge Nurse
CareerStaff- Mountain Ridge Center
2021.03 - 2021.04
LVN Charge Nurse
CareerStaff-Uptown Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
2021.01 - 2021.03
LVN Charge Nurse
Remarkable Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center
2020.09 - 2020.11
LVN Charge Nurse- Covid Unit, Step Down Covid Unit
Senior Care Of Stonegate
2020.03 - 2020.09
LVN Charge Nurse-Skilled Nursing
Brookdale Broadway Cityview
2018.03 - 2019.09
Nursing
Navarro College
Medical Assisting/Phlebotomy
Platt College - Moore
Certified Medication Aide
McLennan Community College
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