Janae Ruckman
Fairfield,MT
Summary
Dedicated LPN Nurse with extensive experience in foot care and wound management, notably at all levels of patient care facilities and. Hospital/ Clinic environments. Excelled in patient education, achieving significant improvements in compliance and recovery outcomes. Skilled in multitasking and adaptability, I bring a personable approach to patient care, ensuring high levels of satisfaction and efficiency. I have been doing Foot care for 29 and presently. After being training by pediatrics in foot toenail and feet wound care such as diabetic feet. I then was able to take that training experiences to outpatients care facilities through Great Falls and surrounding areas.
Overview
2024
2024
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Nurse Foot Care
The Lodge Senior Living
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
LPN Nurse Foot Care
Sapphire-Ruby House Assisted Living
Foot Care Clinic Nurse
Spectrum Medical/Benefis
11.1996 - 08.2023
- Administered foot/ toenail care to patients through the community foot care clinics.
- Sustained the care of diabetic feet assessments and toenail trimming.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Explained course of care and medication side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
- Promoted patient and family comfort during challenging recoveries to enhance healing and eliminate non-compliance problems.
- Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
- Reported findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and worked with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies.
- Worked with healthcare team to develop new dialysis treatment flow sheet and other log forms, improving clinical documentation and accountability.
LPN
Great Falls Clinic Surgery Center
06.1999 - 08.2021
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- 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.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
LPN
Great Falls Columbus/Benefis Hospital
01.1994 - 06.1999
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing LPN
Great Falls College
Great Falls12-1993
High School Diploma -
Capital Helena High School
Helena, MT05-1986
Skills
- Reliable
- Adaptability
- Time management abilities
- Organizational Development
- Multitasking Abilities
- Diversity training
- Planning oriented
- Personable with all my care patients
- Dependable
- Efficient
Timeline
LPN
Great Falls Clinic Surgery Center
06.1999 - 08.2021
Foot Care Clinic Nurse
Spectrum Medical/Benefis
11.1996 - 08.2023
LPN
Great Falls Columbus/Benefis Hospital
01.1994 - 06.1999
LPN Nurse Foot Care
The Lodge Senior Living
LPN Nurse Foot Care
Sapphire-Ruby House Assisted Living
Associate of Science - Nursing LPN
Great Falls College
High School Diploma -
Capital Helena High School
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