Jennifer Platt
Licensed Practical Nurse
Naples,FL
Summary
Dependable healthcare team member with sound judgment, excellent clinical abilities and smooth bedside manner. Track and chart vitals and other markers to help patients, support team treatment goals and boost outcomes. Exceptional approach in bedside patient support.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN Team Lead
The Chateau At Moorings Park
08.2001 - Current
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers and discharges.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
- Monitored and tracked patient vitals in [Software] to keep team informed of changing conditions.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations.
- Made valuable contributions to care-plan development and patient education processes backed by thorough research into client diagnoses.
Education
LPN - LPN
Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology
Naples, FL05.2001
Skills
- Patient Triaging
- EMR Systems
- Case Management
- Assisting Physicians
- ADLs Assistance
- Direct Patient Care
- Writing Reports
- Transcribing Orders
- Chronic Disease Management
- Tracking Symptoms
- Task Delegation
- Counting Narcotics
- Wound Care
- Patient Assessments
- Multi-Tasking and Prioritization
- Immunization Administration
- Educating Families
- Biomedical Hazard Disposal
- Charting and Recording
- Administrative Support
- Documenting Incidents
- Medication Administration
- Breathing Treatments
- Psychotropic Medication Knowledge
- Care Planning
- Rehabilitation Techniques
- EKG Administration
- Caregiving Skills
- HIPAA Protocols
- Tuberculosis Testing
- Maintaining Nutrition
- Behavioral Assessment
- Patient Management
- Dietary Requirements and Restrictions
- Conditions Reporting
- Sterile Procedures and Techniques
- Update Electronic Charts
- Nursing Intervention Evaluations
- Monitor IV Fluids
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Psychiatric Evaluation
- Seizure Precautions
- IV Insertion
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- Intramuscular Injections
Certification
IV certified
Timeline
LPN Team Lead
The Chateau At Moorings Park
08.2001 - Current
LPN - LPN
Lorenzo Walker Institute of Technology
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