Jessica Honeycutt
Salisbury,NC
Summary
Competent Patient-oriented Nurse with over 10 years of experience providing care for complex wounds, ulcers and multiple medical conditions. Providing rehabilitative care to help patients return to productive lifestyles. Caring and knowledgeable with expertise in patient care and managing multiple areas. Skilled at multitasking and prioritizing patient needs and daily assignments. Eager to apply skills to a new position utilizing wound care, geriatrics, and metal health skills. Credentialed LPN offering 16 years of experience providing compassionate care in adaptable environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Wound Care and Hyperbarics Safety Director
Wake Forest Baptist Health
06.2013 - Current
- Helped to build culture of safety focused on reducing incidents and eliminating hazards.
- Developed and implemented safety tracking, training and management for our center.
- Trained and certified fellow employees in glucometer procedures and safety behaviors.
- Hyperbarics chamber operator trained for 10 years, while acting as the center's safety director.
- Cared for patients with complex non-healing wounds.
- Helped with nurse triage, answer patient's message, and trouble shoot problems with wounds.
- Educated patients and their families how to care for wounds.
- Obtained vital information for care and obtained blood pressure, height, and weights.
- Assist in transfers with hoyer lifts.
- Apply wound VACs, compression, complex wound dressings, and assist with applications of synthetic skin substitutes.
Wound Care Nurse
CHS Wound Care Northeast
04.2013 - Current
- Worked with healthcare teams to assess patients, manage wounds and monitor healing.
- Cared for patients with various wounds caused by injuries, medical treatments and diseases.
- Treated complex wounds that had not healed, including diabetic ulcers, vascular wounds and wounds resulting from traumas.
- Educated patients and family members on how to clean and dress wounds appropriately and how to identify signs of infection.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical information and measure vital signs, weight and height.
- Performed complex wound care, including negative pressure wound therapy, layered wraps
- Arranged test, labs, and home health services.
- Ordered mandatory supplies for care, including mattresses, transfer boards, prosthesis, insoles, and cushions.
Charge Nurse
NC State Veterans Home
02.2007 - 04.2013
- Monitored delivery of patient care for entire unit, including implementation of care plans.
- Inform patients and caregivers of external resources to support self-management, including wound management, disease management, and medication administration.
- Consistently monitored patient status and emergency cases to ensure active response.
- Built and maintained excellent rapport with patients and loved ones.
- Coordinated and performed patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
- Precepted and mentored new staff, graduate RNs, LPNs, and ancillary staff.
- Audited patient charts in real-time, ensuring that all information was accurate and complete.
- Educated patients and caregivers on discharge instructions to maintain continuum of care.
- Educated patients, caregivers, and families on diagnoses, treatment and disease prevention.
- Draw blood work for labs, start IV's, manage sites and PICC dressings.
Education
Diploma, LPN - Nursing
RCCC
Concord, NC2007
Skills
- Complex wound care
- Healthcare management
- Geriatric treatment knowledge
- Charting
- Basic Life Support Certification
- Strong medical ethic
- IV drug therapy management
- Vascular care understanding
- Self-discipline
- Records Maintenance
- Emergency Situations
Timeline
Wound Care and Hyperbarics Safety Director
Wake Forest Baptist Health
06.2013 - Current
Wound Care Nurse
CHS Wound Care Northeast
04.2013 - Current
Charge Nurse
NC State Veterans Home
02.2007 - 04.2013
Diploma, LPN - Nursing
RCCC
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