Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
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Jessica Lara

Hastings

Summary

Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

LPN, CLINIC STAFF

Twin Rivers Urgent Care
09.2024 - Current
  • Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
  • Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
  • Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
  • Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
  • Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
  • Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
  • Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
  • Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
  • Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
  • Kept work areas clean, organized, and safe to promote efficiency and team safety.

LPN

Children and Adolescent clinic PC
04.2022 - Current
  • Provide assistance in answering patient phone calls, checking vital signs, and lab work.
  • Other responsibilities include coordinating patient flow, dressing and bandaging wounds and watching changes that may occur on monitor readings.
  • 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.
  • Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
  • Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
  • Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
  • Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
  • Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
  • Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
  • Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
  • Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
  • Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
  • Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.

LPN

Midplains behavioral health CSU
10.2020 - 04.2022
  • Perform medical risk assessments on each client, collaborate with medical practitioners for initial and ongoing medical orders, and address daily basic medical needs of admitted consumers.
  • Develop and assist consumers in addressing short term medical needs and collaborate with medical practitioners and team members to determine best-care treatment options.
  • Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
  • Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
  • Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
  • Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
  • Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
  • Assess, interpret, and document results of patients in Triage.
  • Assist patients in addressing short erm medical needs and collaborate with medical practitioners and team members.

Education

LPN -

Central community college
Grand Island, Nebraska
01.2019

Skills

  • Checking vitals
  • Pediatric nursing
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration
  • Assessing severity of illness
  • Prioritizing concerns
  • CPR certified
  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Scheduling labs and imaging
  • Accurate reporting and recording of lab values
  • Follow up medical treatment
  • Communicating with providers
  • Compassionate care
  • Lab specimen collection
  • Vital signs monitoring

Certification

  • CPR Training

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

LPN, CLINIC STAFF

Twin Rivers Urgent Care
09.2024 - Current

LPN

Children and Adolescent clinic PC
04.2022 - Current

LPN

Midplains behavioral health CSU
10.2020 - 04.2022

LPN -

Central community college