Jessica LeAnn Lipscomb

• Conducted health screenings and assessments for students.
• Collaborated with teachers to support student health needs.
• Communicated with parents regarding student health concerns and treatments.
• Provided health counseling to students, parents, and staff.
• Assessed health needs of students and provided appropriate nursing care.
• Contacted parents or medical facilities when student condition warranted.
• Evaluated students with health concerns or injuries to develop plan of care or provide reference to appropriate healthcare providers.
• Documented observations of student behavior, complaints or physical symptoms.
• Administered medications and treatments according to physician's orders.
• Educated students on health-related topics and safety practices.
• Maintained accurate health records for student population.
• Responded to medical emergencies and provided first aid care.
• Coordinated with local health agencies for student wellness programs.
• Collaborated with school administrators in developing emergency response protocols.
• Monitored immunization records and ensured compliance with state regulations.
• Counseled students on healthy lifestyle choices including nutrition and physical activity.
• Demonstrated strong leadership skills while managing multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Performed first aid and CPR when needed and documented incidents accordingly.
• Developed individualized healthcare plans for students with chronic health conditions.
• Participated in IEP meetings to discuss student healthcare needs.
• Conducted vision, hearing, scoliosis, and other required screenings for students.
• Attended faculty meetings to provide updates on student health issues.
• Maintained accurate medical records in accordance with HIPAA regulations.
• Actively participated in professional development activities related to nursing practice.
• Educated staff on proper infection control procedures and protocols.
• Coordinated referrals to outside healthcare providers as necessary.
• Facilitated communication between families, teachers, administrators, and healthcare providers regarding student health concerns.
• Managed medication administration and maintained related documentation.
• Administered and supervised administration of prescription medication to students.
• Applied sound decision-making process to school nursing practice.
• Inventoried and ordered medical or office supplies or equipment.
• Greeted and logged in students arriving at office.
• Reported pertinent information to authorities in cases of child endangerment, neglect or abuse.
• Implemented normal growth and development screenings to identify health problems.
• Changed dressings on wounds.
• Conducted formal and informal evaluations of medical conditions and developed accurate medical summaries on students.
• Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
• Answered patient calls, identified issues, and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility and supervisor.
• Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
• Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
• Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
• Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds, and managed catheters.
• Guaranteed exceptional care quality by correctly administering medication, inserting and caring for catheters, dressing and changing wounds and assisting with personal hygiene.
• Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
• Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
• Measured and recorded patient height, weight and other vital signs.
• Educated clients, patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
• Worked with social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care and actualize nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
• Delivered high-quality direct and indirect nursing care to patients.
• Evaluated nursing intervention outcomes by conferring with other healthcare team members.
• Directed implementation of improved patient care and documentation methods and procedures to achieve quality objectives.
• Performed triage to maximum team productivity and effectiveness.
• Prepared or examined food trays for conformance to prescribed diet.

• Assist and provide student and staff health care and needs, which included but is not limited to: accurate assessments of health concerns that arise while at school. This includes a full health assessment, obtaining as much acute medical history that could attribute to the health need that arose, checking and recording vital signs, health observations.
• Communicated health concerns and needs of students with their parents, teachers and any other "need to know" staff to ensure student's needs were met while at school.
• Thoroughly trained any staff that would be covering my office while I was not available to be in the nurse's office.
• Kept an open line of communization with students, their parents and staff who required any medical attention while at school/work.
• Educated students, their parents and staff about different medical diagnoses and health care management of these diagnosis while at school.
• As needed, I reached out and coordinated with student's medical providers to ensure that their plan of care was maintained while at school.
• Meet with students, their parents, teachers and other pertinent staff to assess student's health care needs and maintain proper health care guidelines for individuals who required individualized health care plans or 504s. This included ensuring that the student was equipped with what they needed, while at school to accomplish what they needed academically.
• Worked with social workers, physical therapists and speech therapists to assess patient needs, plan and adjust plans of care and actualize nursing interventions to promote and restore patient health.
• Following providers orders, I administered prescription medications to students that required it during school hours. This also included ensuring that we had the proper documentation required by our district to do so legally. Thoroughly document these medications being administered.
• Input, updated and kept up to date running document of any and all previous student medical history information into the student's health file- both paper and electronic.
• Updated and input student's immunization records into both their paper and electronic medical files.
• Maintained strict patient confidentiality in regards to any and all medical information. Only sharing sensitive student medical information with staff who needed to know.
• Handled confidential information regarding students carefully and with discretion.
• Provided behavioral and emotional support to students or staff members needing it.
• Instructor certified to teach child and adult CPR.
• AED Certified.
• Became qualified to test students and staff for COVID-19 through online education. Obtained the proper documentation needed to perform COVID-19 tests on students and or staff.
• At the school I worked for, I also had a lot of non-nursing responsibilities. These mainly included helping the front office and the principles secretary. These duties included communicating with parents, teachers and members of the public, answering and returning phone calls, answering the door, as well as various other duties.

• Assist and provide patient care which includes but is not limited to: obtaining and recording vital signs; assess, discuss and record chief health concerns; perform tests such as: EKGs; pulmonary function tests; point of care hemoglobin, blood sugar, influenza, rapid strep, mono spot, RSV, urinalysis, urine pregnancy and urine micro-albumin tests; calculate, draw up and administer injections; blood draws and assist in colposcopy.
• Answer and assess patient phone calls, obtain patient charts for discussion of patient questions or concerns with a provider, if necessary. Return phone calls or messages within a prompt amount of time, which is determined by work facility.
• Keep patients informed in a prompt manor while maintaining confidentially of patient information by following all privacy and protected health regulations.
• Place phone calls to pharmacies and other medical facilities; to order prescriptions, obtain prior authorization and provide complete and adequate medical care.
• Maintain and provide a professional, neat and organized work area.
• Stock nurse station and patient rooms with supplies and materials needed to perform appropriate job duties.
• Vaccines for Children certified. I was the vaccine coordinator at Mercy, St. Robert Clinic. This certification includes the following responsibilities: provide oversight of all vaccine management within the office and ensure all vaccines are stored and handled correctly. I was fully trained on routine and emergency vaccine management policies and procedures related to vaccine shipments, storage, handling, transport and inventory management. It was mandatory that I was present at the in-house compliance visit. I was responsible for attending regional training sessions and perform online training yearly to uphold and maintain my certification. I was responsible for checking and recording unit temperatures twice a day, ensuring that the temperature is within the acceptable range for the vaccines. If the temperatures were not within the acceptable range, I was responsible to take appropriate action. (contacting, pack and transporting the vaccines to our emergency location- Lebanon, Missouri in an appropriate amount of time to ensure the viability of the vaccine) I was responsible for ensuring that the vaccine stock we received arrived in the appropriate packaging and that the vaccine was not damaged. I performed inventory and stock rotations routinely. I ensured that any expired vaccines was removed from any storage units upon expiration date. I ensured that all staff utilized the waste log report as instructed. I ensured proper training of any staff who would be utilizing any vaccine for children immunizations. I ensured that all the proper documentation that was required by the state was done correctly and sent to them at the time allotted by the Vaccines for Children program. With that being said, I am very knowledgeable and up-to-date on vaccine guidelines and protocols, especially but not limited to childhood vaccines.
• I maintained a positive and professional relationship with patients, co-workers and all other health care professionals.
• Team player that held attendance and punctuality requirements, responsible and dependable.
• Child and adult CPR certified
• AED certified.

• Assist and provide patient care which includes but is not limited to: obtaining and recording vital signs; assess, discuss and record chief health concerns; perform tests such as: point of care hemoglobin, blood sugar, influenza, rapid strep, mono spot, RSV, urinalysis and urine pregnancy, calculate, draw up and administer injections.
  Answer and assess patient phone calls, obtain patient chart and discuss patient questions or concerns with provider, if necessary. Return phone calls or messages within a prompt amount of time, which is determined by work facility.
  Keep patients informed in a prompt manor while maintaining confidentially of patient information by following all privacy and protected health regulations.
  Place phone calls to pharmacies and other medical facilities; to order prescriptions, obtain prior authorization and provide complete and adequate medical care.
  Maintains and provide a professional and neat, organized work area; stock nurse station and patient rooms with supplies and materials needed to perform appropriate job duties.
  mandatory that I am present at the house
  Maintain a positive and professional relationship with patients, co-workers and all other health care professionals.
• Child and Adult CPR certified.
• AED certified.
  Team player that meets attendance and punctuality requirements, responsible and dependable.

• Welcomed guests with personable attitude and smile, offering to bring beverage orders while reviewing menu options.
• Exhibited proficiency in correct food handling techniques, including proper food temperature and equipment cleaning.
• Discussed alternative selections with chef for guests with food allergies or gluten-free requests.
• Recorded orders and partnered with multiple team members to serve food and beverages.
• Maintained detailed records of what customers wanted and ordered, helping to increase profits when those customers returned at later date.
• Answered phones politely and promptly while accurately recording and confirming reservations.
• Cleaned table linens, table settings, glassware, windowsills, carpets, counters, floors, storage areas and service refrigerators.
• Communicated with event coordinators to ensure appropriate and adequate accommodations for larger parties.
• Trained multiple new employees on proper food handling, guest expectations and restaurant protocols.
• Inquired about guest satisfaction, anticipated additional needs and happily fulfilled requests.
• Checked on guests to ensure satisfaction with meals and suggested additional items to increase restaurant sales.
• Communicated effectively with kitchen staff regarding customer allergies, dietary needs and other special requests.
• Maintained consistent serve times by immediately placing orders, routinely checking on tables and quickly serving prepared food to guests.
• Guided guests through menu options while demonstrating thorough knowledge of food, beverages and ingredients.
• Maintained knowledge of current menu items, garnishes, ingredients and preparation methods.
• Kept carpets and floor clear of debris by using vacuums and brooms. 
• Calculated charges, issued table checks and collected payments from customers.
• Resolved complaints from guests by listening to issues and notifying restaurant manager.

• Monitored and recorded patient vital signs, including recording daily inputs and outputs.
• Documented resident records on daily flow sheets.
• Read and recorded temperature, pulse and respiration of patients.
• Contributed to workflow optimization to achieve patient care objectives and organizational goals.
• Supported duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus.
• Continuously advocated patient needs, rights and welfare.
• Fostered relationships with patients, caregivers and healthcare teams to achieve individual care plan targets.
• Answered patient call lights and requests.
• Tended to patients with chronic illnesses.
• Assessed patients, documented and monitored vital signs, and communicated changes to supervising RNs.
• Turned and repositioned patients for comfort and medical safety.
• Observed and documented patient responses.
• Comforted patients and provided reassurance and encouragement.
• Managed and maintained patients' rooms, shared living areas and nursing stations.
• Assisted patients with bathing, grooming and feeding.
• Massaged patients and applied preparations and treatments, such as liniment, alcohol rubs and heat-lamp stimulation.
• Provided personal nursing care in pre- and post-operative situations.
• Administered pharmacological and non-pharmacological medications to patients.
• Created and maintained a safe patient and working environment.
• Assisted patients with mobility and ambulation throughout facility.
• Turned and re-positioned bedridden patients.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to provide high-quality support to patients. 
• Implemented and enforced policies and procedures.
• Provided patients and families with emotional support.
• Provided hands-on nursing care to patients under direct RN supervision and in alignment with medical center's policies and procedures.
• Documented activities and recorded information in EMR system.
• Facilitated activities of daily living, including personal hygiene management, feeding, ambulation and locomotion.
• Provide personal care for patients, including taking vital signs, monitor I&O, administering routine respiratory treatments and completing patient needs assessments.
• Assisted patients with daily activities including bathing, grooming and exercising.
• Supported patient mobility needs and transported to appointments.
• Created and maintained safe living environment for patients, and helped facilitate activities of daily living (ADL).
• Exhibited compassionate care and communication regarding issues surrounding death and dying.
• Displayed sensitivity to the needs of geriatric patients.
• Identified and advocated patient care needs,and helped to determine best approach to care.
• Collected and delivered biological samples such as urine and blood for testing.

While attending health science class through the  Waynesville Career Center, I obtained my CNA certification for our clinical rotations. Through the program at school, I was paid for this work. The different clinical sites I worked at include: Waynesville Life Care Center, Dixon Nursing and Rehab, Sunset Village and other local health care facilities and clinics.

• Maintained detailed records of what customers wanted and ordered, helping to increase profits when those customers returned at later date.
• Inspected restrooms for cleanliness and availability of supplies 3 times per shift.
• Calculated charges, issued table checks and collected payments from customers.
• Trained multiple new employees on proper food handling, guest expectations and restaurant protocols.
• Resolved complaints from guests by listening to issues and notifying restaurant manager.
• Ensured full guest satisfaction at all points during dining experience to promote customer satisfaction and loyal base of business.
• Emphasized fast, friendly customer service.
• Answered phones politely and promptly while accurately recording and confirming reservations.
• Accurately made change for cash transactions.
• Praised by management for being a fast and efficient worker, requiring little supervision.
• Gave every customer immediate and undivided attention.
• Maintained facility compliance with health codes, sanitation requirements and license regulations while streamlining productivity initiatives to comply with restaurant protocols.
• Provided constructive suggestions and encouragement to employees.