KADIJA STEWART
Columbia,SC
Summary
Seeking an LPN position with a company that is able to effectively utilize my vast knowledge in skilled nursing and the nursing process. Summary Success- driven LPN with over 20 years of nursing and supervising experience in doctor's offices, clinic settings, skilled rehab, and long-term care. Ability to problem-solve under difficult circumstances. Well-honed organizational skills and educational background. Willingness to learn from superiors and peers. Effective in utilizing time and resource management skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Care Transition, Sava Senior Care
04.2019 - 07.2022
- Processing skilled nursing referrals for multiple facilities, including benefits verification and clinical decision making
- Ensuring highest level of customer service to both internal and external customers
- Meeting and exceeding departmental goals and standards
- Demonstrating ability to multi-task in a high pressure environmental with short timelines for duty completion, while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Exhibiting strong communications skills with internal and external customers via referral systems such as
- E-discharge, Allscripts, Epic, Ensocare, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook
Charge Nurse/ Nursing SupervisorAugust
Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehab/Sava Senior Care
01.2003 - 04.2019
- Completing new admission assessments, data and medication entry
- Provide nursing assessments and interventions to observe, monitor and care for the physical, nutritional, behavioral health of long, short-term, and Alzheimer's/ Dementia residents.Direct and indirect nursing care to patients and families in routine nursing situations
- Responsible for routine clinical duties such as taking vital signs, administering medications.Collecting specimens, drawing blood, IV insertion and care, administering IV fluids and antibiotics, PEG tube care and maintenance, administering PEG tube feedings, administering injections, Managing staff of charge nurses and CNA's and supporting the overall day-to-day operations of facility.Ensuring compliance with policies, procedures and regulatory guidelines.Helping evaluate facility operations and make suggestions for improvements.Coordinating activities to maintain an effective operating environment.Accountable for activities that will enhance operational efficiencies improve patient satisfaction and result in cost effective healthcare solutions.
- Coordinated nursing care on unit through staff assignments, assisting and rounding with physicians, monitoring patient orders and communicating with ancillary departments.
- Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures and safety protocols.
Emory Family Medicine
01.2002 - 08.2003
- Planning and providing professional nursing care for patients aged newborn to geriatric.Performing simple diagnostic tests, collecting specimens, drawing blood, sterilizing and cleaning equipment and maintaining examination rooms in an outpatient care setting.Providing telephone advice and triage to patients using physician approved protocols and maintaining patients' charts and records data, ensuring proper identification, documentation, routing and confidentiality.
Back Office
LPN, Gray and Macik, PC
01.2001 - 06.2002
- Providing age-appropriate, culturally and ethnically sensitive care.Coordinating diagnostic procedures.Educating patients and their families about healthy practices and treatment modalities.Assuring continuity of care.Coordinating the care among caregivers, managing information, communicating effectively, and utilizing technology.Utilizing the nursing process, which includes the components of assessment, nurse diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning and coordination, implementation, and evaluation.Documenting all aspects of patient care, following established charting procedures.
Charge
College Park Healthcare
01.2000 - 01.2001
- Provide nursing assessments and interventions to observe, monitor and care for the physical, nutritional, behavioral health of long and short-term cares residents.Assess and monitor the resident's response to medication(s) to determine the need to continue medication and/or to determine the need for a medication review.Consult with resident's families about medical, nutritional and other health issues related to the resident's plan of care.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Argosy University
2019
License Practical Nursing - undefined
Gadsden State Community College
1999
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Resource Assignment
- Patient Care Management
- Charting and Documenting
- Patient Admitting
Timeline
Care Transition, Sava Senior Care
04.2019 - 07.2022
Charge Nurse/ Nursing SupervisorAugust
Northeast Atlanta Health and Rehab/Sava Senior Care
01.2003 - 04.2019
Emory Family Medicine
01.2002 - 08.2003
Back Office
LPN, Gray and Macik, PC
01.2001 - 06.2002
Charge
College Park Healthcare
01.2000 - 01.2001
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Argosy University
License Practical Nursing - undefined
Gadsden State Community College
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