Kara Yourczek
Del Mar,CA
Summary
Licensed Vocational Nurse with proven expertise in managing total nursing care and administering prescribed medications and treatments according to approved nursing techniques. Assists in delivery of patient care through nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Demonstrated competency directing and guiding patient teaching and activities to promote individual treatment programs.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN Program Nurse
CRF Turning Point Crisis Center
06.2023 - 01.2024
- Enhanced patient care by providing compassionate and individualized attention, leading to improved health outcomes.
- Administered medications accurately and in timely manner, ensuring proper treatment for various conditions.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop comprehensive care plans tailored to patients'' needs.
- Monitored vital signs and assessed patients regularly, swiftly identifying any changes in condition and addressing concerns promptly.
LVN
Optum Serve LHI
07.2022 - 10.2022
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
LVN
Nursefinders
08.2017 - 06.2022
- Assess patients, record vitals, and document medical histories; evaluate patient responses
- Update and maintain patient charts and communicate changes to nurses and physicians to ensure continuum of care; Rapid response team for patients in distress
- Counsel and educate patients on diagnoses, treatments, chronic disease self-management, wound management and medications, including self-injection teaching; Disease management care for BP patients, follow up, schedule and carry out protocol
- Perform Covid tests, seasonal flu vaccinations as well as administration of other common vaccinations to adults and children; provide kenalog steroid injections; draw up botox; mix sculptra
- Use of EPIC EMR system to update patient records, contact patients, chart, transmit orders, communicate with staff, and carry out preventative wellness care
- Provide EKG’s, PT/INR tests, retinal scans, spirometry, urine tests, rapid strep tests, rooming patients and ensuring flow of MD’s schedule
LVN/Licensed Aesthetician
The Vein Clinic
02.2015 - 06.2018
- Assessed patients' blood pressure; kept accurate patient records for medical, sales, inventory and business affiliates.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications pre/post and during procedure of great saphenous vein ablation. Assist during injections of face and body.
- Educated patients and new hires on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns; Delivered updates in patient status to doctor.
- Office management including preparation, ordering and inventory of supplies.
- Oversee daily schedule to ensure efficiency and smooth patient flow; provide radio-frequency treatments to face, neck and body improving appearance of scarring, cellulite and aging.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
Home Health LVN - Pediatrics
Maxim Healthcare
05.2016 - 05.2017
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from patient
- Assisted with feeding - g-tube feeding along with oral feeding soft foods and medication administration; monitor intake to help patient achieve nutritional objectives; nasogastric tube; breathing treatments.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Perform passive range of motion 2-3 times per shift, talking to patient for stimulation and entertainment, monitoring for signs of pain, grimacing, agitation.
- Daily application of brace; perform physical therapy outlined exercises 2-3 times per day to help with muscle strengthening.
Education
IV And Blood Withdraw Certification - Practical Nursing
San Marcos Healthcare Learning Center
Oceanside 05-2019
LVN - Nursing
Grossmont Health Occupations Center
Santee, CA01-2015
Certification - Nursing Assistance
Certified Nursing Assistant
San Diego, CA12-2011
Licensed Aesthetician - Skin Care
Bellus Academy
Poway, CA05-2002
Skills
- Patient Assessments; Admitting and discharging
- Direct Patient Care; GI feeding and tubes; Breathing treatments, O2 treatment, nebulizers
- EMR / EHR
- Patient Management; Patient/Family Education
- Chronic disease management; Teamwork, Collaboration
- Caregiving skills; Fostering warm and positive environment
- Vital Signs Monitoring
- Time Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Emergency Response
Timeline
LVN Program Nurse
CRF Turning Point Crisis Center
06.2023 - 01.2024
LVN
Optum Serve LHI
07.2022 - 10.2022
LVN
Nursefinders
08.2017 - 06.2022
Home Health LVN - Pediatrics
Maxim Healthcare
05.2016 - 05.2017
LVN/Licensed Aesthetician
The Vein Clinic
02.2015 - 06.2018
IV And Blood Withdraw Certification - Practical Nursing
San Marcos Healthcare Learning Center
LVN - Nursing
Grossmont Health Occupations Center
Certification - Nursing Assistance
Certified Nursing Assistant
Licensed Aesthetician - Skin Care
Bellus Academy
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