Karina Montes
Visalia,CA
Summary
Passionate, highly motivated, and patient focused nurse, seeking new opportunities and challenges to help advance the community in a safe and effective manner.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaweah Health Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
- Assisting in management of patients undergoing endoscopic procedures
- Preparing patients for procedures, ensuring proper function of equipment and instrumentation
- Reprocessing of tools and instruments under high level disinfection
- Assisting physician with advanced gastrointestinal procedures under fluoroscopy
Lead Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaweah Health Exeter Clinic
10.2022 - 12.2023
- Performing patient intake in a clinical setting and obtaining vital signs. Administering medications to patients via oral route, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, and topical route.
- Communicating changes to staff and providers regarding clinic policies and procedures, implementing new processes provided by leadership.
- Review and respond to messages to patients and providers regarding patient health, medications, questions, or concerns. Assisting providers with in office procedures, performing wound care and dressings, providing patient education within nursing scope of practice.
- Collaborating with leadership to create and navigate daily schedule changes with staff and providers. Reviewing productivity reports with leadership to optimize staff to provider and patient ratio to improve productivity and revenue for the organization.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
National Staffing Solutions
01.2021 - 05.2023
- Swabbing attendees for COVID-19 in clean technique, providing education to patients to promote health and prevention of transmission of virus.
- Ensuring specimens are sent to required laboratories for result processing. Registering patients for appointments for COVID-19 testing collection.
- Administering COVID-19 vaccine to adult and pediatric patients.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Corcoran State Prison
05.2022 - 10.2022
- Providing individualized care within medical surgical units of hospital including medication administration, wound care, gastrostomy care with feedings, and total care, to improve patient recovery and increase comfort measures.
- Tending to one on one safety precaution rounding for high risk suicidal inmates.
- Dispensing and administering medications including Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to inmate patient population including oral, sublingual, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications.
- Providing wound care and education to promote healthy wound healing.
- Completing COVID-19 surveillance rounding along with COVID-19 testing.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Wellpath
03.2021 - 02.2022
- Dispensing medications to the inmate patient population including oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications.
- Providing wound care as indicated on physician orders to increase wound healing.
- Rounding on patients in isolation segregation to prevent high risk suicidal ideation.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Pleasant Valley State Prison
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Dispensing and administering medications including Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) to the inmate patient population including oral, subcutaneous, and intramuscular medications.
- Rounding on patients requiring COVID-19 surveillance along with COVID-19 testing.
Education
Associate in Science - Vocational Nursing
San Joaquin Valley College
Timeline
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaweah Health Medical Center
12.2023 - Current
Lead Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaweah Health Exeter Clinic
10.2022 - 12.2023
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Corcoran State Prison
05.2022 - 10.2022
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Pleasant Valley State Prison
06.2021 - 08.2021
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Wellpath
03.2021 - 02.2022
Licensed Vocational Nurse
National Staffing Solutions
01.2021 - 05.2023
Associate in Science - Vocational Nursing
San Joaquin Valley College
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