Katie King
Fort Myers,FL
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 12+ years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level LPN position. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Heartland Registry Inc
LaBelle, FL
08.2011 - Current
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Performed wound care treatments using sterile techniques, promoting healing and preventing complications.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and closely monitoring vital signs.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult times, fostering positive relationships built on trust and compassion.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Supported physicians during examinations and scans to assist with diagnostic procedures.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
LPN
Loving Hands Home Health Care
Fort Myers, FL
01.2020 - 09.2022
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
Education
General Studies
Florida SouthWestern State College
Fort Myers, FLLicensed Practical Nurse - Practical Nursing
Fort Myers Technical College
Fort Myers, FLSkills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Medical Documentation
- Geriatric Nursing
- Catheter Care
- Diabetes management
- Respiratory Care
- Medication Administration (PO, IM, SQ, IV)
- Direct Patient Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Physical Assessment
- Clinical judgment
- Documenting intake and output
- ADL Assistance
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Chronic Disease Management
- Maintaining nutrition
- Rehabilitation techniques
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Education
- Infection Control
- Specimen Collection
- Wound Dressing and Suturing
- Patient Positioning and Transporting
Timeline
LPN
Loving Hands Home Health Care
01.2020 - 09.2022
LPN
Heartland Registry Inc
08.2011 - Current
General Studies
Florida SouthWestern State College
Licensed Practical Nurse - Practical Nursing
Fort Myers Technical College