Kelly Eicher
Waterford,PA
Summary
Dedicated Charge Licensed Practical Nurse offering 6 year background managing nursing staff, delegating assignments and assessing patient conditions. Expertise in progress monitoring, plan implementation and history taking. Strong organizational skills, works well under pressure with a positive attitude. Devoted to service excellence in patient care and patient advocacy
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN Charge Nurse
Pleasant Ridge Manor
Girard, PA
04.2017 - Current
- Managed daily staff assignments to ensure proper care and maintain patient safety.
- Analyzed patient assessments and laboratory data to bring any issues to attention of physicians.
- Assembled and used equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, enteral feeding tubes, IV lines, ventilators, g-tube/peg- tube, oxygen and wound vac suppliers to effectively manage patient care.
- Conducted patient assessments to obtain patient health history, pain levels, allergies and vital signs.
- Developed individual care plans to meet patient needs and achieve treatment goals.
- Led and mentored 6 newly licensed nurses to develop professional expertise.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Worked effectively with physicians and CRNP's to promote optimal care to patients.
LPN Field Nurse
Bayada Home Healthcare
Erie, PA
06.2010 - 03.2016
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Inserted tracheostomies, Foley catheters ,straight catheters and G-tubes, performed daily care of both tracheostomy and G-tube, monitored enteral feedings and ventilator settings.
- Educated patient caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment goals and in home care implementation to achieve these goals.
- Administered daily medications including controlled narcotics, inserted and monitored IV's and oxygen therapy..
LPN
UPMC Hamot Medical Center
Erie, PA
03.2005 - 06.2010
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Scrubbed in and assisted physicians with both routine and emergent C-sections, minimized staff and patient infection risk by maintaining a sterile field, maintained optimal OR flow by ordering all supplies needed, assisted with natural births and monitoring of newborns and mother.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and Foley catheters prior to natural births and C-sections, performed newborn assessments as well as administration of newborn medications and lab draws.
- Assisted with admissions, transfers and discharges.
- Collaborated with supervisor to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Education
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
Mercyhurst North East
North East, PA03.2005
Skills
- Needs Assessment
- Activities of Daily Living ADLs
- Epic Systems
- Team Building
- Patient Charting
- Specimen Collection
- Care Planning and Modifications
- Patient Observation
- Vital Signs Recording
- Conditions Reporting
- Wound Dressing
- Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration
- Nursing Staff Supervision
- Medication Administration
- Intravenous Medications
- Infection Control
- Critical Thinking
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Responsible and Dependable
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
Timeline
LPN Charge Nurse
Pleasant Ridge Manor
04.2017 - Current
LPN Field Nurse
Bayada Home Healthcare
06.2010 - 03.2016
LPN
UPMC Hamot Medical Center
03.2005 - 06.2010
Associate of Science - Licensed Practical Nurse
Mercyhurst North East
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