Experienced healthcare professional skilled in providing exceptional patient care. Demonstrates strong clinical, interpersonal, and time management abilities. Proficient in communication, medication administration, and wound care.
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Lakeisha Gordon
Kissimmee,fl
Summary
Overview
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Sterling Place Nursing HomeBaton Rouge, LA
LPN
01.2023 - 11.2023
Job overview
- Demonstrated expertise in patient care while aiding physicians with essential tasks like administering injections, taking vital signs, and other relevant nursing duties.
- Maintained accurate records of all lab test results and findings.
- Provided comprehensive wound care, including dressing changes, wound cleaning, and application of ointments and medications.
- Delivered emotional support to individuals experiencing challenging situations, including end-of-life decisions and conflicts over treatment options.
- Maintained diligent observation of patient progress, ensuring prompt reporting of any abnormalities during treatments or procedures to the healthcare team.
- Performed wound care including changing dressings, cleaning wounds, applying ointments and medications and providing other necessary treatments.
- Conducted routine ward rounds to monitor patient well-being and supply dispensation
Capital House Nursing & Rehab CenterBaton Rouge, LA
LPN
01.2021 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Kept a vigilant eye on patients, noting any shifts in their physical or mental state, and promptly notifying the supervisor or doctor in charge.
- Utilized skills to conduct routine laboratory tasks like urinalysis, blood glucose monitoring, and other tests.
- Provided patients and their families with direct physical and emotional support.
- Performed wound care including changing dressings, cleaning wounds, applying ointments and medications and providing other necessary treatments.
- Implemented medical plans effectively by dispensing medicines in accordance with the prescribed route of administration decided by doctors.
- Charted patient health conditions to assist nursing supervisor in monitoring developments.
- Managed medical concerns by promptly recognizing and addressing physical, emotional, and symptomatic shifts in patient well-being.
Self Employed ServicesLauderdale Lakes, FL
Child Caregiver
10.2008 - 11.2017
Job overview
- Identified potential issues that could affect patient safety or quality outcomes.
- Managed effective pain relief by integrating pharmacological agents and non-pharmacologic modalities.
- Worked collaboratively with interdisciplinary team members to provide comprehensive care services.
- Experienced in changing cuffed and uncuffed tracheostomies. Ensured effective monitoring and clean stoma.
- Applied extensive knowledge to assess and modify gastrostomy tubes, ensuring effective monitoring and maintaining a clean stoma for more than a decade.
- Experienced in managing and maintaining functional ventilators through effective troubleshooting for more than 12 years.
- Ensured smooth functioning of feeding pumps through effective management.
Education
Robert Morgan Educational Center And Technical CollegeMiami, FL
LPN from Nursing
01-2019
University Overview
Atlantic Technical CollegePompano Beach, FL
High School Diploma
07-2004
University Overview
Skills
- Medical Documentation
- Compassionate Care
- Diabetes management
- Behavioral Health
- Catheter Care
- Disease Prevention
- Tracheostomy Care
- Pediatric nursing
- Clinical Documentation
- Health Education
- Palliative Care
- Post Operative Care
- Emergency Response
- Family Communication
- Wound Care
- Physical Assessment
- Home Health Care
- Staff Supervision
- Medication Administration
- Immunization Administration
- Staff direction and task delegation
- Counting narcotics
- Chronic Disease Management
- Geriatric Care
- Pediatric Care
- Performance monitoring
- Patient Observation
- Nursing Staff Supervision
- Multitasking
- Intravenous Medications
- Patient Advocacy
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Timeline
LPN
Sterling Place Nursing Home
01.2023 - 11.2023
LPN
Capital House Nursing & Rehab Center
01.2021 - 01.2023
Child Caregiver
Self Employed Services
10.2008 - 11.2017
Robert Morgan Educational Center And Technical College
LPN from Nursing
Atlantic Technical College
High School Diploma
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