Lacey Sutton
Waynesville,NC
Summary
Registered Nurse for over sixteen years with experience in offering comprehensive patient care in private duty, hemodialysis, hospital, and long term care environments. Eager to deliver compassionate patient care with respect to individual patient needs. Seasoned experience administering medications, clinical skills, charting skills, communication with patients, families, doctors, and supervisors. Experience with critical thinking in emergency situations. Always willing to learn new skills and gain knowledge of new work environments
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Private Duty Registered Nurse
BAYADA
Asheville, NC
07.2023 - 02.2025
- Provided one on one care
- Administered prescribed medications and treatments per physician orders
- Assisted with activities of daily living
- G-tube care
- Tracheostomy care
- Prepared meals for client
- Cleaned supplies and assisted with house cleaning
- Obtained vital signs
- Performed nursing assessments and computer documentation
- Central line care
- IV administration
- Administered non-invasive ventilation at night and monitored client
- Developed strong relationships with clients and families to support comprehensive social, mental and physical care.
Private Duty Nursing Registered Nurse
A New Hope Home Care
701 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Provided one on one care in home and at client's school per physician orders and nursing care plan.
- Monitored client's vital signs.
- Assisted with activities of daily living per physician orders and as needed.
- Performed nursing assessment and documented client care per computer charting.
- Client and family education provided as needed.
- Administered medications per physician orders.
Registered Nurse
DaVita
Cherokee, NC
03.2020 - 09.2021
- Assessed patients prior to hemodialysis and monitored vital signs and condition throughout treatment.
- Monitored fistulas, grafts, and central lines. If any of these stopped functioning during treatment, appointment was made for patient to go to clinic or hospital to correct issue.
- Accompanied physician for weekly rounding, discussed patient conditions and any concerns, and carried out orders.
- Provided patients, families, and caregivers with education concerning dialysis treatment, importance of attendance to every treatment, medications, disease process, and food and fluid intake that can affect fluid volume and laboratory values.
- Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients, and determined next course of action per DaVita protocols and physician orders.
- Supervised Patient Care Technicians (PCTs) who were assigned to 5 patients each, initiated hemodialysis treatment after assessment and vital signs, obtained vital signs every 30 minutes, and disconnected patients from hemodialysis machine after treatment and safe vital signs.
- Managed care for up to 16 patients alone with one nurse and 20 patients with two nurses.
- Made certain blood specimens were sent to laboratory per orders.
- Monitored lab values, modified orders per physician protocols, and notified physician of critical values.
Staff Nurse
Claiborne Medical Center
Tazewell, TN
11.2014 - 12.2019
- Took care of up to 7 patients on Medical Surgical floor
- Occasionally took care of children after surgical procedures if surgeon directly admitted patient to hospital floor.
- Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management.
- Delivered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
- Educated patients, families, and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management, and lifestyle options.
- Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, including treatment, medications and IVs administered, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
- Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes to physicians. Carried out new orders.
- Administered IVs, catheter insertion and removal, NG tube administration and removal. Occasionally took care of patients on a ventilator in the Critical Care Unit.
- Admitted and discharged patients. Provided patient, family, and caregiver education and instructions.
- Transferred patients to higher levels of care per physician orders as well as transfers to rehabilitation facilities.
- Comfort care provided to patients per physician orders.
- Monitored vital signs and collected specimens.
- Initiated care plans and updated them.
- Promoted patient independence by teaching self-care skills such as colostomy care after colostomy is created during surgery.
- Using feeding pumps for individuals with G-tubes
- Emptying JP drains after surgeries. Removing drains after surgeries
- Took care of patients after hip surgeries, leg amputation, mastectomy, gallbladder removal, appendectomy
Charge Nurse
Tri State Health & Rehabilitation Center
Harrogate, TN
10.2008 - 11.2014
- Supervised staff and managed care in facility for up to 100 residents
- Administered and documented oral, IM, and IV medications for up to 50 residents.
- Assessing patients and documentation per Medicare guidelines
- Family and patient education
- Managed emergency situations as needed
- Provided wound care and changed dressings as ordered
- Made staff assignment for my upcoming shift, assisted physicians with patient rounding, carried out patient orders and communicated with other departments as needed.
- Provided comfort care for residents per physician orders and emotional support to family, friends, and care givers
- Assisted families and visitors with questions and/or concerns as needed.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate, TN08.2008
Skills
- Direct patient care
- Chronic disease management
- Professional and Compassionate Bedside Manner
- Staff Supervision
- Infection Control Measures
- Patient and Family Education
- Critical Thinking During Emergency Situations
- Patient Assessment and Computer Charting
- Medication Administration and Dosage Calculation
- Central line Management
- Tracheostomy care
- Seasoned in Medical Clinical Procedures
Timeline
Private Duty Registered Nurse
BAYADA
07.2023 - 02.2025
Private Duty Nursing Registered Nurse
A New Hope Home Care
03.2023 - 06.2023
Registered Nurse
DaVita
03.2020 - 09.2021
Staff Nurse
Claiborne Medical Center
11.2014 - 12.2019
Charge Nurse
Tri State Health & Rehabilitation Center
10.2008 - 11.2014
Associate of Science - Nursing
Lincoln Memorial University