Lainey Wilkinson
Huntington,Indiana
Summary
A dedicated, compassionate, and skilled registered nurse with 5 years of direct patient care experience in Cardiovascular Intensive Care, functioning as nurse leader since December 2020. Passionate about ensuring patient safety, safe staffing ratios, and excellent care.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Lutheran Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care
Fort Wayne
06.2017 - Current
- Maintains clinical practice that is evidence-based and consistent with nursing policies, procedures and standards
- Assessing critically ill patients and collaborating with physicians to seek orders needed
- Monitoring vital signs, EKG's, and hemodynamics
- Following physician’s orders including giving medications, titrating intravenous drips, inserting Foley catheters, gastric tubes, and intravenous catheters
- Removing lines per order such as chest tubes and central venous catheters
- Assisting with bedside procedures
- Maintaing sterile field with sterile procedures
- Monitoring and operating intra-aortic balloon pumps, impella, ECMO, and continuous renal replacement therapy machines
- Educating patients and family members on procedures and disease processes as needed
- Supervising nursing staff and providing guidance as needed, assisting with admissions, transfers and discharges
- Collaborating with hospital house supervisor to ensure safe nurse to patient ratios and general concerns
- Communicating with Stat transfer staff and assigning patients to rooms for admission
- Assigning nurses to appropriate assignments.
Patient Care Associate
Lutheran Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care
Fort Wayne
11.2013 - 06.2017
- Helping patients with daily cares including bathing, toileting, ambulating, checking blood glucose and vital signs
- Obtaining blood, stool, and urine specimens as ordered
- Clerical duties such as answering phones and organizing the unit.
Residential Assistant
Pathfinder Services
Huntington, Indiana
12.2011 - 03.2014
- Caring for adults with mental disabilities including administering daily medications, cooking meals, showering, toileting, transporting to appointments, and cleaning the home.
Cook
Baxter’s Restaurant
Huntington, Indiana
08.2005 - 01.2013
- Cooking foods, serving, cleaning tables and kitchen area, clerical duties including answering phones, and taking payment.
Floral Designer
Town and Country Flowers
Huntington, Indiana
04.2011 - 03.2012
- Arranging flowers per client preferences, unpacking stock, and clerical duties including answering phones, taking clients orders, and taking payments.
Cook
Richards Restaurant
Huntington, Indiana
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Cooking foods, and cleaning the kitchen area.
Education
High School Diploma - undefined
Huntington North High School
Associates Science - of Nursing
University of Saint Francis
Skills
- Dependable and Responsible
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Multitasking Abilities
- Sanitation
- Patient Management
- Infection Control
- Clinical Documentation
- Postoperative Care
- Hemodynamics monitoring
- Intravenous therapy
- Patient and family advocacy
- Staff supervision
Certification
Registered Nurse –Indiana #28236396A.
Current ACLS and BLS certification.
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Lutheran Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care
06.2017 - Current
Patient Care Associate
Lutheran Hospital, Cardiovascular Intensive Care
11.2013 - 06.2017
Residential Assistant
Pathfinder Services
12.2011 - 03.2014
Floral Designer
Town and Country Flowers
04.2011 - 03.2012
Cook
Richards Restaurant
03.2011 - 12.2011
Cook
Baxter’s Restaurant
08.2005 - 01.2013
High School Diploma - undefined
Huntington North High School
Associates Science - of Nursing
University of Saint Francis
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