Lanika Hunt
Memphis,TN
Summary
Practical Nursing professional with comprehensive training and solid foundation in nursing practices. Adept at providing patient-centered care, supporting clinical staff, and ensuring adherence to best practices. Valued for strong teamwork and ability to meet evolving healthcare needs with reliability and flexibility. Skills include patient assessment, care planning, and medical support.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nursing Clinical Student Practical Nurse
St. Bernard's CrossRidge Community Hospital
08.2024 - Current
- Administered medications safely and accurately within scope of practice, adhering to hospital policies and procedures.
- Enhanced patient care by conducting thorough assessments and developing individualized care plans.
- Contributed to efficient unit operations by organizing supplies, maintaining equipment, and ensuring proper infection control measures were followed.
- Conducted ongoing patient evaluations to monitor progress, adjust treatment plans, and ensure optimal recovery.
- Utilized effective time management strategies to balance competing priorities while maintaining high levels of patient care delivery.
- Demonstrated strong critical thinking skills when faced with complex medical situations or emergencies requiring immediate action.
- Provided emotional support for patients and families during difficult medical situations, fostering trust and open communication.
- Educated patients on disease prevention, health maintenance, and self-care management strategies.
- Improved patient outcomes through consistent monitoring, timely interventions, and accurate documentation.
- Contributed to a positive work culture by demonstrating professionalism, teamwork, and respect for colleagues in all interactions.
- Promoted a positive healing environment by establishing rapport with patients and addressing their concerns.
- Participated in clinical training, seminars, and other educational offerings to develop knowledge and skill levels.
- Recognized and reported observations, patient behaviors and other indicators outside normal parameters or directions given by LPN.
- Collaborated with members of multidisciplinary team and offered suggestions while demonstrating sensitivity to aspects of care delivery.
- Responded and followed up to needs of patient population to foster comfortable and safe environment.
- Ensured compliance with HIPAA regulations while maintaining accurate electronic health records for all patients under my care.
- Implemented evidence-based nursing practices to optimize patient outcomes and maintain high-quality care standards.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Shift Key
08.2021 - Current
- Provide nurses with administrative and technical support
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary by ambulating, turning, and positioning patients
- Maintaining patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine and recording intake and output information
- Document actions by completing forms, documents, logs, and records
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients, answering patients call lights and requests and reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor
- Gathering appropriate medical supplies
- Serves and protects the community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies, and procedures
- Protects organization by keeping patient’s information confidential
- Listening to and observing patients for signs of distress, which promptly reporting to nurse
- Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels.
- Assisted patients with daily living activities for enhanced comfort and wellbeing.
- Provided high-quality personal care services such as bathing, grooming, dressing, and feeding to ensure patient dignity.
Boatswain’s Mate
United States Navy
01.2014 - 01.2021
- My job was to maintain order in a legally medical facility doing clerical/secretarial duties such as caring for others, checking & delivering mail for different units, and acting as a secretary as well
- Comforts patients by anticipating patients' anxieties; answering patients' questions; maintaining the reception area
- Serving as a member of damage control, emergency and security alert teams
- Operating sound-powered telephone systems
- Collecting copayments & balances of patients as well as inputting information within medical system
- Comforts patients by anticipating patients' anxieties; answering patients' questions; maintaining the reception area
- Ensures availability of treatment information by filing and retrieving patient records
- Maintains business office inventory and equipment by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; scheduling equipment service and repairs
- Handling of shipments that come into the facility each day; receiving duties as well
- Worked inside medical facility greeting patients upon entry into VA Medical Center
- Operated large marine vessels by adjusting speed, steering craft and utilizing navigation instruments.
- Towed and maneuvered vessels in harbors and open seas, communicating movements to passing vessels.
- Prioritized safety procedures when operating vessels, controlling speed, berthing and unberthing, giving optimal protection to crew and equipment.
- Kept watch aboard vessels to identify changing conditions or potential issues and implement corrective actions.
- Adhered to laws and regulations based on voyage locations.
- Inspected and assessed telecommunication systems and navigational instruments to prepare for and manage safe piloting.
- Planned routes and travel speeds to meet scheduling and delivery goals.
- Navigated vessel routes and used navigation equipment to verify accuracy of calculations.
- Took responsibility for ship operations in cases of injury or illness.
Education
Practical Nursing
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, AR05-2025
No Degree - Certified Nursing Assistant
East Arkansas Community College
Forrest City, AR07.2021
High School Diploma -
Craigmont High School
Memphis, TN05.2008
Skills
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Dementia knowledge and care
- Medical Terminology
- Basic life support
- Responsible and dependable
- Patient care
- Elderly care
- Critical thinking
- Vital signs monitoring
- Excellent communication
- Clinical judgment
- CPR certification
- Catheter care
- Organizational skills
- End-of-life care
- HIPAA compliance
- Health promotion
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Discharge planning
- Wound care
- Disease prevention
- Physical assessments
- Mental health care
- Pain management
- Pediatric care
- Feeding assistance
- Rehabilitation support
- Nursing intervention evaluations
- Clinical documentation
- Medication administration
- Infection control
- Geriatric care
- Interpersonal skills
- Diabetes management
- Analytical thinking
- Conflict resolution
- Tracheostomy care
- Call answering and assistance
- Postoperative care
- Treatment room preparation
- Oxygen therapy
- Goal setting
- Anatomy and physiology
- Patient positioning and transporting
- Teamwork
- Care plan development
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Wound dressing and suturing
- Problem-solving
- Medical paperwork processing
- Data analysis
Certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant of Arkansas
- Certified Nursing Assistant of Tennessee
Certification
Basic Life Support/American Heart Association CPR Certification: Expiration Date 11/2025
Timeline
Nursing Clinical Student Practical Nurse
St. Bernard's CrossRidge Community Hospital
08.2024 - Current
Certified Nursing Assistant
Shift Key
08.2021 - Current
Boatswain’s Mate
United States Navy
01.2014 - 01.2021
Practical Nursing
East Arkansas Community College
No Degree - Certified Nursing Assistant
East Arkansas Community College
High School Diploma -
Craigmont High School
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