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Latifah Fleniken

Summary

Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) with progressive career history in direct patient care, triage and care coordination in fast-paced environment, and directorship. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patients, students, and high-stress situations. Consistently developing strong relationships with patients, families, students, and employees through empathetic communication, respectful attitude and excellent customer service.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Nurse Injector

Allure Aesthetics
03.2022 - Current
  • 2 days weekly, 5pm until finished.
  • Administered medications via IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
  • Remained calm during high-stress, critical situations, demonstrating sustained focus and problem-solving in real-time.
  • Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment.
  • Provide Botox and Dysport injections.
  • Provide lip filler.
  • Provide multiple chemical peels for the body and face.
  • Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
  • Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.

Adjunct Clinical Instructor

Angelina College
08.2020 - Current
  • Primarily worked with 4th semester community students, and coordinated clinical sites and check ins.
  • Assisted with lab check offs for basic skills.
  • Assisted with clinical simulations and provided feedback for each individual student.
  • Improved student performance by defining clear goals and communicating performance metrics.
  • Instructed students on how to perform head-to-toe assessments on patients and how to intervene in medical emergencies.
  • Provided nursing skill demonstrations for medication administration, dressing changes and clinical logs.
  • Provided immediate and constructive feedback to students individually and as group.

Director of Health Services

St. Cyprian's Episcopal School
07.2020 - Current

• I was initially recruited to build a program from scratch because of the urgent need secondary to COVID. I was given a budget for office construction. Created policy and procedure. Established relationship with medical director. Worked with Texas Department of Health Services for thorough implementation.

• Was in office full-time for 2 years, then hired a team of nurses to provide student care.

• I oversee staffing, state reporting related to immunizations and health screenings (hearing, vision, & scoliosis).

• Communicate with parents related to problems and issues.

• Review documents consistently related to basic documentation, medication administration, and office census.

• The director role does not require me in office every day, but only when there is problems or emergencies. I am daily on phone calls and emails.

Chief of Staff - Executive Pastor

New Life Lufkin
06.2020 - Current
  • Attend and host meetings to make informed business decisions, provide administrative support and evaluate progress toward goals and objectives.
  • Supervise all staff and carry out all hiring, training and performance evaluations to establish and enforce policies and procedures for church functions.
  • Encouraged coordination and cooperation among departments and continuous review of interdepartmental processes to support quality control and improvement.
  • Weekly public speaking, and biblical content creation.
  • Coordinated office events, seminars and meetings for staff and clients.
  • Identified opportunities to streamline processes and improve office operations and efficiency.
  • Built and managed processes for tracking and monitoring department performance.
  • Implemented project management techniques to overcome obstacles and increase team productivity.
  • Built highly-efficient administrative team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
  • Created reports, presentations and other materials for executive staff.
  • Chief of staff to janitor. See a need, fill a need.

School Nurse (Lufkin Middle School)

Lufkin ISD
08.2016 - 07.2020

My duties included basic health care, first aid, medication administration, and overall health safety of our 2,000 students on campus. I was responsible for organization of hearing and vision screenings, scoliosis screenings, critical health conditions, and immunizations. During this time was was trained one-on-one with LISD Health Servies director of 25 years, Jan Fulbright, on how to direct a district health program and how to manage school nurses.

Assistant Director of Nurses

Hospice In The Pines
11.2015 - 08.2016

My duties include, but are not limited to: directly supervising 3 RNs, and 1 LVN, multiple billing aspects (coding ICD-10, HIS), weekly schedules, weekly updated care plans list for physicians, and PRN patient visits.

Case Manager

Agape Home Health
09.2014 - 11.2015

I was responsible for admitting, resuming, and discharging patient from home health care. This involved direct patient assessment, communicating with multiple physicians and insurance companies, and diligent, timely paperwork completion. I left Agape full time in November 2015. I remain a PRN employee with the agency, and take weekend call for them every 5 weeks.

Admission Specialist and Case Manager

Hospice In The Pines
01.2014 - 09.2014

Began hospice admission process, and complete the process. This involved gathering records, studying medical records in depth, and presenting the case to multiple physicians. I also worked as a case manger. This involved having 13-18 patients assigned to you weekly, and managing all pain any symptoms in the home.

Education

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
05.2020

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX
12.2013

High School Diploma -

Hudson High School
Lufkin, TX
05.2010

Skills

Skilled communicator

Exceptional time manager

Clinical Knowledge

Organized

Ability to be taught and corrected

Problem solver

Critical thinker

Timeline

Nurse Injector

Allure Aesthetics
03.2022 - Current

Adjunct Clinical Instructor

Angelina College
08.2020 - Current

Director of Health Services

St. Cyprian's Episcopal School
07.2020 - Current

Chief of Staff - Executive Pastor

New Life Lufkin
06.2020 - Current

School Nurse (Lufkin Middle School)

Lufkin ISD
08.2016 - 07.2020

Assistant Director of Nurses

Hospice In The Pines
11.2015 - 08.2016

Case Manager

Agape Home Health
09.2014 - 11.2015

Admission Specialist and Case Manager

Hospice In The Pines
01.2014 - 09.2014

Master of Science - Nursing Education

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Stephen F. Austin State University

High School Diploma -

Hudson High School
Latifah Fleniken