Latoshua Quebedeaux
Summary
Nurse practitioner student with over 500 clinical rotation hours and 10 years experience providing excellent patient care as a registered nurse. Experienced with patient assessments, clinical procedures, and care plan development. Strong understanding of patient education and effective collaboration within healthcare teams. Dedicated to using patient-centered approaches to improve health outcomes and ensure comprehensive care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infection Preventionist RN Part-time
Iberia Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
- Work to prevent and identify the spread of infectious diseases in the acute hospital setting through surveillance and staff education.
- Developed a strong working relationship with the Louisiana Department of Health to ensure timely notification of notifiable communicable diseases and assist in controlling outbreaks within the facility and community.
- Oversee the Infection Prevention Committee and serve as a member on multiple other committees within the hospital.
- Provide comprehensive training for staff on proper hand hygiene, personal protective equipment usage, and other infection control practices to minimize risks.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for effective infection prevention strategies and policy development.
Registered Nurse- Case Manager/PRN-RN
Hospice of Acadiana
05.2019 - Current
- Provide compassionate nursing care to terminally ill patients in a variety of settings.
- Collaboration with interdisciplinary team, family, and patient to determine plan of care while maintaining comfort and dignity.
- Educating patient and families on the dying process and determining patient/family goals.
Registered Nurse- PRN Charge Nurse
Genesis Behavioral Hospital
04.2023 - 05.2024
- Provide competent psychiatric nursing care to patients with diagnosis of schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorder, and substance abuse disorder.
- Monitor patient progress through group discussion and observations.
- Develop treatment plans in conjunction with interdisciplinary team tailored to treat the patients current mental illness.
Registered Nurse-Local Contract Nurse/Per Diem
Advantage Medical Professionals
04.2017 - 01.2022
- Provide high quality nursing care to patients with complex illnesses on Post-op, Med-Surg, and Neuro/Ortho/Trauma units.
- Highly adaptable to change in assignment.
- Quickly adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, providing care to Covid patients with different degrees of severity in the illness.
- Management of patient care includes monitoring, recording, and evaluating patient medical conditions, collaborating with physicians and reporting abnormalities or change in status.
- Served as a preceptor for new graduates.
Registered Nurse- PRN Postpartum Nurse
Women’s & Children’s Hospital
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Provided quality nursing care as a PRN staff nurse to postpartum women as well as Med-Surg patients and post-op patients.
- Nursing care included monitoring, recording, evaluating patient conditions.
- Provided exemplary education to new mothers, mastectomy, and hysterectomy patients.
Registered Nurse-Travel Nurse/Contract
Advantage Medical Professionals
06.2016 - 06.2017
- Provided high quality nursing care to patients on a post-surgical unit; including trauma patients.
- Provided post-op and pre-op patient care which included monitoring, recording, evaluating patient conditions and educating patients on post-op care.
- Served as charge nurse and preceptor for new graduates.
Registered Nurse- Full time Renal/Med-Surg
Lafayette General Medical Center
06.2015 - 10.2016
- Provided compassionate nursing care on a Med-Surg and Renal/Dialysis unit.
- Duties consisted of monitoring, recording, evaluating patient conditions, and educating patients on various disease processes.
Education
Masters of Science - Nursing with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner
Herzing University
08.2025
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
McNeese State University
05.2019
Associate of Science - Nursing
Louisiana State University of Eunice
05.2015
Skills
- Patient care management
- Effective clinical decision-making
- Complex Problem-solving
- Chronic illness management
- Skilled in comprehensive physical evaluations
- Clinical decision making
- Care planning
Affiliations
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2024
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, 2024
- Chancellor’s list, 2010-2015
- Dean’s list, 2016-2019
Certification
Registered Nurse
Timeline
Infection Preventionist RN Part-time
Iberia Medical Center
02.2024 - Current
Registered Nurse- PRN Charge Nurse
Genesis Behavioral Hospital
04.2023 - 05.2024
Registered Nurse- Case Manager/PRN-RN
Hospice of Acadiana
05.2019 - Current
Registered Nurse-Local Contract Nurse/Per Diem
Advantage Medical Professionals
04.2017 - 01.2022
Registered Nurse- PRN Postpartum Nurse
Women’s & Children’s Hospital
02.2017 - 06.2017
Registered Nurse-Travel Nurse/Contract
Advantage Medical Professionals
06.2016 - 06.2017
Registered Nurse- Full time Renal/Med-Surg
Lafayette General Medical Center
06.2015 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
McNeese State University
Associate of Science - Nursing
Louisiana State University of Eunice
Masters of Science - Nursing with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner
Herzing University
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