Latriece Allen
Olathe,KS
Summary
Seeking a Licensed Practical nursing position where I can utilize my education, skills, and experience in patient care and grow within a company.
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over twelve years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Overland Park Post Acute Nursing and Rehab
09.2024 - Current
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments,
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
- Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
LPN
Ignite Rainbow
01.2022 - Current
- Managing floor staff
- Medication distribution
- Wound Care
- New admissions and discharges
- Monitoring labs and patient orders
- Assisting patients with ADLs
- Pain management
- New orders
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
LPN
Clipboard
01.2022 - Current
- Agency Nurse, filling staffing needs
- Managing floor staff
- Medication distribution to patients
- Monitoring labs and patient orders
- Documentation
- Wound care
- New admissions and discharges
LPN
Shiftkey
01.2021 - Current
- Agency nurse
- Filling staffing needs in Kansas and Missouri
- Medication distribution
- Assisting with resident ADLs
- Documentation
- Wound Care
- New admissions and discharges
- Monitoring labs and patient orders
Assistant Director of Nursing / Floor nurse
The Sheridan at Overland Park
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Patient Care plans Evaluating placement for new admissions
- Employee evaluations
- Assisting with new hires
- Daily rounds
- Supporting floor staff
- Filling floor needs when needed
- Chart Audits
LPN
Shawnee Parc
01.2019 - 02.2020
- Direct patient care
- Medication management
- Documentation
- Wound care
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Helped residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
Unit Manager/ Nursing Supervisor
Indian Creek Nursing and Rehab
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Managing nursing staff
- Working closely with Medical Directors and Nurse Practitioners
- EMAR
- PCC
- Monitoring documentation
- Coumadin audits
- Admissions
- Integration of a new pharmacy
- Staff education
- Patient and family education
- Wound care
- Scheduling
LPN
Carestaf
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Direct patient care
- Medication management
- Documentation
- Glucose monitoring
- Pain management
- Filling nursing needs in various facilities
LPN
Favorite Healthcare
01.2016 - 01.2020
- Direct patient care
- Medication distribution
- Ordering labs and diagnostic testing
- Catheter care
- Teach care
- Wound care
- PCCC
Licensed Practical Nurse/Wound Nurse
Kansas City Transitional Care Center
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Direct patient care
- Medication distribution
- Managing nursing care for all patients
- Delegating shifts tasks
- Set up appointments and transportation for patients
- Communicating with physician team
- Confirming new orders
- Admitting new patients
- Discharging patients
- Calling in medications to pharmacy
- Documentation Point Click Care
- Wound management
- Weekly wound management
- Rounding with mobile wound team
- Evaluating preventative measures for skin breakdown
Licensed Practical Nurse
KVC Psychiatric and Behavioral Hospital
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Medication distribution
- Injections
- Vitals
- Direct Patient Care
- Documentation
- Trach Care Patient Education
Certified Nurse Aid/Home Health Aid
Interim Healthcare
01.2012 - 01.2014
- Medication Reminders
- Monitoring Blood Glucose
- Activities of Daily Living
- Direct Patient Care
- Documentation
Mental Health Technician Trainee
Osawatomie State Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2013
- ADLs
- Vitals
- Documentation
- Escorting patients to meals and activities
Education
IV Certification -
Sharon Lane
01.2015
Practical Nursing - undefined
Brown Mackie College
Lenexa, KS01.2013
Home Health Aid -
01.2013
Associate of Liberal Arts - undefined
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, KS01.2010
Skills
- Dementia Care
- Spirituality in Recovery
- Direct Patient Care
- Sterile Field Maintenance
- Dressing Application
- Acute Care
- Chronic Care
- Patient Education
- Charting
- Documentation
- Catheter Training
- NG Tube Training
- PEG Tube Training
- Tracheostomy Training
- Wound Care
- Injections
- Blood Sugar Monitoring
- Computer Knowledge
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Samples collection
- Patient evaluations
- Tuberculosis testing
- Physical assessment
- Breathing treatments
- Quality assurance
- Health education
- Staff direction and task delegation
- HIPAA compliance
- Caring for wounds
- Medication administration
- Pain management
- End-of-life care
- Clinical documentation
- Geriatric care
- Infection control
- Family communication
- Patient care
- Medication dispensing
- Care planning
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
Clinical Sites
- Della Lamb, Kansas City, Missouri
- Head Start, Olathe, KS
- Health Department, Leavenworth, Kansas
- DaVita Dialysis, Kansas & Missouri
- Lakeview, Lenexa, Kansas
Significant Coursework
- Medical Terminology
- Anatomy & Physiology 1 & 2
- Pharmacology
- Foundations to Nursing
- Care of the Elder Adult
- Care of the Childbearing Family and Children
- Med. Surg
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Overland Park Post Acute Nursing and Rehab
09.2024 - Current
LPN
Ignite Rainbow
01.2022 - Current
LPN
Clipboard
01.2022 - Current
LPN
Shiftkey
01.2021 - Current
LPN
Shawnee Parc
01.2019 - 02.2020
Assistant Director of Nursing / Floor nurse
The Sheridan at Overland Park
01.2019 - 01.2021
Unit Manager/ Nursing Supervisor
Indian Creek Nursing and Rehab
01.2018 - 01.2020
LPN
Carestaf
01.2018 - 01.2020
LPN
Favorite Healthcare
01.2016 - 01.2020
Licensed Practical Nurse/Wound Nurse
Kansas City Transitional Care Center
01.2014 - 01.2018
Licensed Practical Nurse
KVC Psychiatric and Behavioral Hospital
01.2014 - 12.2014
Certified Nurse Aid/Home Health Aid
Interim Healthcare
01.2012 - 01.2014
Mental Health Technician Trainee
Osawatomie State Hospital
01.2012 - 01.2013
Practical Nursing - undefined
Brown Mackie College
Associate of Liberal Arts - undefined
Johnson County Community College
IV Certification -
Sharon Lane