Lauren Thomas

• Provide compassionate end-of-life care and symptom management to patients in home and facility settings.

• Develop and implement individualized care plans in collaboration with interdisciplinary teams.

• Assess patients’ physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs to optimize comfort and quality of life.

• Educate patients and families on disease progression, medication management, and advance directives.

• Coordinate care with physicians, social workers, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals.

• Monitor patient conditions, adjust treatments as needed, and document care in electronic medical records (EMR).

• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Administered medications via oral, IV, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Trained new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
• Delivered age-appropriate medical care for adult, adolescent, and geriatric ICU patients.
• Monitored patients' respiratory status and ventilator operation and made adjustments to promote stabilization.
• Observed patients' vital signs and administered physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
• Explained health care issues and ramifications to patients and families to promote informed medical care choices.
• Followed HCA ethical values and principles and adhered to HIPAA medical record regulations to promote patients' privacy.

• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Administered close patient care, checked vital signs and monitored telemetry.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
• Changed out and monitored bandages, catheters and IVs.

• Assisted Nurse with newborn feeding, diaper changes, full head to toe assessments and repositioning.
• Take mother and infants vital signs
• Monitored mothers contractions and fetal heart monitor
• Assisted the nurse with administering medications to patients as prescribed
• Assisted in OR for cesarean birth
• Delivered exceptional care to patients by helping with mobility and daily living requirements.

• Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
• Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
• Performed stress test
• INR testing

• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Administered close patient care, checked vital signs and monitored telemetry.
• Administered medications via oral, IV and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Assisted patients with personal hygiene requirements and monitored conditions to update nursing staff.
• Delivered exceptional care to patients by helping with mobility and daily living requirements.
• Coordinated meal and snack deliveries, assisted with feeding and charted intake for review.

• Transported patients between unit rooms and scanning locations for diverse procedures.
• Worked alongside experienced nursing professionals to learn new procedures.
• Researched different diagnoses to become familiar with presentation and treatment protocols.
• Built rapport with patients and members of patients' support systems.
• Completed medical facility experience while under supervision of qualified staff.

• Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
• Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
• Assisted with routine checks and diagnostic testing by collecting and processing specimens.
• Taught patients about medications, procedures and care plan instructions.
• Completed clinical procedures and gathered patient data for interpretation by physician.

• Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
• Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.

• Sanitized, restocked and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
• Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms and allergies.
• Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions and prepared for physician examinations.
• Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
• Called and faxed pharmacies to submit prescriptions and refills.
• Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample pharmaceuticals as prescribed.
• Collaborated with medical and administrative personnel to maintain patient-focused, engaging and compassionate environment.