Leisa Mckesey-Koger
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Highly motivated Licensed Practical Nurse looking to use patient care skills to support and help patients achieve optimal health and provide superior patient care using effective communication, critical thinking skills while collaborating with healthcare teams.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Graduate
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
Certified Medical Assistant
Piedmont Physicians
08.2022 - Current
- Meets and greets patients, accurately completes and documents patient medical and physical histories and other related items in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
- Records vital signs; performs EKG, and or other similar office procedures; aids licensed staff during treatment, examination, and or testing of patients, which include injections and immunizations
- Performs lab duties, including but not limited to: phlebotomy, order entry, specimen collection, establishes chain of custody if applicable, and labels for delivery to appropriate authority for testing
- Coordinates telephone and in-basket requests to refill prescription drug medications and report test results in accordance with provider instructions; responds accordingly to other requests under a physician or other licensed provider's guidance
- Prepares and maintains examination/treatment rooms, including inventory of supplies and equipment
- Practices Standard Precautions, including hand washing and disposal of bio-hazardous materials; complies with established risk management, HIPAA, and safety procedures
- Assist with administrative duties as needed, to include procedure scheduling and completion of medical and physical history forms and other related information requested by third party payors
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
Education
Certificate of Completion -
National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Basics Education Program
BaltimoreAmerican Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider (CPR and AED) -
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Assisting
The Community College of Baltimore County
Catonsville, MDDiploma - Licensed Practical Nursing
South College
Atlanta, GASkills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Clinical judgment
- Documentation accuracy
- Vital signs monitoring
- Patient relationship building
- Teamplayer
Technologyskills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
Certification
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Georgia Board of Nursing.
- AAS Degree
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)
- AMT Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Certificate
Timeline
Certified Medical Assistant
Piedmont Physicians
08.2022 - Current
American Heart Association (AHA) BLS Provider (CPR and AED) -
Licensed Practical Nurse
Graduate
Certificate of Completion -
National Alliance of Mental Illness (NAMI) Basics Education Program
Associate of Applied Science - Medical Assisting
The Community College of Baltimore County
Diploma - Licensed Practical Nursing
South College
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