Lenis Obure
Big Lake,MN
Summary
Organized and motivated employees, eager to apply time management and organizational skills in various environments. Seeking entry-level opportunities to expand skills while facilitating company growth.
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
CHARGE NURSE
ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL
- Coordinate the shift: Assign nurses and staff to patients based on acuity.
- Patient safety: Monitoring High-risk patients, identify changes in condition and ensure appropriate interventions.
- Support Staff: Serve as a resource for nurses, nursing assistants and other team members.
- Staffing: Monitoring staffing levels, breaks, call-ins, and workload; Escalate staffing concerns appropriately.
- Conflict management: Address patient, family and staff concerns professionally and promptly.
- Delegation: Delegate appropriate tasks while maintaining accountability for patient safety.
RN Home Care Nurse
Allina Health
12.2023
- OASIS Start of Care/Resumption of Care
- Wound Care, PICC line care and management, Catheter care and management
- Medication Administration/setting
- Home assessment and maintaining Patient safety
- Advocating for Patients
- Listening to the concerns of family members and answering their questions.
- Manage a team of Registered Nurses
- Develop treatment plans and care plans for clients
- Interview client/family members to assess their needs
- Provide the client with comfort care
- Provide the client with cognitive assessments
- Provide the client with training in the maintenance of their medical equipment
- Train the client’s family regarding care
- Provide the client with health education
- Provide recommendations to the client and family
- Plan and oversee home care visits
- Design and coordinate discharge plans as needed
- Provide clients with support and assistance with activities of daily living
- Assist with personal care, feeding, grooming, and hygiene
- Assist clients with use of adaptive equipment and assistive devices
- Provide clients with emotional support and reassurance
- Provide clients with respite care as needed
- Oversee all client care activities
- Monitor compliance with standards and policies
- Monitor client satisfaction rates
- Monitor client satisfaction surveys
RN
CENTRACARE ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL
01.2024 - Current
- Develop treatment plans and care plans for clients
- Charge Nurse- Overseeing other nurses and other staff to ensure patient safety, all assignments are completed, patient care is done, staffing is done for the oncoming shift and many more.
- Interview client/family members to assess their needs
- Provide the client with comfort care
- Provide the client with cognitive assessments/Neuro checks
- Provide the client with training in the maintenance of their medical equipment
- Train the client’s family regarding care
- Provide the client with health education
- Provide recommendations to the client and family
- Plan and oversee home care visits
- Design and coordinate discharge plans as needed Wound Care, PICC line care and management, Catheter care and management
- Medication Administration/setting
- Assessment and maintaining Patient safety
- Advocating for Patients
- Listening to the concerns of family members and answering their questions.
- Manage a team of Registered Nurses
- Develop treatment plans and care plans for clients
- Interview client/family members to assess their needs
- Provide the client with comfort care
- Provide the client with cognitive assessments
Nursing Assistant
Elk River Senior Living
Elk River, MN
09.2019 - Current
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing, and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.
- Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous visit experience.
- Answered signal lights, bells, and requests-for-service to assist patient services fulfillment.
- Promoted patient satisfaction by assisting with bathing, dressing, and exercising.
- Assessed vitals and noted medical information to report changes to nursing staff and physicians.
- Distributed drinking water and nourishment to residents.
- Answered signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine resident needs.
- Turned and repositioned residents using proper body mechanics to prevent pressure ulcers.
- Observed and reported unusual symptoms and changes to charge nurse.
- Followed safe lifting techniques and individual resident lifting instructions.
- Turned or re-positioned bedridden patients to promote blood flow and prevent bedsores.
- Provided support with bathing, toileting, grooming and washing.
RN Staff Nurse, TCU
St. Therese at Oxbow Lake
Brooklyn Park, MN
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Making care plans, Admissions, Discharge, Giving medications, Overseeing CNAs and LPNs.
- Read physician orders and administered therapies, treatments, and medications.
- Reviewed physician orders and participated in medication management to optimize patient safety.
- Maintained reports to provide oncoming shift with full patient status.
- Prioritized patient care assignments based on patient conditions to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Facilitated strategic goals aimed at increasing satisfaction and improving outcomes through compassionate, precise, and high-quality nursing care.
- Mentored new nurses on practices and procedures to drive patient outcome goals.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Answered patient questions and provided take-home materials for further information.
- Observed nurse administration of oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients as prescribed, monitoring responses for adverse reactions.
- Performed nursing rounds to complete scheduled tasks and interact with patients.
- Treated and monitored wounds using liquid skin, sutures, and bandages.
- Facilitated transition to home care by providing patients with continued care information and discharge instructions.
Nursing Student
Rasmussen College
Bloomington, MN
10.2020 - 12.2021
- Measured and recorded blood pressure, temperature, and respirations.
- Recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Observed nurse administration of oral, intramuscular and IV medications to patients as prescribed, monitoring responses for adverse reactions.
- Used healthcare management software to enter orders for diets, laboratory tests and x-rays.
- Employed knowledge of sanitation and infection control to optimize customer care and services.
- Improved work processes and procedures by making recommendations to supervisor or nursing department.
- Promoted open communication and honored patient rights and confidentiality.
- Responded to patient needs and special requests.
- Assisted medical team with procedures.
- Observed IV insertion, and operating room procedures during clinical rotations.
Nursing Assistant
Horizons Unlimited
Emmetsburg, IA
02.2005 - 08.2019
- Assisted patients with shaving, bathing, and oral hygiene to promote healthy habits and overall wellness.
- Engaged with patient family and friends to provide courteous visit experience.
- Promoted patient satisfaction by assisting with bathing, dressing and exercising.
- Answered signal lights, bells, and requests-for-service to assist patient services fulfillment.
- Facilitated activities of daily living, personal hygiene management, feeding and ambulation.
- Managed and maintained patient rooms, shared-living areas, and nursing stations.
- Documented activities and recorded information in EMR system.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Rasmussen University
Bloomington, MN12-2021
Skills
- Patient Relations
- Collecting Specimens
- Monitoring Fluids
- Catheter Change and Preparation
- Patient Care and Safety
- Vital Signs Collection
- Observation Documentation
- HIPAA Compliance
- Injury Prevention
- CPR Certification
Certification
CPR License - 2023
LANGUAGES
English: Full Professional
Swahili: Professional
Timeline
RN
CENTRACARE ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL
01.2024 - Current
RN Home Care Nurse
Allina Health
12.2023
RN Staff Nurse, TCU
St. Therese at Oxbow Lake
09.2022 - 05.2023
Nursing Student
Rasmussen College
10.2020 - 12.2021
Nursing Assistant
Elk River Senior Living
09.2019 - Current
Nursing Assistant
Horizons Unlimited
02.2005 - 08.2019
CHARGE NURSE
ST. CLOUD HOSPITAL
Associate of Science - Nursing
Rasmussen University