Leticia Carter
Baxley
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Community Hospice
02.2022 - Current
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- 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.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Managed time-sensitive tasks effectively under pressure while maintaining composure during critical situations or emergencies.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Adapted quickly to changing patient needs, adjusting care plans accordingly to ensure optimal outcomes in diverse clinical scenarios.
- Provided compassionate palliative care for terminally ill patients while supporting their emotional needs during end-of-life stages.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Comfort Care Hospice
11.2019 - 02.2022
- Taught family members and caregivers various ways to manage patients' pain, how to check for vital signs and proper methods for dressing changes.
- Established hospice care services for elderly and disabled patients.
- Offered listening ear to both patients and loved ones to meet emotional and mental, as well as physical needs.
- Provided high level of quality, compassionate care to patients and caregivers during each nursing shift.
- Recognized and understood specific stages of dying process, providing comfort-based care during vulnerable times.
- Established and maintained successful relationships with patients, families and physicians by utilizing exemplary communication and active listening skills.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Appling HealthCare System - Pavilion
11.2016 - 11.2019
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments and assisted with procedures.
- Monitored, tracked and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure and blood glucose levels.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording all changes in medical records.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Managed appointment calendar for scans, lab tests, and evaluations.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs and performed catheterizations.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Performed functional assessments for admission and discharge.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns and medically relevant symptoms.
Education
Practical Nursing Diploma - Practical Nursing
Coastal Pines Technical College
Baxley, GA08.2016
Diploma -
Appling County High School
Baxley, GA06.1999
Skills
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Vital signs monitoring
- HIPAA Compliance
- Wound Care
- Compassionate Care
- Physical Assessment
- Clinical Documentation
- Geriatric Care
- Clinical judgment
- Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Documentation accuracy
- Medication Dispensing
- Diabetes management
- Immunization Administration
- Family Communication
- Catheter Care
- Documenting intake
- Breathing Treatments
- Health Education
- Care Planning
- Patient triaging
- Palliative Care
- Writing reports
- Critical Thinking
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- CPR/AED
- Strong Clinical Judgment
- Infection Control
- Specimen Collection
- ICD-10
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Community Hospice
02.2022 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Comfort Care Hospice
11.2019 - 02.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
Appling HealthCare System - Pavilion
11.2016 - 11.2019
Practical Nursing Diploma - Practical Nursing
Coastal Pines Technical College
Diploma -
Appling County High School