Linda Ashley
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN
Single Point Wellness
08.2023 - Current
- Lpn duties include starting IVs, v/s and measurements, mixing vitamins, and injections.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
LPN
Banner Del Webb Hospital
10.2022 - Current
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- 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.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
LPN
Nuresio
10.2021 - Current
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
LPN
Phoenix Va
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
LPN
LRS Healthcare
03.2020 - 06.2021
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
ADON
Primrose Retirement Communities
09.2017 - 02.2020
- Participated in management team meetings to discuss resident status, census changes, and resident complaints or concerns.
- Established and monitored infection control programs to provide safe, sanitary environment to prevent transmission of disease and infection.
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents, and families.
- Prepared and reviewed infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
- Identified department issues to recommend corrective actions.
- Collaborated with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Planned and assigned workload to [Number]-person nursing staff to direct patient care.
- Developed positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs to promote teamwork and mutual respect.
- Worked closely administration to develop and implement best practices to improve patient outcomes.
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with physicians and staff to support seamless healthcare operations.
- Facilitated continuing education and training programs to drive staff competency and professional development.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Evaluated work performance of [Number] nursing personnel to determine wage increases and implement discipline.
- Conducted routine facility inspections, identifying areas needing improvement and eliminating hazards posed to staff and residents for continued compliance with associated regulations.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Charge Nurse
Primrose Retirement Communities
09.2017 - 02.2020
- Assist with taking care of the people of that community, medication pass, diabetic care, wound care, daily assessments of residents, vitals, helped with ADL’s, processed orders from physicians, daily documentation
- Promoted to ADON.
Assistant of Director of Nursing (ADON)
Riverwalk Communities
03.2017 - 06.2018
- Prepared service plans for a six-month review for the resident and family members
- Conducted interviews with new applicants for the nursing department
- Nursing assessments of new residents.
Floor nurse
Riverwalk communities
03.2017 - 06.2018
- Administered medication such as insulin and monitored patients' responses to detect problems.
- Established compassionate environment by providing psychological, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families.
- Utilized [Software] to document nursing assessments, treatments, medications and discharge instructions.
- Measured and recorded patients' vital signs every hour.
- Collaborated with healthcare team members to assess, implement and evaluate nursing care plans.
- Worked under registered nurses to care for patients and manage basic care.
- Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas and performing catheterizations.
- Reported health status concerns to senior nursing staff and clinicians for review.
- Maintained accurate records of residents' healthcare treatments and responses.
- Managed medication cart and dispensed pills, oral therapies and intramuscular injections to patients on [Type] floor.
- Examined and treated patients' injuries and pressure wounds to promote healing.
- Provided skilled, timely and level-headed emergency response to critically-ill patients.
LPN
St Vincent Urgent Care
04.2016 - 05.2017
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Accurately recorded interactions in medical charts, documenting accidents and interventions applied.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
Medical Assistant
Eastern Cardiology
06.2008 - 04.2011
- Triage patients, checking vitals, patient education, calling in prescriptions, EKG’s, applying Holter monitors, inventory of crash cart medications, EMR, prior authorization of medications, coumadin clinical
Medical Assistant
Atlantic Gastroenterology and Atlantic Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center
07.2006 - 01.2008
- Clinical triage, checking vital signs, patient education about procedures, surgical duties preparing patient for surgery, vital signs, recovery and discharge, removal of IV’s, administration duties answering phone messages, returning phone calls, scheduled appointments for procedures and office visits, calling in prescriptions
- Utilizing EMR.
Medical Assistant
Advanced Dermatology
05.2004 - 07.2006
- Clinical duties triage, patient education, prescription writing for physician, administer of injections, prepares room for surgery and assist in surgery, cleaning instruments and preparing them for sterilization, suture removal, prepare and assistant in biopsies, administration, inventory, phone messages, returning patient calls, calling in prescription.
Education
License Practical Nurse -
Central School of Practical Nursing
Independence, OH10.2015
Cuyahoga Community College
01.2014
Pitt Community College
01.2011
Medical Assistant -
Sanford Brown Institute
01.2004
Skills
- Microsoft office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
- Nursing ethics
- Compassionate care
- Pre-operative care
- Behavioral health
- Catheter care
- Cardiac care
- Critical thinking
- Gastrointestinal care
- Vital signs monitoring
- End-of-life care
- Patient education
- Pain management
- Time management
- Team collaboration
- Patient advocacy
- Geriatric nursing
- Medical documentation
- Infection control
- Clinical decision-making
- Medication administration
- Emergency response
- Diabetes management
- Clinical Documentation
- EMR / EHR
- Medication Dispensing
- Immunization Administration
Certification
- LPN, AZ, 2020
- LPN, Ohio, 2015, including IV therapy
- LPN, Indiana, 02/2016, including IV therapy
- Medical assistant, 2004
- BLS certified, in adult, child, and infant, TB certification current
References
Available upon request
Timeline
LPN
Single Point Wellness
08.2023 - Current
LPN
Banner Del Webb Hospital
10.2022 - Current
LPN
Nuresio
10.2021 - Current
LPN
Phoenix Va
06.2021 - 10.2022
LPN
LRS Healthcare
03.2020 - 06.2021
ADON
Primrose Retirement Communities
09.2017 - 02.2020
Charge Nurse
Primrose Retirement Communities
09.2017 - 02.2020
Assistant of Director of Nursing (ADON)
Riverwalk Communities
03.2017 - 06.2018
Floor nurse
Riverwalk communities
03.2017 - 06.2018
LPN
St Vincent Urgent Care
04.2016 - 05.2017
Medical Assistant
Eastern Cardiology
06.2008 - 04.2011
Medical Assistant
Atlantic Gastroenterology and Atlantic Gastroenterology Endoscopy Center
07.2006 - 01.2008
Medical Assistant
Advanced Dermatology
05.2004 - 07.2006
License Practical Nurse -
Central School of Practical Nursing
Cuyahoga Community College
Pitt Community College
Medical Assistant -
Sanford Brown Institute
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