Loretta Lipord

I'm currently employed at FCA, I work with 3 Oncology doctor's and 4 Nurse practitioners. On a daily bases I assist MA's with vital signs, drawing labs, I access patient's port's for their chemo or hydration. Assist patient's to exam room's, input and update medical information, including medication, and vital signs into patient's chart electronically.

In the pharmacy, I pulled and administered medication's for approximately 550 inmates. Reordered medication's as needed, orders in the computer for the Doctor, Nurse practitioner, Dentist and Psychiatrist. Transcribed orders onto MAR's. Checked in single dose and keep on person medications. responsible for verifying all MAR's each month, making sure medications where correct. auditing MAR's for missed doses, refused doses or expiring orders, flag all that had missing initals or signatures and expiring orders. After 3 refusals from inmates, a signed refusal had to be signed and put in chart. For all refusals or expiring medications, I had to pull the inmates charts and in the refusal then give to appropriate provider for review, also for any upcoming expiring medications for new orders.

In the pharmacy, I pulled and administered medication's for approximately 550 inmates. Reordered medication's as needed, orders in the computer for the Doctor, Nurse practitioner, Dentist and Psychiatrist. Transcribed orders onto MAR's. Checked in single dose and keep on person medications. responsible for verifying all MAR's each month, making sure medications where correct. auditing MAR's for missed doses, refused doses or expiring orders, flag all that had missing initals or signatures and expiring orders. After 3 refusals from inmates, a signed refusal had to be signed and put in chart. For all refusals or expiring medications, I had to pull the inmates charts and in the refusal then give to appropriate provider for review, also for any upcoming expiring medications for new orders.

In the pharmacy, I pulled and administered medication's for approximately 550 inmates. Reordered medication's as needed, orders in the computer for the Doctor, Nurse practitioner, Dentist and Psychiatrist. Transcribed orders onto MAR's. Checked in single dose and keep on person medications. responsible for verifying all MAR's each month, making sure medications where correct. auditing MAR's for missed doses, refused doses or expiring orders, flag all that had missing initals or signatures and expiring orders. After 3 refusals from inmates, a signed refusal had to be signed and put in chart. For all refusals or expiring medications, I had to pull the inmates charts and in the refusal then give to appropriate provider for review, also for any upcoming expiring medications for new orders.

I was responsible for approximately 20 residents daily. Administering medications, given insulin, tube feedings, catheters, enimas, dressing changes, wound and trak care. Assisting RN as needed. Documenting in charts and communicating with the Doctors.

Reason for leaving: Accepted a position closer to home.

Worked as a CNA with a staffing agency going to multiple facilities to work, while attending nursing school. My duties where daily feedings, taking vital signs, bathing and changing residents, assisting them with dressing and going to restroom. Answering call lights and assisting nurses as needed.

Reason for leaving: Complete nursing school and accepted a job as an LPN.

Managed the optical lab and supervised two employees. Responsible for a lens casting system; making lenses with their proper prescription and dispensing them to be edged. Responsible for checking in, edging, tinting and mounting lenses in frames. Responsible for checking in the perscription in glasses for accuracy and dispensing fitting on patients. Repair/replace broken parts and frames, replace screws, nose pads, or make necessary re-adjustments. Assist patients with choosing frames, lenses types, tints and other special coatings. In charge of ordering stock lense, specialty lens perscriptions, frames, parts for machinery, chemicals for tinting and special coatings and tools. In charge of updating the job tracking data in the computer system. Also assist other workers with secretarial duties such as answering the telephone, faxing, schedule appointments, entering patients and their charges into the computer and filing records. I also worked as a work up tech., which included taking vital signs and assessing patients, performing required test before seeing doctor.