Loretta Reid
Augusta,GA
Summary
Dedicated licensed practical nurse with 40+ years of experience in providing compassionate care to patients of diverse populations spanning surgical, medical, and nursing homes units.
Overview
50
50
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Kentwood Nursing Home
03.1990 - Current
- Change dressings and bandages, ensuring patients are healing properly
- Document accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtain patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Perform routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Monitor, track, and convey important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Move patients from wheelchairs and beds
- Answer incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Explain treatments and procedures to patients and families
- Assist with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Assess patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Respond to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Help long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Medical College Of Georgia
06.1973 - 04.2000
- .Worked in an intensive care unit, medicine floor, pediatric, OBGYN and surgery clinic
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Remove suture
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Education
No Degree -
Augusta Technical College
Augusta, GA05.1983
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Sample Collection
- Medical Paperwork Processing
- Documenting Incidents
- Charting and Recording
- Breathing Treatments
- Pulse Oximetry Tracking
- Documenting Vital Signs
- Call Answering and Assistance
- Microsoft Exchange
- Licensed Practical Nurse
Certification
LPN certified
CPR certified
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Kentwood Nursing Home
03.1990 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Medical College Of Georgia
06.1973 - 04.2000
No Degree -
Augusta Technical College
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