LYDIA COATNEY
Summary
Hard-working, compassionate recent nursing school graduate seeking a role as a nurse at Grady Memorial Hospital. Experience working in high-stress situations in emergency rooms and intensive care unit.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Student Nurse
Clinical Experience
- Fundamentals 112 hours Higgins General Hospital Spring 2022
- Medical surgical 144 hours Piedmont Newnan Hospital Summer 2022
- Mental Health 135 hours Willowbrooke at Tanner Villa Rica Fall 2022
- Maternity 90 hours Tanner, Carrollton Spring 2023
- Critical Care 150 hours Wellstar Paulding Hospital Summer 2023
- Leadership Intensive Care Unit Neuro 114.5 hours Piedmont Atlanta Hospital Fall 2023
Patient Care Technician
Piedmont Hospital Atlanta
11.2021 - 05.2023
- Clean and stock rooms and carts with appropriate medical supplies and equipment. Change linen as necessary.
- Transport patients to other departments in the hospital.
- Help with resuscitation/CPR and emergency airway procedures.
- Obtain and document a patient's vital signs, as well as assist with placement of oxygen saturation, blood pressure monitoring and cardiac monitoring.
- Collect blood samples, tissue or other laboratory specimens, preparing them for testing.
- Assist with positioning patients, applying orthopedic dressing and splints.
- Measuring and fitting canes and crutches and teaching patients how to use them.
- Assisting with administrative duties such as patient transfers and discharges.
- Making sure that the correct documentation is filled out.
Patient Care Technician
Northside Hospital
06.2019 - 12.2020
- Assists mothers with breast-feeding, provides patient education relating to infant care, checks and assists with monitor equipment and sets up for phototherapy.
- Checks computer information regarding patients, and answers telephone as needed.
- Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician, noting changes from prior measurements.
- Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures. Immediately reports any mechanical or electrical equipment malfunctions, unsafe conditions, or employee/patient/visitor injury accident to Manager.
- Performs daily care activities including bathing, personal hygiene, feeding and dressing patients.
- Assists patients with position changes, range of motion exercises, standing, and walking. Transports patients as required for treatments, procedures, etc.
- Assists physicians and nurses with physical examination and treatments, and performs surgical preps and simple sterile or non-sterile dressing changes. Inserts and removes foley catheters as directed.
Education
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
West Georgia Technical College
LaGrange, Georgia12.2023
Skills
- Measuring Medication Dosages
- Isolation Precautions
- Vital Sign Assessment
- Iv insertion
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Professionalism
- Problem-solving
- Basic Life Support
- Charting on Electronic Medical Record
Certification
Certified Nursing Assistant 2018- Current
CPR Certified – American Heart Association 1/2/2023
Timeline
Patient Care Technician
Piedmont Hospital Atlanta
11.2021 - 05.2023
Patient Care Technician
Northside Hospital
06.2019 - 12.2020
Student Nurse
Clinical Experience
Associate Degree in Nursing - Nursing
West Georgia Technical College
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