Magan Keith
Oliver Springs,TN
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 14 years of patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Quality Private Duty Care
11.2015 - 08.2022
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- 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.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- 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.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Michael Dunn Center
11.2012 - 11.2015
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Administered controlled narcotics and performed catheterizations.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
- Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
- Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Oak Ridge Pediatric Clinic
10.2009 - 10.2012
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- 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.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- 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.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- 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.
- 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.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Clearly and thoroughly explained diagnoses, treatment options and procedures to patients and loved ones, checking in to verify understanding.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
- Managed various general office duties such as answering multiple telephone lines, doing prior authorizations, calling in prescriptions to the pharmacy, and notifying patients of lab results
Education
Diploma in Vocational Nursing - Vocational Nursing
Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Harriman
Harriman, TN08.2009
High School Diploma -
Christian Outreach Academy
Oak Ridge, TN05.2007
Skills
- Wound Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Physical Assessment
- Family Communication
- Patient Intake
- Emergency Response
- Health Education
- Pulse Oximetry Tracking
- Patient Management
- Direct Patient Care
- Shared Governance
- Medication Administration
- Medical Records Management
- Outpatient Care
- Transcribing Orders
- Breathing Treatments
- Staff Supervision
- Rehabilitation Techniques
- Regulatory Requirements
- Patient Triaging
- Caregiving Skills
- Vital Signs
- Patient Assessments
- Inpatient Care
- Care Planning
- Patient Relationship Building
- Behavioral Assessment
- Patient Care
- Medication Dispensing
- Documenting Intake
- Chronic Disease Management
- Writing Reports
- EMR / EHR
- Indirect Patient Care
- Immunization Administration
- Patient Evaluations
- Maintaining Nutrition
- CPR
- Prior Authorizations
- Obtaining Lab Specimens
- Performing lab testing such as blood cultures, CBC, cholesterol and blood glucose readings, strep, flu, mono, and mycoplasma testing
References
- Kristen Seiber Co-worker 865-200-2524
- Brad Smith Co-worker 865-399-7348
- Jasmine Harris Co-worker 865-394-5274
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Quality Private Duty Care
11.2015 - 08.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse
Michael Dunn Center
11.2012 - 11.2015
Licensed Practical Nurse
Oak Ridge Pediatric Clinic
10.2009 - 10.2012
Diploma in Vocational Nursing - Vocational Nursing
Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Harriman
High School Diploma -
Christian Outreach Academy
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