Mari Potikyan
Glendale,CA
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
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lisenced Vocational Nurse
Faith And Hope Hospice
11.2014 - Current
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Performed comfort care and teachings on hospice.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Delivered emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- 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.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Administered controlled narcotics and performed catheterizations.
Education
LVN -
West Coast Ultrasound Institute
Beverly Hills, CASkills
- Patient Care
- Treatment Plan Implementation
- Workflow Coordination
- Aseptic Techniques
- Infection Control
- Patient Assessment
- Patient Education
- Medication Administration
- Vital Signs Monitoring
- Direct Patient Care
- Pulse Oximetry Tracking
- Physical Assessment
- Family Communication
- Clinical Documentation
- Wound Care
- Chronic Disease Management
- Patient Evaluations
- ADL Assistance
- Medication Dispensing
- Breathing Treatments
Languages
Armenian
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Lisenced Vocational Nurse
Faith And Hope Hospice
11.2014 - Current
LVN -
West Coast Ultrasound Institute