MEGAN VINES RN
Jonesboro,LA
Summary
Skilled healthcare professional with comprehensive experience in delivering patient care in diverse settings. Proven ability to adapt to changing conditions and collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve patient outcomes. Strong skills in clinical assessment, wound care, and patient education. Reliable, results-driven, and prepared to make significant impact in patient care.
Diligent with proven background in providing high-quality patient care in diverse settings. Successfully managed patient cases, ensuring timely and effective treatment plans. Demonstrated proficiency in patient assessment and care coordination.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Field Nurse
Lagniappe Home Care
08.2018 - Current
- Administering services in home for direct patient care with skilled needs. Great communication skills with other disciplines collaborating care to appropriately manage patient's plan of care.
- Wound care such as dressing changes, measuring, wound vacs and unna boots, lab draws, foley, suprapubic, and coude catheter changes, and intravenous lines. Educate on disease processes pertaining to medications, risk factor, complications, and management with patients and caregivers. Assessing and reporting abnormal findings to physicians involved in patient's care such as specialist. Computer charting HCHB, admitting patients reviewing admission orders and referral documentation related to admission purpose and other related diseases that effect patient care. Forming a plan of care to fit the patient’s specific needs.
- Very knowledgeable in Medline and Mckesson products
Staff nurse PRN
Ruston Regional Medical Center
08.2011 - 06.2024
- Direct patient care provided to patients with acute, chronic, and critical illness. Delegating and overseeing tasks to the UPA’s.
- Medication administration, maintaining care of mechanical ventilation and invasive lines with intravenous infusions such as TPN, critical drips, and IV ABT, wound care, maintaining foley catheters, G and J tube feedings, and computer charting with EPIC.
Field nurse
United Home Health
09.2014 - 08.2018
- Administering services in home for direct patient care with skilled needs. Great communication skills with other disciplines collaborating care to appropriately manage patient's plan of care.
- Wound care such as dressing changes, measuring, wound vacs and unna boots, lab draws, and foley, suprapubic, and coude catheter changes. Educate on disease processes pertaining to medications, risk factor, complications, and management with patients and caregivers. Assessing and reporting abnormal findings to physicians involved in patient's care such as specialist. Computer charting HCHB.
LPN Wound Care Nurse
Forest Haven Nursing Center
05.2005 - 08.2011
- Floor nurse providing direct patient care such as medication administration, foley catheter changes and monitoring and preventing incidents, and overseeing CNA duties.
- Wound care nurse monitoring wounds and performing dressing changes and assessments. Collaborating with physicians on needs of patient such as abnormal labs effecting wound healing and other options needed to promote wound healing. Very knowledgeable in Medline and Mckesson products
- Infection control nurse identifying trends and forming preventive measures to prevent further infections
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
South Arkansas Community College-Arkansas Regional Nursing Educational Consortium
El Dorado, AR12.2023
Practical Nurse - Nursing
Louisiana Technical College
Ruston, LA05.2005
Skills
- Extensive experience in direct patient care across various settings, strong time management completely assigned task as assigned, great communication with other disciplines collaborating in patient
- Proficient in electronic charting using HCHB and EPIC
Timeline
Field Nurse
Lagniappe Home Care
08.2018 - Current
Field nurse
United Home Health
09.2014 - 08.2018
Staff nurse PRN
Ruston Regional Medical Center
08.2011 - 06.2024
LPN Wound Care Nurse
Forest Haven Nursing Center
05.2005 - 08.2011
Associate of Science - Nursing
South Arkansas Community College-Arkansas Regional Nursing Educational Consortium
Practical Nurse - Nursing
Louisiana Technical College
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