Michelle Ellis
Darien,IL
Summary
Experienced nursing professional bringing demonstrated clinical expertise, leadership skills and technical knowledge. Proficient in updating charts, monitoring medications and working with multidisciplinary teams to optimize patient care. Quality-driven and efficient with strong interpersonal abilities.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Burr Ridge Senior Living
Burr Ridge, IL
03.2022 - Current
- Educated clients, patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Administered prescribed medications and started intravenous fluids to address patient symptoms and underlying etiologies.
- Developed individualized plans of care for each patient based on assessment data collected.
- Prepared patients for examinations, tests or treatments and explained procedures.
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
LPN/MA/Phlebotomy Supervisor
Diabetes and Internal Medicine
Melrose Park, IL
12.2005 - Current
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Participated in educational programs to keep up-to-date on new developments in nursing practice.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility and supervisor.
- Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Performed wound care including changing dressings, cleaning wounds, applying ointments and medications and providing other necessary treatments.
Education
High School Diploma -
J Renee
Elgin, IL11-2018
Skills
- Post Operative Care
- Palliative Care
- Diabetes Management
- Health Promotion
- Family Communication
- Health Education
- Samples Collection
- Nursing Ethics
- Disease Prevention
- Medical Documentation
- Wound Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Emergency Response
- Physical Assessment
- Direct Patient Care
- Outpatient Care
- Medication Administration
- Patient Assessments
- Documenting Incidents
- Tracking Symptoms
- Counting Narcotics
- Writing Reports
Timeline
LPN
Burr Ridge Senior Living
03.2022 - Current
LPN/MA/Phlebotomy Supervisor
Diabetes and Internal Medicine
12.2005 - Current
High School Diploma -
J Renee
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