Misty Schakel
Windsor Heights,IA
Summary
Compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse with hands-on experience in providing nursing care within diverse healthcare settings. Possess strong clinical skills bolstered by ability to maintain positive patient relations. Have made significant contributions in optimizing patient care through effective communication and collaboration with healthcare team members.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN
Calvin Community Health Center
Des Moines, IA
06.2020 - Current
- Ensured that all medications were administered accurately and on time as prescribed by the physician.
- Assisted physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, administering injections and performing other nursing duties.
- Provided direct physical and emotional support to patients and their families.
- Maintained accurate medical records of each patient's health condition.
- Performed wound care including changing dressings, cleaning wounds, applying ointments and medications and providing other necessary treatments.
- Looked for physical, emotional, and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure and blood glucose levels in response to medical administration.
- Answered patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical history.
- Followed rehabilitation and treatment care plans to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain, and optimize patient outcomes.
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
- Guaranteed exceptional care quality by correctly administering medication, inserting and caring for catheters, dressing and changing wounds and assisting with personal hygiene.
- Provided behavioral and emotional support and closely supervised patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's.
- Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
- Assembled and used catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen suppliers.
Education
Associate of Science - General
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA05-2018
LPN - Nursing
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, IA05-2005
GED -
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, IA02-2005
Skills
- Catheter Care
- Diabetes management
- Medical Documentation
- Post Operative Care
- Clinical Decision Making
- Palliative Care
- Nursing Ethics
- End of life care
- Hospice Care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Tracheostomy Care
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Samples collection
- Pediatric nursing
- Compassionate Care
- Wound Care
- Physical Assessment
- Geriatric Care
- HIPAA protocols
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Direct Patient Care
- Caregiving skills
- HIPAA Compliance
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Home Health Care
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Documentation accuracy
- Staff direction and task delegation
- Medication Administration
- Counting narcotics
- Staff Supervision
- Charting and recording
- Patient evaluations
- ADL Assistance
- Caring for wounds
- Pediatric Care
- Tracking symptoms
- Documenting incidents
- Behavioral assessment
- Vital signs
- Clinical judgment
Certification
CPR certified
LPN license
Timeline
LPN
Calvin Community Health Center
06.2020 - Current
Associate of Science - General
Des Moines Area Community College
LPN - Nursing
Indian Hills Community College
GED -
Indian Hills Community College
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