Misty Sparks
RANCHO CUCAMONGA
Summary
Experienced healthcare professional skilled in patient care, critical thinking, and communication. Strong focus on team collaboration and achieving optimal patient outcomes. Reliable and adaptable, ensuring efficient and compassionate care in dynamic environments. Equipped with expertise in medical procedures, patient assessments, and care coordination.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Med Surg – Telemetry
Baldwin Park, CA
03.2024 - Current
- Promptly answers call lights, alarms, and patient requests.
- Makes appropriate referrals and facilitates the customer’s ability to utilize resources.
- Ensure a clean and functional work environment.
- Treats all families of patients with courtesy, respect, kindness, and compassion.
- Monitors patient progress and contributes to their treatment plan.
- Monitor cardiac rhythm
- Performed NIHSS and neuro checks for stroke patients.
- Performed peritoneal dialysis and maintain sterility when accessing the dialysis port.
- Administer medications intravenously, intramuscularly, topically, subcutaneously, and orally.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Urgent Care
Ontario, CA
07.2013 - 03.2024
- Performs patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure readings; applying and removing dressings; obtaining specimens; ensuring correct culture collection.
- Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations, and installations.
- Assists physician or other medical staff personnel with examinations, treatments, and procedures.
- Administers oxygen therapy via nasal cannula and mask.
- Administer medications orally, topically, subcutaneously, and intramuscularly; administer immunizations.
- Insert IVs and perform blood withdrawals as ordered by the provider.
- Float to pediatric, family medicine, and internal medicine clinics.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kindred Hospital
Ontario, CA
09.2009 - 07.2013
- Performed patient care functions such as obtaining vital signs, dressing changes, and ordering specimens.
- Inserted IVs, provided basic hydration, and performed blood withdrawals per providers' orders.
- Performed g-tube care, tracheostomy care, urinary catheterizations, and irrigations.
- Administered medications orally, subcutaneously, intramuscularly, topically, and via g-tube.
Certified Nurse Assistant
Claremont Manor
Claremont, CA
12.2005 - 09.2009
- Maintained patient and staff safety by adhering to infection control practices and utilizing proper body mechanics and assistive devices.
- Assisted in patient/resident ADLs, including ambulation, hygiene, and feeding.
- Monitored and recorded patients' intake and output and reported to the supervising LVN.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
Ontario, CA10-2023
No Degree - Licensed Vocational Nurse
Franklin Career College
Ontario, CA03-2009
Skills
- Medication and IV administration
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Patient assessments
- Compassion and empathy
- Intravenous therapy
- Intake and discharge
- Maintaining privacy
- Chest pain management
- Administering immunizations
- Removing sutures
- Mobility assistance
- Strong clinical judgment
- Patient and family advocacy
Accomplishments
- I am a member of the medication safety committee at my current job and have facilitated workflows and implemented documentation practices that improved pain reassessment scores from 80% to 97%.
- I also developed documentation practices to ensure that blood transfusions are performed, completed, and documented correctly within the unit I work in.
Certification
- CA Registered Nurse # 95359460
- CA Public Health Nurse #569238
- CA Licensed Vocational Nurse #248665
- BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support - American Heart Association
- NIHSS - National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
- Cardiac Dysrhythmias w/Therapeutic Modalities Certification – Key Medical Resources Inc.
- Intravenous Therapy Certification (LVN)
- Blood Withdrawal Certification (LVN)
Timeline
Registered Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Med Surg – Telemetry
03.2024 - Current
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kaiser Permanente Urgent Care
07.2013 - 03.2024
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Kindred Hospital
09.2009 - 07.2013
Certified Nurse Assistant
Claremont Manor
12.2005 - 09.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
No Degree - Licensed Vocational Nurse
Franklin Career College