Accomplished Licensed Vocational Nurse leverages critical thinking, analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high-pressure environments. Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, restoring patients' health through nursing and health education processes. Maintains positive attitude in urgent, stressful situations as well as seeking a position in a growth-oriented facility, which will allow me to further utilize my skills and acquire new abilities.
Clean, organize, stock, and maintain clinic needs and medications in an orderly, clean and uncluttered work area, including but not limited to exam rooms, procedure rooms and patient care areas. Set up and break down exam rooms as needed. Adheres to all safety standards, including but not limited to, equipment maintenance, infection control, universal precautions and use of personal protective equipment as needed for all patient care procedures. Handles all designated clinical care telephone interactions with provider input. Provide patient education; review treatment plans and ensure patient understanding of treatment strategy and discharge instructions. Communicate effectively to patients, families, visitors, and leadership. Look for areas of opportunity and communicate these to leadership
Communicate with areas that impact clinic operations (Food Lab, Diagnostic Lab, Data Team, etc.). Communicate with the front office team room availability to ensure rooms are turned over promptly. Communicate with all team members to enforce effective workflows and gaps/inefficiencies in workflows or when safety concerns are identified. Technical Knowledge: Understand the patient lifecycle in totality and how the nursing staff support that mission. PFT and ENO execution and reading. Skin testing execution and reading. Patch placement execution and reading. Prescription requests and refills, to include those requiring prior authorization.