Compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse known for ability to efficiently manage tasks and high productivity levels. Specialize in patient education, medication administration, and ensuring comprehensive patient support. Excel in communication, empathy, and time management skills, seamlessly integrating into diverse healthcare teams to deliver exceptional patient care.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
UPMC - Avalon Place
New Castle, PA
10.2023 - Current
Basic medical tasks: Check vital signs, administer medication, change bandages, insert catheters, and provide immunizations.
Patient care: Assist patients with eating, dressing, bathing, and toileting.
Administrative tasks: Maintain patient records, collect specimen samples, and enter information into computer systems.
Communication: Maintain a clear line of communication between patients, their families, and their caregivers.
Planning: Take an active part in patient care planning and consult with registered nurses (RNs) on care plans.
Emergency management: Manage emergency medical situations.
Emotional support: Provide emotional support to patients.
Licensed Practical Nurse
The Grove of New Castle
New Castle, PA
04.2023 - 10.2023
Taking and monitoring patient vital signs.
Assisting patients with eating, dressing, and bathing.
Administering medication.
Communicating changes in patient behavior or health status to nurses, physicians, and family members.
Maintaining accurate patient records.
Collecting specimen samples when needed.
Taking an active part in patient care planning.
Overseeing Certified Nursing Assistants and training.
Preparing patients for transfers or discharge.
Assisting in medical procedures.
Managing emergency medical situations.
SPN/GPN
Lenape Practical Nursing
New Castle, PA
10.2021 - 03.2023
Preparing, distributing, and administering medications prescribed by physicians. Physical assessment, including listening to heart, lung, and bowel sounds, with a stethoscope. Wound care, checking incisions, and observing other factors, which vary by patient. Bathing, dressing patients, and changing beds. Assisting and/or feeding patients. Providing individual patient care and education, in accordance with accepted nursing practice and the medical plan of care.
Medical Receptionist
Medical Associates of New York
New York, NY
02.2018 - 08.2021
Provided an exceptional and professional environment for patients, while contributing to the patient care and success of the organization.
Answered phones, greeted, and registered patients; verified insurance; collected all the necessary payments for each visit; scheduled appointments; as well as entering payments into the database system.
Maintained strict confidentiality with all documentation and carefully followed HIPAA guidelines and regulations.
Upheld the company's goals and policies regarding thoroughness, punctuality, and tidiness while minimizing wait time for patients in the office and on the phone.
Complied with the company's system whenever addressing the care or concerns of each patient.