Nicole Minsterman
Penfield,NY
Summary
Diligent LPN offering 15-year background providing attentive care in a multitude of medical settings. Successful in anticipating and meeting needs of patients, colleagues and supervisors alike. Effective at tracking vitals and responses to treatments, administering medications and transcribing orders. Good relationship-building and problem-solving abilities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
ROCHESTER INTERNAL MEDICINE
01.2022 - Current
- Documentation and maintenance of Electronic Medical Records
- Perform procedures such as ear flushes or cleaning wounds and dressing them
- Administration of immunizations, nebulizer treatments, ECGs, and PPDs
- Communication with patients to relay lab results, co-ordinate care, documentation of needs, or schedule appointments
- Super User for office Point of Care Testing, as well as manage first of month POCT calibration and controls
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency situations to evaluate needs and deliver care
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments
- Track and relay INR instructions
- Assist with referrals and other gaps in Care management needs
- Assist with tracking and ordering or annual labs and follow up laboratory results after critical findings
- Assist with paperwork management
- Managing flu clinics
- Managing Nurse Visit Clinics
- Assist with the onboarding of new clinical staff and POCT training
- Management and tracking of POCT supplies
- Working with MyChart to sort and answer messages to facilitate efficient care for providers
- Primary point of contact for Red Flag phone calls for collecting data for possible emergent medical concerns to bring to providers urgently
- Coordinate Home Draw services
- Initiate home care referrals for services such as PT, OT, social work
- Assist with management of supplies such as needles, masks, alcohol preps, toilet paper, and typical patient care supplies
- Maintain nebulizer supply and documentation, as well as Primary contact for Supplier.
Licensed Practical Nurse
CANALSIDE FAMILY MEDICINE
01.2019 - 01.2022
- Documentation and maintenance of Electronic Medical Records
- Assist in procedures such as PAP Smears, IUD placement, or Colposcopies
- Administration of immunizations, nebulizer treatments, and PPDs
- Communication with patients to relay lab results, co-ordinate care, documentation of needs, or schedule appointments
- Manage sterile processing updates, equipment, and rules
- Coordinate ordering of Medline, Laboratory supplies, Smile Makers, linen, Stericycle, Chematix and maintain supplies
- Perform Bi-Annual supply count
- Super User for office Point of Care Testing, as well as first of month POCT calibration and controls
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery
- Obtained biological specimens for ordered tests and prepared for laboratory transport
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency situations to evaluate needs and deliver care
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
Licensed Practical Nurse/Perinatal Care Manager
JORDAN HEALTH @ BROWN SQUARE
01.2013 - 10.2019
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Documentation and maintenance of an Electronic Medical Record
- Complete patient interviews and set the agenda for a Provider visit
- Assist providers in procedures such as PAP Smears, IUD placement, Colposcopies, or OB visits
- Administration of immunizations, nebulizer treatments, and PPDs
- Communication with patients to relay lab results, co-ordinate care, documentation of needs, or schedule appointments
- Communicate with other specialties for referrals or Medical Information retrieval
- Train and help support the continued growth of new staff nurses; as well as support for new onboarding staff
- Coordinate the care of all OB patients in the practice; facilitate referrals to outside resources
- Patient teaching; Coaching OB patients before and after delivery.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Educated patients and families on health promotion, disease prevention, and self-care management strategies.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining accurate documentation of patient data.
- Delivered culturally competent care that respected diverse patient populations'' unique values, beliefs, and traditions, while working with multicultural groups of patients, with different language needs
- Optimized resource utilization through prudent management of medical supplies inventory and equipment maintenance schedules, as well as actively participating with local organizations and people for donated items for the patients I served who were usually low to no income families.
- Provided transportation to those OB patients on my caseload who had no resources.
- Made home visits and some hospital visits to ensure positive outcomes and support.
Licensed Practical Nurse
NURSEFINDERS
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Travel within Monroe and Genesee Counties to work at facilities or hospitals as a LPN, treatment nurse, or charge nurse.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Educated patients and families on health promotion, disease prevention, and self-care management strategies.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining accurate documentation of patient data.
- Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
- Streamlined nursing processes by implementing evidence-based practices that improved clinical workflow efficiency.
- Provided compassionate palliative care for terminally ill patients while supporting their emotional needs during end-of-life stages.
- Managed time-sensitive tasks effectively under pressure while maintaining composure during critical situations or emergencies.
- Delivered culturally competent care that respected diverse patient populations'' unique values, beliefs, and traditions.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, enteral feeding administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Helped patients complete bathing, dressing and eating.
- Maintain and clean an airway in a patient with a tracheostomy or on a ventilator.
- Maintain sterile field and pack a tunneling wound.
- Places Worked: St. Mary’s Long-Term Care, Memory Care, Respiratory/Ventilator Care Unit, Independent Living, In Patient Psychiatric Care, Brain Injury Medical Surgical, Mobile Flu Clinic, Batavia Veterans Home, Edna Tina Wilson Center, The Hamilton, Unity Hospital, Hill Haven
CNA/LPN
JAMES SQUARE
01.2008 - 01.2012
- Charge nurse on rehab floor, with supervision responsibilities for CNAs
- Medication administration, treatments, communication with on-call doctors, and handwritten charting
- Wash and Dress residents, assignments up to 8 residents
- Assist with feeding and transportation
- Transfer patients in multiple settings, from bed to chair, from chair to toilet, chair to commode or shower chair, wheelchair, etc., using multiple techniques such as one person assist, 2 person assist, stand and pivot, slide board, mechanical lift, ambulation belt
- Host entertainment for residents
- Accompany residents to outside appointments via transportation and care for their needs while out of the facility
- Manage restless residents on 1:1 supervision
- Use creative distraction to assist confused residents
- Maintain chronic or permanent indwelling catheters, nephrostomy tubes.
Education
Practical Nurse Program -
OCM BOCES
Liverpool, NY01.2009
Skills
- Health Education
- Family Communication
- Case Management
- Patient Intake
- Pediatric Care
- Inpatient Care
- Staff Supervision
- Procedure Support
- Empathy and Compassion
- Adaptable and Flexible
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Team Collaboration
Continued Education
- Centering in Pregnancy
- Blood Borne Pathogens and Infection Control
- Detection and Management of High Blood Pressure Online Course
- Injection Safety
- Currently attending school to achieve my RN
Nursing Experience
- ROCHESTER INTERNAL MEDICINE, Rochester, NY, LPN, 2022, Present
- CANALSIDE FAMILY MEDICINE, Rochester, NY, LPN, 2019, 2022
- JORDAN HEALTH @ BROWN SQUARE, Rochester, NY, LPN/Perinatal Care Manager, 2013, 2019
- NURSEFINDERS, Rochester, NY, LPN, 2012, 2013
- JAMES SQUARE, Syracuse, NY, CNA/LPN, 2008, 2012
Personal Information
Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
ROCHESTER INTERNAL MEDICINE
01.2022 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
CANALSIDE FAMILY MEDICINE
01.2019 - 01.2022
Licensed Practical Nurse/Perinatal Care Manager
JORDAN HEALTH @ BROWN SQUARE
01.2013 - 10.2019
Licensed Practical Nurse
NURSEFINDERS
01.2012 - 01.2013
CNA/LPN
JAMES SQUARE
01.2008 - 01.2012
Practical Nurse Program -
OCM BOCES
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