Noni Strogen
SAN ANTONIO,TX
Summary
Accomplished Home Health LVN with a proven track record at Affinity Pediatric Home Healthcare, enhancing patient recovery through exceptional clinical documentation and compassionate care. Skilled in assessments, vital signs monitoring, medication administration, trach and gtube insertions and care, BIPAP and CPAP knowledge, and patient education, consistently delivering improved patient outcomes. Demonstrates strong teamwork, critical thinking, and a results-driven approach, ensuring high standards of home health care. Proven ability to build strong relationships with co workers and families while providing care.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Health LVN
Affinity Pediatric Home Healthcare
2023.08 - Current
- Promoted continuity of care by maintaining detailed documentation of patients'' health status, interventions, and outcomes.
- Supported patients during difficult transitions to home-based care, providing emotional support and practical guidance.
- Enhanced patient recovery process through effective communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Assisted patients in managing their daily living activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, and mobility support.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Protected patients and healthcare team members from infection by sterilizing equipment and reusable supplies.
- Increased patient safety by diligently administering medications, wound care, trach care, gtube care, respiratory treatments, IPV treatments, and other treatments per physician orders.
- Helped patients achieve higher standards of living through effective ADL coaching and assistance.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
Home Health LVN
Restorative Home Health
2005.11 - 2023.08
- Promoted continuity of care by maintaining detailed documentation of patients'' health status, interventions, and outcomes.
- Supported patients during difficult transitions to home-based care, providing emotional support and practical guidance.
- Provided physical assessments, medication, and chronic disease management to home health patients. Administered neb treatment, IPV treatments, gtube and trach care.
- Provided physical assessments and chronic disease management to home health patients.
- Assisted patients in managing their daily living activities, including bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, and mobility support.
- Enhanced patient recovery process through effective communication and collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams.
- Maintained the highest standards of infection control by adhering to strict protocols for sanitation and personal protective equipment use.
- Maintained patient privacy and confidentiality by adhering to HIPAA regulations and organizational policies at all times.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring all vitals: respiration, blood pressure, pulse rate. temperature, O2 sats, and blood glucose levels.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
Education
No Degree - Nursing-ADN
Galen College of Nursing
San Antonio, TX12.2024
No Degree - Pre Reqs For RN Program
Alamo Colleges
San Antonio, TX05.2023
No Degree - LVN
St. Philip's College
San Antonio, TX12.2001
Skills
- Home safety evaluation
- Vital signs monitoring(BP, PR,RR, Temp.,O2sats)
- Urinary Catheter Insertion and Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Respiratory Care including Neb and IPV administration, CPT vest care, O2 administration, CPAP, BIPAP.
- Tracheostomy Care including trach changes, suctioning, and monitoring for s/s of infection
- Family Education
- Gastrointestinal Care including changing gtubes and monitoring for s/s of infection
- Post-Surgical Care
- Pediatric Care
- Neurological care
- Orthopedic care
- Patient Care including ADLs, PROM
- HIPAA Compliance
- Clinical judgment
- Compassionate Care
- Wound Care
- Patient Assessments head to toe
- Medication Administration PO, topical, nasal, rectal, injections
- ADL Assistance
- Maintaining nutrition
- Home Health Care
- Chronic Disease Management
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Responsible and Dependable
- Problem-solving abilities
- Reliable
- Excellent Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Task Prioritization
- Specimen Collection
- Multitasking Abilities
Certification
- Basic Life Support CPR and AED Training - 8/26/2023-8/2025
Timeline
Home Health LVN
Affinity Pediatric Home Healthcare
2023.08 - Current
Home Health LVN
Restorative Home Health
2005.11 - 2023.08
No Degree - Nursing-ADN
Galen College of Nursing
No Degree - Pre Reqs For RN Program
Alamo Colleges
No Degree - LVN
St. Philip's College
- Basic Life Support CPR and AED Training - 8/26/2023-8/2025
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