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PAMELA HOLTFRETER

West Des Moines,IA

Summary

Driven and compassionate Licensed Vocational Nurse with 40 years hands-on experience in fast-paced clinic and hospital environments. Accountable and responsible with a strong focus on patient wellness.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Travel LVN

Triage Staffing Inc.
07.2018 - 07.2024
  • Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
  • Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
  • Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
  • Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
  • Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
  • Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.

LVN II

Kaiser Permanente Lancaster Medical Offices
12.2010 - 07.2018
  • Assisting Doctors with patient care
  • Vital signs, rooming patient
  • IV therapy, blood sugars, assist in procedures
  • NURSE CLINIC- blood pressures, IV therapy, wound care, suture and staple removal, administering medication from B12, Depo provera to Testosterone and Deep Estradiol
  • Education to patients regarding HTN, STDs,care for their wounds.
  • Utilized strong assessment skills to determine necessary patient care.
  • Recorded patients' medical history, vital statistics and test results in medical records.

LVN

Antelope Valley Hospital
06.1988 - 04.2011
  • From Pediatrics to Geriatrics
  • Emergent and Non Emergent
  • Able to determine the difference between them
  • Able to carry out Nursing duties in a timely manner
  • From administering medications, procedures, to discharging patients
  • Patient education, disease process
  • Understanding the safety and care of patients.

Education

Associate of Arts - Licensed Vocational Nurse

Conejo Valley Adult School
Thousand Oaks, CA
1984

Skills

  • Geriatric treatment knowledge
  • Computerized charting
  • Body mechanics competency
  • Strong medical ethic
  • Enthusiastic caregiver
  • Practiced inpatient and outpatient caregiver
  • Treatment of conditions
  • Oxygen machine maintenance
  • STD counseling and care awareness
  • Medical clinical procedures comprehension
  • CPR and BLS certified
  • Extensive ER experience
  • Sterilization techniques
  • Maintaining quality assurance standards
  • IV certified
  • Body mechanics knowledge
  • Charting
  • Self-discipline
  • Strong clinical judgment
  • Specimen collection and processing
  • Patient positioning understanding
  • Patient and family focused
  • AED certification
  • Talent in obtaining/charting vital signs
  • ER experience

Certification

  • Certified BLS, American Heart Association - 1984
  • Certified AED, American Heart Association - 2010

Timeline

Travel LVN

Triage Staffing Inc.
07.2018 - 07.2024

LVN II

Kaiser Permanente Lancaster Medical Offices
12.2010 - 07.2018

LVN

Antelope Valley Hospital
06.1988 - 04.2011

Associate of Arts - Licensed Vocational Nurse

Conejo Valley Adult School

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