Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Awards
References
Timeline
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Patrice Turks

Dumas,AR

Summary

Driven Registered Nurse with 22 years of experience caring for patients within Med Surg and Psychiatric settings. Smoothly deliver comprehensive patient care and delegate tasks according to patient needs and personnel skillsets. Present great Leadership in multiple Nursing roles. Dedicated to providing top quality care within multidisciplinary team environment.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Registered Nurse (RN)

South Dakota Womens Prison
Pierre, SD
10.2023 - Current
  • Passing out meds to inmates, injections, v/s, assisting the Dr with patient visits, charting

Registered Nurse (RN)

Dataman Health Inc Conway Human Development Center
Conway, AR
07.2023 - Current
  • Worked with Clients with Developmental Disabilities
  • Job duties Passing meds, tube feeding, assessments, v/s, giving injections.

Registered Nurse

Methodist Behavioral Hospital
Maumelle, AR
04.2023 - Current
  • Working with children ages 5-18, passing meds, assessment, v/s, admissions, discharges, charting

Registered Nurse (RN)

Arkansas Medical Staffing (AGENCY)
Little Rock, AR
04.2023 - Current
  • Work with Agency PRN, work with children and infants-18 years old
  • I go to various schools as school nurse, giving meds, checking blood sugars, giving insulin, doing tube feedings, and Trach care.

Registered Nurse

South Arkansas Medical Center
El Dorado, AR
10.2022 - 03.2023
  • Working at hospital with acute psych pt
  • Giving meds, injections, doing v/s, charting, Admissions and discharge, collaborating with Psychiatrist and Therapist.

Registered Nurse

Larned State Hospital
Larned, KS
05.2022 - 08.2022
  • Working at State Hospital with Mentally Ill patients passing out medicine, giving shots, applying and monitoring restraints, charting, making rounds on patients for safety, working with Dr for plan of care for pt
  • Admitting pt and discharging patient.

Registered Nurse

Baptist Medical Center
Little Rock, AR
08.2021 - 05.2022
  • Working on the Psychiatric floor of the hospital, dealing with Mentally Ill patients, passing out medicines, giving injections, admitting and discharging patients, creating a care plan for patient, receiving and transcribing orders from the Doctors.

Registered Nurse

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Indio, CA
01.2021 - 04.2021
  • Giving Covid vaccines to pt and Observing them for 15 mins afterwards, verifying their health information

Registered Nurse

Queens Hospital
Queens, NY
04.2020 - 12.2020
  • Taking care of Covid-19 pt, passing meds, hanging IV meds, starting IV, charting in Epic, subscribing orders from Dr., charge Nurse in facility in New York, also worked Telemetry floor

Registered Nurse

Arkansas Healthcare Center
Benton, AR
10.2018 - 04.2020
  • Long Term Care facility passing meds, giving injections, making reports, assisting Dr's, blood sugar checks, drawing blood, starting IV's, Supervising staff, making shift assignments

Registered Nurse

Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Pine Bluff, AR
09.2018 - 09.2019
  • Caring for pt after surgery, drawing blood, starting IV's, checking blood sugars, charting, checking v/s, checking labs, assisting the Dr., transcribing orders

Education

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in Long Term Care -

Administrators in Training
09.2020

Bachelor's degree in Registered Nurse -

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
05.2018

Bachelor's degree in General Studies with Emphasis in Business Administration -

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
12.2013

Associate's degree in Licensed Practical Nursing -

Southeast Arkansas of Pine Bluff
07.2002

Skills

  • Electronic and Paper Charting
  • Assessment
  • Care Planning
  • Patient Discharging and Admissions
  • Staff Supervision
  • Medication Administration
  • Evaluations
  • IV and Venipuncture Care
  • Epic, Carelogic, and Cerna, charting
  • Psychiatric and Mental Health Care
  • Long-Term Care
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Tracheostomy Care
  • Seizure Management
  • Geriatric Treatment Knowledge
  • Immunization Skills
  • SBAR Communication
  • Nursing Staff Leadership

Certification

  • Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, 11/01/21, Present
  • BLS Certification
  • CPR Certification
  • RN License
  • RN, 08/01/24, AR

Awards

  • Sigma Theta Tia, 02/01/17
  • Honors in Nursing School

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Registered Nurse (RN)

South Dakota Womens Prison
10.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse (RN)

Dataman Health Inc Conway Human Development Center
07.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse

Methodist Behavioral Hospital
04.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse (RN)

Arkansas Medical Staffing (AGENCY)
04.2023 - Current

Registered Nurse

South Arkansas Medical Center
10.2022 - 03.2023

Registered Nurse

Larned State Hospital
05.2022 - 08.2022

Registered Nurse

Baptist Medical Center
08.2021 - 05.2022

Registered Nurse

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
01.2021 - 04.2021

Registered Nurse

Queens Hospital
04.2020 - 12.2020

Registered Nurse

Arkansas Healthcare Center
10.2018 - 04.2020

Registered Nurse

Jefferson Regional Medical Center
09.2018 - 09.2019

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator in Long Term Care -

Administrators in Training

Bachelor's degree in Registered Nurse -

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Bachelor's degree in General Studies with Emphasis in Business Administration -

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Associate's degree in Licensed Practical Nursing -

Southeast Arkansas of Pine Bluff
Patrice Turks