RENA LEBLANC
Tickfaw,LA
Summary
LPN
Patient-focused LPN with 11+ years' experience. Expert in all elements of patient care and successful in working as part of a team to treat a wide range of medical conditions. Skilled in prioritizing patients' needs within high-stress environments.
Equipped with strong problem-solving abilities, willingness to learn, and excellent communication skills. Poised to contribute to team success and achieve positive results. Ready to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN Field Nurse
Vital Caring
08.2022 - Current
- Administered medications safely and effectively, preventing adverse reactions or complications.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments and treatments, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Educated patients and families on healthcare management strategies, promoting self-care and wellbeing.
- Dispensed and administered patients' medications following care plans and physician's orders.
- Delivered emotional support to patients facing challenging diagnoses or difficult treatments, fostering resilience during recovery processes.
- Coordinated with physicians to implement prescribed treatment plans, ensuring consistency in patient care delivery.
- Managed complex wound care for improved healing rates and reduced infection risk.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and timely interventions.
- Developed strong rapport with patients through clear communication skills that foster trust within the nurse-patient relationship.
LPN
PAM Specialty Hospital
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Thorough physical assessments
- All aspects of nursing care as it relates to each individual patient/diagnosis
- Maintaining personal relationship with patient/ family to ensure a high quality of care
- Holding myself to a higher standard always to best represent my company
- Learning new things daily from colleagues as well as patients to grow in my profession
- Routinely retracted patient throat cultures and prepared for lab submission
- Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care
- Coordinated with other internal departments and customers to keep operations running smoothly and solve both routine and complex problems
- Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Hypertension
- Performed vitals/glucose testing and assisted in administering injections and urinalysis
- Routinely collaborated with department managers to correct problems and improve services
- Obtain vitals and any relevant information relating to office visit
- Administered immunizations
- Administered medications ordered via nebulizer, injection, or oral
LPN
Ochsner Health Center
11.2015 - 07.2018
LPN
North Oaks Pediatric Clinic
12.2013 - 10.2015
MANAGER
TARC
03.2009 - 07.2014
- Collaborated with vast number of colleagues daily in a fast-paced environment while maintaining patient safety, privacy, and care
- Answer phone calls from parents on varying issues and called in medications
- Assisted clients with activities of daily living
- Worked as bingo caller, ran bingo session, ordered supplies, and made deposits as part of their charitable gaming division
Education
Technical Diploma - Lpn
NORTHSHORE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Greensburg, LA01.2013
High School Diploma -
SOUTH LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL
Galliano, LA01.1999
Skills
- Patient and family advocacy
- Thorough physical assessments
- Strong clinical judgment
- Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines
- Highly dependable
- Professional bedside manner
- Strategic decision making
- Post operative care
- Home healthcare
- Lab specimen collection
- Orthopedic care
- Patient assessments
- Infection control
- Wound care
- Certified in CPR/AED
Certification
- Licensed Practical Nurse, Louisiana, 20140342
- Recipient of Clinical excellence award at nursing graduation
- CPR Certification
Timeline
LPN Field Nurse
Vital Caring
08.2022 - Current
LPN
PAM Specialty Hospital
06.2018 - 06.2019
LPN
Ochsner Health Center
11.2015 - 07.2018
LPN
North Oaks Pediatric Clinic
12.2013 - 10.2015
MANAGER
TARC
03.2009 - 07.2014
High School Diploma -
SOUTH LAFOURCHE HIGH SCHOOL
Technical Diploma - Lpn
NORTHSHORE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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