Faith Okotieuro BSN, RN
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Registered Nurse with nearly 4 years of combined LVN/RN experience in long-term and acute-care settings, including over 4 years focused on wound and skin care. Has solid, hands-on experience with wound assessment, staging, negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT), and basic bedside debridement under provider orders. Comfortable selecting and applying evidence-based dressings and compression options while protecting peri-wound skin and monitoring for changes. Communicates clearly with physicians, charge nurses, and the interdisciplinary team to update plans of care and respond to changes in patient condition. Provides patient and family teaching on wound care and prevention in a calm, supportive way. Holds a BSN and is actively working toward advanced wound-care certification, with a strong interest in continuing to learn and grow in a hospital-based wound care role.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Wound Care RN
Channel Islands Post Acute
07.2025 - Current
- Collaborated with healthcare team to implement interventions for wound healing and skin breakdown prevention.
- Instructed patients and caregivers on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
- Implemented plans to prevent pressure ulcers and other wound developments.
- Treated and carefully tended to vascular and diabetic ulcers.
- Provided post-surgery treatment and care for patients with ostomies.
Wound Care Nurse
Longwood Manor Convalescent Hospital
06.2023 - 07.2025
- Instructed patients and caregivers on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
- Maintained comprehensive understanding of genitourinary, gastrointestinal and integumentary systems and provided treatment for wounds impacting them.
- Documented and examined patient recovery and reported progress to doctors for effective management.
- Provided post-surgery treatment and care for patients with ostomies.
- Treated and carefully tended to vascular and diabetic ulcers.
- Collaborated with healthcare team to implement interventions for wound healing and skin breakdown prevention.
Wound Care Nurse
Kindred Hospital Los Angeles
04.2025 - 06.2025
- Instructed patients and caregivers on how to clean and dress wounds and how to prevent infections.
- Maintained comprehensive understanding of genitourinary, gastrointestinal and integumentary systems and provided treatment for wounds impacting them.
- Implemented plans to prevent pressure ulcers and other wound developments.
- Collaborated with healthcare team to implement interventions for wound healing and skin breakdown prevention.
- Provided post-surgery treatment and care for patients with ostomies.
LVN WOUND CARE
La Brea Rehabilitation Center
07.2022 - 05.2023
- Assist with evaluating the skin of new admission and existing patients' to prevent the onset of pressure ulcers
- Apply medicated salves/ointments and provide other treatments as ordered to patient wounds
- Educate patients about evidence-based care of surgical incisions and stomas
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge of staging wounds
- Stages wounds according to hospital protocol
- Provide wound care treatment according to physician orders
- Take photos of the wound and assist nursing staff and physicians with determining a treatment plan
- Assist with the evaluation of wounds, monitor patients for wound infections, and clean wounds as needed
- Ensure skin and wound photos are taken according to hospital protocol
- Demonstrates ability to perform treatments and provide services within the scope of licensure
- Documentation meets current wound management standards and practices
- Demonstrates the ability to be flexible, organized, and functions under challenging/stressful situations.
LVN MEDICATION NURSE
SHARON CARE CENTER
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Med Pass, document daily, notify MD of patient's change in condition, work with clinical and rehab team
- Client Rounds, Client monitoring
- Advocate for the physical, emotional, mental, and social health of the clients
- Med Pass, document daily, notify MD of patient's change in condition, work with clinical and rehab team
- Manage patient care and delegate aspects of it to licensed and unlicensed staff consistent with their scope of practice
- Collaborate with the nursing staff and other disciplines, along with patients and families, to ensure the development and execution of an effective plan of care for each patient
- Demonstrate, teach and evaluate nursing skills utilized in direct patient care
- Maintain adequate nursing coverage to provide safe nursing care.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University
North Hollywood, CA10.2024
Associate of Science - Pre-Nursing, AS
El Camino College
Torrance, CA06.2023
Licensed Vocational Nurse -
American Career College
Los Angeles, CA01.2022
Skills
- Wound dressing
- Ostomy care
- Clinical judgment
- Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel
- Problem Resolution Critical Thinking in healthcare settings
- Pressure Ulcer Management and Prevention
- Wound Dressing and Treatment
- Techniques Physical Assessment and Clinical Observation
- Tracheostomy Care and Management
- Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
- Intervention planning Wound prevention
Certification
- Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association | Expires 2026
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) – American Heart Association | Expires 2026
- Fire & Life-Safety Card – Los Angeles County | Expires 2026
- Mechanical Ventilator Management (Sub-Acute) – Completed 2022
- Skin & Wound Care – Long-Term Care Certificate – College of LTC | 2025
- WCC (in progress – exam target dec 2025)
Timeline
Wound Care RN
Channel Islands Post Acute
07.2025 - Current
Wound Care Nurse
Kindred Hospital Los Angeles
04.2025 - 06.2025
Wound Care Nurse
Longwood Manor Convalescent Hospital
06.2023 - 07.2025
LVN WOUND CARE
La Brea Rehabilitation Center
07.2022 - 05.2023
LVN MEDICATION NURSE
SHARON CARE CENTER
03.2022 - 07.2022
Associate of Science - Pre-Nursing, AS
El Camino College
Licensed Vocational Nurse -
American Career College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
West Coast University