Tamara Jones

Provided full-time nursing care for my elderly mother, then returned to hospital nursing in January 2024.

Provided care from admission to discharge. Worked as a float Charge RN on chemical dependency rehabilitation/psychiatric units with adults, military chemical dependency rehabilitation unit with veterans, short-term and long-term adolescent units. Monitored patient response to medication and cognitive/behavioral therapies. Collaborated with physicians and therapists in addressing the needs of patients and providing a safe environment.

Worked as relief charge nurse in busy stand alone ER, provided care to patients in all age groups.

Worked as staff RN in 16 bed ER.

Worked as relief Charge Nurse on progressive care/neurology unit. Also cared for patients admitted for admitted for seizure monitoring.

Triaged, administered medications and treatments, assisted providers in managing patients with chronic illnesses. Assisted patients with tele health visits.

Travel RN position on medical-surgical /telemetry unit.

• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
• Managed quality care for patients with heart failure, end-stage renal disease and coronary artery disease.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.

Staff RN in level 1 trauma facility on Clinical Decision Unit caring for patients at all levels of acuity.

Staff RN on bariatric medical-surgical unit.

• Managed care from admission to discharge.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.

13 week travel nursing assignments (medical-surgical/telemetry) at Mother Saint Francis Hospital in Tyler, Texas

Immanuel Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska

Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware

Audubon Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky

St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Worked as psychiatric LPN on forensic unit at Central State Hospital.

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.

Worked as registry LPN on medical-surgical, telemetry, cardiovascular, neurology, and orthopedic units.

Worked with long-term care residents on skilled and intermedicate units.

• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.

Provided care for ventilator-dependent patients in long-term care setting.

Staff LPN working with inmate population.

Worked on wound care unit at Suburban Hospital.

Worked as LPN Medicaid Waiver Case Manager, with emphasis on families of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Also provided private duty nursing care for medically fragile infant.

Staff LPN working with inmate population.

Worked as staff nurse on medical-surgical unit.

Worked PRN on skilled and intermediate units.

• Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.

Staff LPN working with adults admitted to acute psychiatric unit.

• Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.

Provided care for medical-surgical/trauma patients.

• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
• Provided care for medically fragile children in a long-term care setting.

Staff RN, assisted with opening new inpatient hospital unit. Worked with medical-surgical and intermediate level patients.

Have been the primary caregiver/RN for my aging mother, have taken time off to work with her. Am able to resume hospital nursing now.