Teresa Westbrook

• Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
• Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
• Implemented infection control measures, ensuring clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
• Performed wound care treatments using sterile techniques, promoting healing and preventing complications.
• Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
• Reduced medication errors by accurately administering medications and diligently verifying patient information.
• Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance knowledge base and skillset as an LPN.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction levels through effective communication and empathetic listening skills.
• Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
• Assisted in the management of chronic health conditions by providing education, support, and follow-up care.
• Assisted physicians during examinations or procedures as needed, playing a vital role in the overall patient experience.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Increased nursing team cohesiveness through active participation in staff meetings and open communication with colleagues.
• Contributed to continuous quality improvement efforts by identifying areas for potential growth within the nursing practice.
• Administered medications and injections to patients.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.

Office nurse which merged to Carilion Family Medicine when the practice was bought out by Carilion in 2003 and our name changed.