Tinnisha Andrews
Spring,USA
Summary
Texas-Licensed Vocational Nurse with proven expertise in managing total nursing care and administering prescribed medications and treatments according to approved nursing techniques. Assists in delivery of patient care through nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Demonstrated competency directing and guiding patient teaching and activities to promote individual treatment programs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LVN
City of Houston Health Department
01.2024 - Current
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
LVN
Erickson Senior Living
07.2022 - 08.2023
- Admitting new residents
- Assigning and delegating duties to non-licensed nursing staff
- Monitoring resident care and supervising other nursing staff
- Administering medications to resident via: p.o, Iv, sub q, IM.
- Assisting in dining room with meals. Assuring proper diet per residents condition.
- Performing ongoing assessments of residents' physical and mental health
- Explaining procedures and treatment protocols to residents
LVN Charge Nurse
Westchase Health and Rehabilitation Center
05.2022 - 07.2022
- Admit residents to facility
- Administer scheduled meds via po, IV, peg tube
- Preform wound care
LVN Charge Nurse
the heights of tomball
04.2022 - 05.2022
- Admit residents to facility
- Administer scheduled med via po, IV, peg tube
- Preform wound care.
LVN
CVS Health
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Explain procedure to patients.
- Register patients with appointments in through EMR.
- Collect sample, and run covid test.
- Collect results and document in the EMR.
LVN Charge Nurse
TREEMONT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
10.2021 - 12.2021
- Prn LVN charge nurse.
- Admit patients to facility.
- Document admission records
- Administrator op, peg tube/g tube, IV medications.
- Start IVs
- Oversee CNAs
LVN Charge Nurse
Avalon Villa Care Center
07.2019 - 08.2021
- Admitting new residents
- Assisting physicians during rounds of residents' rooms
- Assigning and delegating duties to non-licensed nursing staff
- Monitoring resident care and supervising other nursing staff
- Performing ongoing assessments of residents' physical and mental health
- Explaining procedures and treatment protocols to residents
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Memorial Healthcare
09.2017 - 11.2018
- Assist patients with ADLs such as feeding, mouth care, grooming, shaving, and incontinence care.
- Assist nurse with care of patients.
- Measure and record patient vital signs.
- Assist with restorative care.
- Transport patients to appointments.
- Build a relaxing environment for patients and family members.
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
ComForcare Senior Services
11.2012 - 06.2014
- Monitors patient condition by observing physical and mental condition, intake and output, and exercise.
- Supports patients by providing housekeeping and laundry services; shopping for food and other household requirements; preparing and serving meals and snacks; running errands.
- Assists patients by providing personal services, such as, bathing, dressing, and grooming.
- Helps patients care for themselves by teaching use of cane or walker, special utensils to eat, special techniques and equipment for personal hygiene.
- Helps family members care for the patient by teaching appropriate ways to lift, turn, and re-position the patient; advising on nutrition, cleanliness, and housekeeping.
- Records patient information by making entries in the patient journal; notifying nursing supervisor of changing or unusual conditions.
- Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following asepses standards and procedures; maintaining security precautions; following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Avalon villa care center
12.2010 - 02.2013
- Provides patients' personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.
- Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
- Provides adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, nonsterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths; applying restraints.
- Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.
- Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients' call lights and requests; reporting observations of the patient to nursing supervisor.
- Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
- Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.
- Protects organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.
- Serves and protects the hospital community by adhering to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and jcaho standards.
Education
Lvn - Nursing
American Career College at St Francis
Lynwood, CA07.2017
Cna certification - Nursing
Long Beach adult school
Long Beach, CA04.2016
Cna certification - Nursing
Youth Opportunity Center
Los Angeles, CA07.2010
Skills
- Medication Administration
- Tube Feeding
- Nursing
- Hospice Care
- Vital Signs
- Documentation review
- Anatomy knowledge
- Epic
- Experience Administering Injections
- EMR Systems
- Patient Care
- ICD-10
- Customer service
- Infection control
- Patient observation
- Patient intake
- Clinical documentation
- Diabetes management
- IV therapy
- Medical equipment operation
- Oxygen therapy
- Vital signs monitoring
- Elderly care
Personal Information
Work Permit: Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Certification
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), 04/01/17, 07/31/19
- LVN, 03/01/19, 07/31/25
- CPR
- BLS Certification
Assessments
- Patient-focused care, Proficient, 02/01/22
- Responding to patient concerns with sensitivity, Proficient
Timeline
LVN
City of Houston Health Department
01.2024 - Current
LVN
Erickson Senior Living
07.2022 - 08.2023
LVN Charge Nurse
Westchase Health and Rehabilitation Center
05.2022 - 07.2022
LVN Charge Nurse
the heights of tomball
04.2022 - 05.2022
LVN
CVS Health
11.2021 - 03.2022
LVN Charge Nurse
TREEMONT RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
10.2021 - 12.2021
LVN Charge Nurse
Avalon Villa Care Center
07.2019 - 08.2021
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Atlantic Memorial Healthcare
09.2017 - 11.2018
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
ComForcare Senior Services
11.2012 - 06.2014
CNA - Certified Nursing Assistant
Avalon villa care center
12.2010 - 02.2013
Cna certification - Nursing
Long Beach adult school
Cna certification - Nursing
Youth Opportunity Center
Lvn - Nursing
American Career College at St Francis
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