Tracy Bowen
Newport,AR
Summary
Experienced nursing professional providing quality care to patients in variety of medical settings. Delivers excellent communication and task prioritization skills for effective patient care coordination. Proven ability to stay organized and prioritize tasks in fast-paced environment. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in hospital settings. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization and organizational skills. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Proficient and caring nursing team member offering patient-facing experience. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN
Unity Health
06.2024 - 02.2025
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction levels through effective communication and empathetic listening skills.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
LPN
White River Medical Center
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and closely monitoring vital signs.
- Enhanced patient satisfaction levels through effective communication and empathetic listening skills.
- Reduced medication errors by accurately administering medications and diligently verifying patient information.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop comprehensive care plans for patients.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Provided emotional support to patients and families during difficult times, fostering positive relationships built on trust and compassion.
- Performed wound care treatments using sterile techniques, promoting healing and preventing complications.
- Demonstrated adaptability in working with diverse patient populations across various healthcare settings.
- Contributed to continuous quality improvement efforts by identifying areas for potential growth within the nursing practice.
- Addressed any concerns or questions posed by patients or family members promptly to maintain confidence in their care plan.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
LPN
The Blossoms At Newport
07.2023 - 08.2023
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- 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.
Patient Care Technician
Unity Health Harris Medical Center
07.2021 - 08.2023
- Obtained patient vital signs and reported results to staff nurse or physician, noting changes from prior measurements.
- Answered patient assistance calls, assessed needs, and offered qualified support.
- Maintained clean and safe environment to promote patient safety and comfort.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Collected and transported specimens to prepare for lab testing.
- Responded to patient emergencies with immediate care and notified clinicians to provide comprehensive assistance.
- Assisted in transferring patients, beds and patient care equipment to other rooms adhering to necessary safety precautions.
- Maximized patient satisfaction by helping individuals carry out personal tasks such as dressing and walking.
- Helped patients maintain healthy skin by checking wounds, assessing integrity, and bathing bedbound individuals.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Applied oxygen via nasal cannula, simple masks and nebulizer masks under direction of nurse in charge.
- Assisted nursing staff with completing daily rounds, documenting vital signs and answering calls.
- Maintained patient stability by checking vital signs and weight and recording intake and outtake information.
- Changed linens in rooms, keeping spaces fresh and clean for patient health and satisfaction.
- Completed activities of daily living for patients unable to self-care, and assisted those with limited mobility in completing tasks.
- Helped patients with self-feeding and assisted feeding, based on individual needs.
Optical Technician
Dr. Love’s Family Vision
09.2017 - 07.2021
- Aided patients in selection of flattering eyeglass frames appropriate for prescription and style preferences.
- Contacted patients when eyeglasses or contact lenses arrived in store and assisted with final fitting.
- Measured patients' faces for bridge, eye size, and temple length to select comfortable frames.
- Operated lensometers to orient and mark uncut lenses for eyeglasses.
- Suggested optional items such as lens coatings and lightweight lenses to improve patient experience with eyeglasses.
- Calibrated seg heights, vertex, and pupillary distance and pantoscopic tilt to customize eyeglass orders and create perfect fit.
- Filed claims with vision and medical insurance companies to garner payment for optical services.
- Instructed patients on proper insertion, removal, and cleaning techniques for contact lenses.
- Coordinated patient scheduling, monitored patient flow throughout office and properly communicated delays.
- Assisted with dilating patients or using eye medications when directed by optometrist.
- Performed ancillary testing when ordered by optometrist and thoroughly explained procedures to patients.
- Managed administrative duties with phone reception, appointment scheduling and payment processing.
- Operated and maintained lensometers, refraction units, auto-refractors, and visual field analyzers for patient testing.
- Filled and dispensed eyeglass prescriptions, fitting frames, lenses and contact lenses for comfort and convenience.
- Maintained inventory levels and accurate records of contact lenses and eyeglass frames.
- Collaborated with optometry staff to reach individual and team goals.
Preschool Teacher
Under The Rainbow Preschool
08.2014 - 08.2017
- Developed weekly lesson plans and activities to engage children and promote learning.
- Established positive communication with parents in daily conversation and formal conferences.
- Maintained organized, fun and interactive classroom to help children feel safe.
- Gave one-on-one attention to children while maintaining overall focus on entire group.
- Maintained well-controlled classrooms by clearly outlining standards and reinforcing positive behaviors.
- Educated students in foundational concepts such as shapes, numbers, and letters.
- Sanitized toys and play equipment each day to maintain safety and cleanliness.
- Observed children to identify individuals in need of additional support and developed strategies to improve assistance.
- Addressed behavioral and learning issues with parents and daycare management.
- Allowed for ample outdoor discovery time in schedule each day.
- Created safe and nurturing learning environment for preschoolers.
- Established positive relationships with students and families.
- Planned and executed activities to stimulate physical, social and intellectual growth.
- Monitored classroom to verify safe and secure environment.
- Collaborated with teachers, parents and administrators to facilitate positive outcomes for students.
- Guided students to develop social, emotional and physical skills.
Restaurant Waitress
Pizza Hut
08.2011 - 09.2014
- Cultivated warm relationships with regular customers.
- Bussed and reset tables to keep dining room and work areas clean.
- Explained menu items and suggested appropriate options for food allergy concerns.
- Sustained calm and congenial manners during communications with angry guests, directing disgruntled clients to appropriate managers.
- Completed credit payments via card processing systems.
- Performed dining room sanitation tasks such as spill cleanup, table sterilization and removal of apparent waste or refuse.
LPN
Access Medical Clinics
02.2025 - Current
- 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.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Supported diagnoses by taking blood samples from patients for laboratory testing.
Education
Technical Certificate - Practical Nursing
Arkansas State University - Newport
Newport, ARSkills
- Symptom Documentation
- Infection Control Standards
- Medical Triage
- Equipment Disinfection
- Pharmacology
- Health Insurance Verification
- Feeding Assistance
- Biological Specimen Handling
- Feeding Tube Management
- Output Monitoring and Reporting
- Medical Equipment Operations
- Observation Documentation
- Patient Admission
- Patient Positioning Understanding
- Patient Safety Management
- Medical Histories and Vital Statistics
- Electronic Recordkeeping
- Monitoring Patient Conditions
- Data Collection
- Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Support
- Nutrition and Diet
- EMR Updating
- Simple Dressings
- Phlebotomy Training
- Patient Service
- Computer Literacy
- Critical Thinking
- Patient Feeding
- Taking Vital Signs
- IV Insertion
- Dementia Knowledge and Care
- Intramuscular Injections
- Direct Patient Care
- Medical Paperwork Processing
- Breathing Treatments
- Immunization Administration
- Intravenous Medications
- Task Delegation
- Charting and Recording
- Nursing Intervention Evaluations
- Medication Administration
- Sterile Procedures and Techniques
- HIPAA Protocols
- Monitor IV Fluids
- Wound Care
- Biomedical Hazard Disposal
- Documenting Intake
- Caregiving Skills
- Writing Reports
- Medication Dispensing
- EKG Administration
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Pulse Oximetry Tracking
- Patient Assessments
- Conditions Reporting
- Counting Narcotics
- Patient Medical Histories
- Management Team Support
Certification
- Licensed practical nurse - 2023
Education
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Timeline
LPN
Access Medical Clinics
02.2025 - Current
LPN
Unity Health
06.2024 - 02.2025
LPN
White River Medical Center
09.2023 - 06.2024
LPN
The Blossoms At Newport
07.2023 - 08.2023
Patient Care Technician
Unity Health Harris Medical Center
07.2021 - 08.2023
Optical Technician
Dr. Love’s Family Vision
09.2017 - 07.2021
Preschool Teacher
Under The Rainbow Preschool
08.2014 - 08.2017
Restaurant Waitress
Pizza Hut
08.2011 - 09.2014
Technical Certificate - Practical Nursing
Arkansas State University - Newport
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