Twanna Jackson, LPN
Gretna,LA
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering outstanding patient-facing experience. Adept at addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Grace House Addiction Treatment Facility
New Orleans, LA
08.2023 - 04.2024
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Educated patients and families on health promotion, disease prevention, and self-care management strategies.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
Teller II/ Vault Teller
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
10.2015 - 11.2020
- Greet persons entering the establishment, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct or escort them to specific destinations
- Operate telephone to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments
- Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using a currency counting machine, to prepare for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank
- Order a supply of cash to meet daily needs
- Count, verify, and post armored car deposits
- Prepare and verify cashier's checks
- Carry out special services for customers, such as ordering bank cards and checks
- Process transactions such as term deposits, retirement savings plan contributions, automated teller transactions, night deposits, and mail deposits
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds
- Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
Teller III/ Vault Teller/ Teller- Line Supervisor
Regions Bank
02.2011 - 11.2014
- Provide customer service by greeting customers, answering phones, and processing transactions such as deposits, withdrawals, loan payments, check cashing, and transfers etc
- Maintain and balance cash drawer daily
- Complied with regulations, policies, and procedures and stayed apprised of change
- Sold banking products, obtained account referrals
- Maintained a secured and organized work area
- Worked with large amounts of currency.
Education
Practical Nursing -
Healthcare Training Institute
12.2022
Associate of Applied Science: Cosmetology -
John Jay Beauty College
05.2009
Certificate: Ballet Dance -
Millet Dance Academy
08.2004
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy Sr. High
05.2004
Skills
- Teamwork
- Computer Literacy
- Time Management
- Medication Administration
- Direct Patient Care
- Vital signs monitoring
- HIPAA Compliance
- Compassionate Care
- Physical Assessment
- Clinical Documentation
- Vital signs
- Clinical judgment
- Patient Assessments
- Documentation accuracy
- Medication Dispensing
- Documenting intake
- Patient evaluations
- Patient relationship building
- Preventive Care
- Rehabilitation techniques
- Inpatient Care
Certification
American Heart Association - Basic Life Support (CPR and AED), 11/01/2024
References
Available upon request.
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Grace House Addiction Treatment Facility
08.2023 - 04.2024
Teller II/ Vault Teller
Gulf Coast Bank & Trust
10.2015 - 11.2020
Teller III/ Vault Teller/ Teller- Line Supervisor
Regions Bank
02.2011 - 11.2014
Practical Nursing -
Healthcare Training Institute
Associate of Applied Science: Cosmetology -
John Jay Beauty College
Certificate: Ballet Dance -
Millet Dance Academy
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy Sr. High