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Tyler Arends

Baldwinsville,NY

Summary

Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 10 years of 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

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

LPN Nurse Educator

Loretto
12.2022 - Current

• Creating and implementing teaching tools.

• Integrate new information into teaching.

• Execute updates to teaching tools.

• Host in-service teachings to help staff get accustomed to changes.

• Audits, to ensure staff are preforming to company policy and procedure.

• Leading a Clinical group/ Clinical management.

• Working with interdisciplinary teams.

• Writing company policy.

• Maintaining records.

• Clinical Instructor for CNA's.

Licensed Practical Nurse Supervisor

Loretto
07.2022 - 12.2022
  • Reporting incidents/Completion of A&I.
  • Diabetic care/ General patient care.
  • Wound care, vac, dressing, and wet to dry.
  • Communicating to families and to family and provider.
  • Maintaining and changing schedules.
  • Attending daily reports.
  • Changing orders, Updates to MAR and TAR.
  • Maintained medication room in full compliance with government and facility requirements.
  • Clinical leadership.
  • Scheduled staff and delegated work assignments.

Clinical Research Coordinator

SUNY Upstate Medical University
12.2021 - 05.2022
  • Heading research projects
  • Attending to clinical patients
  • Administrative work
  • Organizational skills
  • Clinic management
  • Submission to WIRB and SUNY IRB
  • Collection of specimens.
  • Worked with principal investigator and sponsors to facilitate daily trial activities and comply with research protocols.
  • Collected data and followed research protocols, operations manuals, and case report form requirements.

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Family Care Medical Group
06.2021 - 12.2021
  • Managing patient schedule.
  • Seeing patients in a timely manner.
  • Medical Billing (Charting using ICD10 codes).
  • Phone triage.
  • Obtaining full sets of Vitals.
  • Preforming the following vaccinations (IM, SubQ, intradermal).
  • Administration of medication.
  • Scheduling Patients when appropriate.
  • Dawning PPE.
  • Patient Education.

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Nurse Connection Agency
04.2020 - 05.2021
  • Obtaining vitals.
  • Passing medications.
  • Blood draws.
  • Vaccinations.
  • Dressing changes.
  • Documenting wounds/care.
  • Contacting patient families.
  • Obtaining culture samples.
  • Placing catheters including foley care.
  • Colostomy care.
  • Tracheostomy care.
  • Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
  • Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

St. Joseph Health
12.2019 - 03.2020
  • Take vitals.
  • Obtain patient history.
  • Pass medications.
  • Assist in procedures.
  • Dressing changes.
  • Send out cultures.
  • Obtain samples for cultures.
  • OBGYN experience.
  • Blood draws.
  • Vaccinations.
  • EKGs.

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

WellNow
02.2019 - 12.2019
  • Accurately getting a set of vitals on patients.
  • Performing physicals for occupational medicine.
  • Listening to patients, and making observations of patients health status.
  • Performing tests such as ECG, FLU, Rapid Strep, RSV, etc.
  • Setting up for sterile procedures such as suturing, abscess draining, staples, cyst packing.
  • Cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
  • Administration of medications, and treatments.
  • Sending out lab tests.
  • Contacting patients with lab results.
  • Managing patient flow throughout the office.

Phlebotomist

American Red Cross
07.2017 - 01.2018
  • Staying up to date on all FDA regulations.
  • Collecting, and processing client blood donations.
  • Collect blood samples via puncture and skin puncture, ensuring patient is comfortable to reduce anxiety.
  • Recorded patient vital signs.
  • Explaining and answering questions and procedures about donations to clients.
  • Maintaining client confidentiality.
  • Over 500 successful phlebotomy sticks.
  • Understanding portal of infection process.
  • Performing sterile scrubs.
  • Being adaptable to an ever-changing environment.
  • Continuing education classes once a month.

Certified Nursing Assistant

Elderwood
04.2017 - 07.2017
  • Observed patients for physical and behavioral changes, like lack of appetite, unusual bruising.
  • Carried out day-to-day duties, such as emptying bedpans, cleaning soiled sheets, and bathing and feeding patients.
  • Prevented bedsores in bedridden residents by re-positioning and turning them on a regular basis.
  • Document Accurately; to ensure all correct information on resident care is documented, and filed.
  • Proficient time management; making sure that all call bells are answered in a timely manner.
  • Maintaining clean work environment.
  • Reporting health changes, or health concerns to charge nurse.

Education

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College
Albany, NY
11.2024

LPN Program - Nursing

OCM BOCES
Liverpool, NY
01.2019

Associate of Science - Criminal Justice

Onondaga Community College Syracuse
Syracuse, NY
12.2016

High School Diploma -

LaFayette
LaFayette, NY
06.2012

Skills

  • Critical Thinking
  • Regulatory Requirements
  • Direct and Indirect patient care
  • Team Leadership and Development
  • Infection Control
  • Charting and Recording
  • Medical Records Management
  • Multi-Tasking and Prioritization
  • EMR Systems
  • Medication Dispensing

Certification

CPR

BLS

CPR&BLR Instructor

Timeline

LPN Nurse Educator

Loretto
12.2022 - Current

Licensed Practical Nurse Supervisor

Loretto
07.2022 - 12.2022

Clinical Research Coordinator

SUNY Upstate Medical University
12.2021 - 05.2022

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Family Care Medical Group
06.2021 - 12.2021

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Nurse Connection Agency
04.2020 - 05.2021

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

St. Joseph Health
12.2019 - 03.2020

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

WellNow
02.2019 - 12.2019

Phlebotomist

American Red Cross
07.2017 - 01.2018

Certified Nursing Assistant

Elderwood
04.2017 - 07.2017

Associate of Science - Nursing

Excelsior College

LPN Program - Nursing

OCM BOCES

Associate of Science - Criminal Justice

Onondaga Community College Syracuse

High School Diploma -

LaFayette

CPR

BLS

CPR&BLR Instructor

Tyler Arends