LVN Charge Nurse
Mill Creek
Silsbee, Texas
08.2024 - Current
- Delivered emotional, psychological and spiritual support to patients and families to promote compassionate environment.
- Collected blood, urine or sputum from patients to perform routine laboratory tests.
- Maintained accurate medical records and documentation of patient visits.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Educated patients on conditions, medications and self-care skills.
- Precepted new staff nurses to provide education on hospital policies and procedures, patient care skills, medical procedures and techniques and patient assessments and interventions.
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds and managed catheters.
- Ensured compliance with all safety regulations and policies within the facility.
- Conducted rounds to evaluate the quality of nursing care being provided.
- Provided direct patient care, including administering medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Provided emotional support for patients and families during difficult times.
- Assembled and used catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen suppliers.
- Observed and reported changes in condition of patients and signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status.
- Administered medications and therapies in accordance with physicians orders.
- Measured and recorded patient height, weight and other vital signs.