VERONICA DARUICH
Hollywood,FL
Summary
Compassionate and Billingual (English and Spanish) Licensed Practical Nurse with extensive experience as Continuous Palliative Care, excelling in medication administration and patient care. Proven ability to enhance patient outcomes through effective communication and cultural competence. Recognized for delivering high-quality palliative care, team work and significantly improving patient satisfaction scores while ensuring safety and compliance with HIPAA protocols.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nurse Contractor
02.2024 - Current
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
- Provided compassionate palliative care for terminally ill patients while supporting their emotional needs during end-of-life stages.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- 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.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Maintained a safe and therapeutic environment for patients through effective risk assessment and crisis intervention strategies.
- Delivered culturally competent care that respected diverse patient populations'' unique values, beliefs, and traditions.
- Increased patient satisfaction scores by consistently delivering high-quality nursing care tailored to individual needs and preferences.
Hospice LPN Nurse
NURSE PLUS, INC
02.2009 - 03.2023
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, and other routine nursing procedures.
- Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
Education
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Keiser Career College
Miami, FL02-2008
Skills
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- Vital signs monitoring
- HIPAA compliance
- Wound care
- Physical assessment
- Vital signs
- Patient care
- Patient assessments
- Documentation accuracy
- Medication dispensing
- Infection control
- Family communication
- Catheter care
- Documenting intake
- Breathing treatments
- Health education
- Patient evaluations
- ADL assistance
- Patient intake
- Preventive care
- Caregiving skills
- Palliative care
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Writing reports
- Verbal and written communication
- Medication reconciliation
- End-of-life care
- Pain management
- Patient safety protocols
- Cultural competence
- Counting narcotics
- Educating families
- Biomedical hazard disposal
- Empathetic and compassionate
- Medical records security
- Caring for wounds
- HIPAA protocols
- Tracking symptoms
- Licensed practical nurse
- Charting and recording
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Critical thinking
- Patient charting
- Attention to detail
- Responsible and dependable
- Dementia knowledge and care
- CPR/AED
- Patient support
- Nursing intervention evaluations
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nurse Contractor
02.2024 - Current
Hospice LPN Nurse
NURSE PLUS, INC
02.2009 - 03.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse -
Keiser Career College
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