Vickie Burnette

• Provide and manage nursing care to Adults, Adolescents, and Children who suffer from mental disorders (Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, etc).
• Medication Administration.
• Provide patient education at any age appropriate level. Maintain a safe, therapeutic environment.
• Vital signs and assessments of mental status. Complete necessary patient documentation and charting in the Avatar.
• Administered medications and treatments according to established protocols and patient care plans.
• Thoroughly trained for Forensics.
• Monitored patient vital signs, documenting changes for nursing staff review.
• Assisted in developing individualized care plans tailored to patient needs.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care quality.
• Implemented best practices to improve workflow efficiency within the unit.
• Servicing Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Forensics.

• Maintain a Covid free environment on the cruise ship. Perform Covid testing to crew members, passengers, and guests on the cruise. Perform PCRs when needed. Provide quarantine education if required.
• Cruise Lines Per Diem Employment-Nationwide

• Admission/Discharge of pt. Monitor vital signs per detox protocol. Perform alcohol breathalyzer, drug screens, Covid testing, and blood labs per MD orders. Administer medications according to detox protocol per MD orders. Monitor pt. Fluid intake to prevent dehydration, eating / behavioral patterns. Encourage group therapy. Provide support to pt. As needed. Transcribe orders to EMARs. Check EMARs nightly for accuracy.
• Facilitated efficient communication between patients, families, and healthcare providers to promote continuity of care across settings.
• Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
• Crisis Deployment Virtue at the Pointe Drug/Alcohol Detox Facility

• Monitor pt. per facility protocol and provide a safe, therapeutic environment in the cell blocks. Administer medications per MD orders. Perform basic nursing care. Head to toe assessments, vital signs, monitor behaviors. Nightly rounds to each pt. Cell every 2 hours. Closely monitoring of fall/suicide/seizure precautions. Collect urine specimens and prepare for morning labs. Nightly chart audits. Physician orders to MAR checks every night.
• Advocated for patient needs, fostering a compassionate care environment throughout service delivery.
• Crisis Behavioral Deployment Eastern Mental Health Systems/ Forensics Unit

• Provided basic nursing care. Monitor vital signs, weights, heights, input/output etc. Administer medications per MD orders. Head to toe assessments and report pt’s current health status to RN /MD if presenting declinations. IV therapy of fluids and antibiotic drips, giving flushed per MD orders. Monitor pt. IV site. Chart audits nightly. Prepare paperwork for morning labs. Check medication orders (MARS) for daily accuracy. Nightly routine rounds to pt. Rooms.
• Crisis Urgent Deployment Plum Ridge Post Acute Rehabilitation Center

• COVID TESTING.
• Administering Required immunizations to Afghanistan refugees. Assisting with the citizenship process.
• Patient Education regarding immunizations.
• Providing care to the patients in the urgent care setting.
• Monitoring of vitals signs, weights, heights, etc.
• Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
• Holloman AFB

• Administered medications and monitored patient vitals to ensure optimal health outcomes.
• Educated patients and families on health management, promoting wellness and preventative care strategies.
• Oversaw daily nursing activities, ensuring compliance with safety protocols and regulatory standards.
• Mentored junior staff on best practices in patient care, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
• Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
• Nursing Home - Vidor Health and Rehab

• Assess patients daily with vital signs and weights.
• Monitor closely for purging.
• Document meal intake. Calculate calories for daily meal plans. Administration of nutrition through NG tubes. NG tube replacements.
• Administration of medications.
• Transcribe doctors’ orders. Maintain accurate EMars. Etc.
• Educated patients on nutrition, coping strategies, and recovery processes.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams to enhance patient care and treatment outcomes.
• Assisted in developing individualized care plans for patients with eating disorders.
• Willow Eating Disorder Recovery Center,

• Administering Covid 19 vaccinations using aseptic techniques.
• Monitor patients for side effects.
• Patient education on Covid 19.
• Oakland California Coliseum

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process in assessing, planning and carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
• Provide for the basic comfort of patients, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.
• Keep records on patient health.
• Provide a safe therapeutic milieu for patients.
• Accurately administer medications per ordered note, document medication administration and reflect accurate count of controlled substance medication administration on required documents.
• Administration of flu shots, injections, etc.
• Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with the facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.
• Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice. Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
• Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.
• Transcribe physician orders and maintain accurate MARS.
• Discuss the care provided with the patient and listen to their concerns.
• Report status changes and concerns to register nurses and doctors. Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients.

• Head to toe assessments.
• Vital signs.
• Administration of prescribed medications.
• Transcribe physician orders. Ordering of medications. Maintain accurate MARS.
• Administration of medications Orally, Sublingual, Topical, or IM Injections.
• Monitor clients behaviors and report changes in behaviors.
• Maintain a safe therapeutic milieu for clients and staff.
• Monitoring MHS staff and ensure that they are performing required duties.
• Mental Health Facility for Adolescents

• Responsibilities Monitoring of Vital signs(Blood Pressure, Pulse, Temperature, Respirations, Pulse Ox, etc)on a daily basis and reporting any changes in health condition immediately to caregiver and PSA Supv.
• Administer medications and treatments (nebulizers, CPT machines, ventilators, and cough assist machines, etc). Order medications as need and communicate with primary MD and pharmacy.
• Adhere to strict aseptic techniques when performing treatment. Respond promptly to emergency situations and administer CPR as needed.
• Perform tracheostomy suctioning as needed using aseptic technique.
• Trach/Tube stoma care with mild soap and water, apply dry clean dressings as needed, and monitor for signs and symptoms of infection.
• Record pts. condition and progress in the nurses’ notes. Perform all ADL’s for pts.
• Sterilization of all pt. equipment and surroundings.
• Providing trusted quality patient care to the pediatrics with trachs, ventilators, and Tubes.
• I provide trusted care to the pts. caregiver. I maintain an open and patent airway.
• I constantly monitor for signs and symptoms of infection. I maintain patients dignity and on some days I transfer patients from bed to recliners using the hoyer lift.
• I am knowledgeable of all equipments that’s required to take care of pts. daily living.
• I demonstrate good nursing skills. CPR, O2 administration, operate equipment, medication administration, and the care of the Tubes with feedings.
• Knowledgeable of each pts. individual care plan and diagnoses and demonstrate their individual needs.
• Private Duty Setting

• High Quality Nursing Care that Allow Clients to Attain the Optimal Level of Independence, Self Determination, and Self Fulfillment.
• Assisted Living for Mentally Defected, Autism, and MR Geriatrics.
• Daily head to toe assessments of clients.
• Provided daily catheterizations.
• Evaluated clients in physical or emotional distress and thoroughly monitored clients vital signs (Blood Pressure, Pulse, Temperature, Respirations, Pulse Ox, etc), document them in the progress notes.
• Diabetic management.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments.
• Ordered stock medications and clients medications.
• Provided thorough medication teaching and education to clients and monitoring of self administrating clients.
• Transcribe physicians’ orders.
• Check Mars daily to prevent medication errors.
• Assisted clients on scheduled MD appointments, labs, procedures, etc.
• Provided safety and welfare of all clients.
• Good listener to responsive clients and addressed their needs and concerns in a timely manner.
• Accomplishments Provided dignity, compassion, and respect to all clients.
• Addressed clients concerns in a timely fashion.
• Managed clients health conditions and reported changes in clients status to MD, DON, and hospice.
• Provided a family based and friendly environment to clients.
• Skills Used Responded to emergency situations.
• Provided a safe and therapeutic home environment.

Administered medications/injections accurately and demonstrated awareness of desired effects, side effects and knowledge of interactions between foods and drugs and correct dosage ranges.

Work under the supervision of a RN.

Management of diabetic patients and maintaining a therapeutic blood sugar by administering insulin when needed and maintain sugars that are low.

Transcribed MD orders.

Maintained accurate MARS.

Use supplies and equipment effectively and efficiently. Assisted with escalating behaviors and act within to maintain a safe therapeutic milieu.

Accomplishments:

I managed pt. health conditions by administering prescribed medications and treatments.

Monitoring of vital signs.

Worked well with RN and PAs.

Maintained a safe environment to all pts.

Skills Used:

I maintained a safe milieu by taking orders from an RN to provide injections ordered by MD to deescalate a pt. behavior.

Maintained blood glucose effectively.

Responded to emergency situations.

• Southeast Louisiana Hospital

• Responsibilities Administer medications and treatments to all assigned residents in an orderly and timely manner. Vital signs as needed and performed ongoing assessments of residents' physical health and report changes to RN Supv and MD. Assisting physicians during rounds to residents' rooms. Explaining new medications, procedures, and treatment protocols to residents/family. Admitting new residents. Assigning and delegating duties to non-licensed nursing staff. Monitoring residents care provided by CNAs and supervised to prevent neglect( hygiene) and abuse. Thorough shift report to oncoming LPN regarding any changes in residents mental and physical health. Accomplishments Provided trusted care to residents. Maintained HIPPA regulations. Good organizational skills. Administered meds and provided care in a timely fashion. No falls on my shift. Skills Used I have excellent organizational skills that include documentation and charting. I am a motivator who believes in helping people. I have good communication and working skills with residents, family, and medical staff. I am IV therapy certified. I am CPR certified.

Demonstrate current knowledge of prescribed and over the counter medication; utilizes the P.D.R., pharmacist and physician to provide education and guidance.

Administer medications accurately to adolescents.

Transcribe medications and maintain an accurate MAR by effectively documenting and implementing written and verbal physicians orders.

Taking of vital signs.

Reports all pertinent findings, both psychological and physical to the program director.

Evaluates nursing care, performs all activities of resident care within the realm of the LPN license and oversee the scheduling of lab and other special and routine medical appointments for residents as well as maintain complete accurate records of treatment needs and services in the daily life of the resident to ensure quality of on-going clinical services.

Demonstrate effective milieu management by anticipating and preventing escalating resident behaviors/incidents and demonstrate the ability to recognize suicidal and homicidal risks and follow appropriate procedures using Crisis Prevention Intervention Techniques.

Ensures that the admission process is completed, including the nursing assessment and all necessary paperwork.

Supervise all staff involved in the daily living and supervision of residents, reviewing all paperwork done in accordance to the policy including daily goals, daily group sessions, offenders group, clinical progress notes, etc. and conducts daily reality orientation groups for residents.

Attends weekly staff meetings.

Keeping of all employees TB testing, physicals, etc. Accomplishments :

Maintained a safe therapeutic milieu to all residents.

Supervised mental health techs in an orderly manner.

Maintained accurate MARS and kept employees and pt. health routines and TB testing up to date and confidential (HIPPA). Possess and maintains CPR certification. CPI certified. Continued nursing education.

• Adolescent Sex Offenders Residential Unit

Provided ongoing residential observation, guidance, support, supervision, and assistance with activities for daily living for the residents of the facility.

Trained to anticipate and prevent escalating behaviors/incidents through close observation and utilizing prevention skills training.

Trained to intervene with agitated, confused, and/or fearful residents in a manner that is safe for residents, peers, and staff by utilizing Crisis Prevention Intervention techniques when appropriate.

Trained to supervise and maintain safe, consistent monitoring, and observation of the residents' population.

Trained to assist with daily groups by providing directions and education with activities of daily living skills to residents as directed by supervisory staff.

Required to adhere to and follow all safety rules and requirements, policies, and procedures.

I was required to participate in all staff meetings, in- services, and creation of program improvements.

I was required to adhere to and follow all New Directions policies and procedures; as well as perform any/all additional projects and assignments as directed by the Supv. Accomplishments CPI certified and performed as required.

I demonstrated the highest standard of ethical and provided a safe and therapeutic environment that protects the residents' rights and confidentiality.

Enhancement and introduction to dealing with residents.

CPI Prevention.

Good documenting and charting skills.

Good organizational skills.

Get along well with co workers, etc.

Helped with conducting groups and able to express feedback. Clinical Associate ( patient care to the elderly with mental and physical disabilities and behavioral adolescents).

• Responsibilities Lifting patients with others in assistance, utilizing proper body mechanics. Restraint of patients utilizing effective and hands of techniques to avoid harm. Provide direct and immediate supportive supervision of all assigned patient activities. Provide oversight to assure quality and accident free patient care, treatment, and nursing program element. Develop and maintain ongoing efficiency in all patient care activity and medical record documentation. Provide clear concise reports of patient behaviors and events as assigned. Serve as a positive representative and community liaison for Magnolia Behavioral Healthcare in all contact with family, physicians, and guests. Assure quality documentation of nursing activities in the patient records. Accomplishments CPI ( Crisis Prevention Intervention). CPR certification. Trusted care. Good organizational and communication skills. Skills Used Meet all requirements of Magnolia a Behavioral a Healthcare.

• Responsibilities Tutor individual/ small groups of identified students as designated by the classroom teacher.
• Report student progress as required by the teacher.
• Assist students in using computer software for reinforcing skills. Monitor individual or small groups while the teacher is working with other students.
• Participate in all required Title 1 Inservices, meetings, and activities.
• Perform any additional duties assigned by the principal, teacher, or Title 1 Director within the guidelines of a Title 1.
• Accomplishments Highly Qualified Paraprofessional certification.
• Helping students to succeed. Good organizational skills. Targeted students at risk to reinforce skills taught by the teacher.
• Taught students with use of flash cards and workbooks, etc. Worked with Pre- K through 6th.

• Assisted patients with daily living activities, provided personal care, maintained a safe environment, and offered companionship and emotional support.
• Help with meal preparation, light housekeeping, and assisted with medication reminders and transportation.
• Duties were varied based on the patient's needs and the care plan. Monitor Vital signs (Blood pressure, Pulse, Temperature, Respirations, O2 Sats).
• Administer treatment.
• Prepared special diets.
• Assisted with bathing, grooming and dressing.
• Facilitated patient care. Observed and reported on patient's condition.
• Assisted patients in mobility.
• Maintained patients' healthcare records and kept them informed about upcoming doctor's appointments.
• Performed basic movement exercises.
• Served meals and helped patients eat/drink.
• Turning and repositioning of bedridden patients.
• Accompanied patients to doctor's visits.
• Adhered to patients' nutritional requirements.