Virginia Lassiter
Greenville,NC
Summary
Professional, energetic, and compassionate Registered Nurse with nearly ten years of general medical-surgical experience. Adept in working as a collaborative team member to ensure patients receive the highest level of care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse
ECU Health
09.2013 - 04.2023
- Adhere to best nursing practices, standards, and protocols to ensure quality care and comfort for patients with acute and acute on chronic renal failure, CHF, COPD, Sepsis, Osteomyelitis, Dementia, PNA, UTI, MI, CVA, and other common medical conditions requiring hospitalization.
- Monitoring vital signs, administer medication, implement provider's orders, maintain and update patient's electronic medical record.
- Consult and collaborate with physicians and fellow team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate plan of care and treatment while managing changing conditions.
- Advocate for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions meet treatment goals.
- Collect and prepare laboratory specimens for testing.
- Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis, disease process, and treatment throughout course of hospitalization.
- Coach new nurses in proper techniques, standards of care, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Education
Nursing
Pitt Community College
Winterville, NC05.2013
Skills
- Chronic Disease Management
- Care Planning
- Diabetes Management
- Wound Management and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
- Airway Management
- CVL Management
- Indwelling Foley Catheter Management
- Patient-Controlled Analgesia Pump Management
- Enteral Feeding Pump Management
- NIHSS Certification
Timeline
Registered Nurse
ECU Health
09.2013 - 04.2023
Nursing
Pitt Community College
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