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Highest Education: Some College

Houston, TX 77002

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Work Experience

LVN

Beltway Community Hospital, Pasadena, TX

Mar '81 - Feb '84 (2 Years, 11 Months)

I started to work at Beltway as a SVN while in school for my LVN. I worked the Surgical floor and the ER. I

floated to L&D then to Postpartum.

My job duties included vital signs

Passing medication

Team leading

Calling Physicians for orders on abnormal labs

Obtaing phone orders

Involed in code blue situation

Proper documentation of medication being pushed during the code

Starting IV's

Injections,knowledge of Z-track method

EKG

Corneal abrasion exams with Fluorescein

Suture removal

Nebulizer treatment with documentation of medication

Maintaing refrigerator log for medication twice a day

Suture removal

Working knowledge of drugs,classifications and normal dosage

When unsure will double check patients profile and/or call the Physician

Ambulating the surgical patients

Breathing excercises post-op

Wound care and dressings

Aseptic technique, handing the Physician instruments for invasive procedures

Fundal massage for postpartum patients and checking the amount of bleeding

Calling codes for hemorrhaging postpartum or in other departments

Cast applications and removal

Ring removals

Transferring patient to different departments for diagnostic exams safely

Patient teaching

Admission and discharge summary documintation.

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LVN

Dr James Thomas Office, LaPorte,Tx

Jun '84 - May '86 (1 Year, 11 Months)

JOB DUTIES

Rooming patients

Taking vital signs

Assisting in cast applications and removal

Taking X-rays and developing in dark room

Thermal ultra sound for muscular injuries

Starting IV's for infusion of chemo

Triaging patients

Venapunture

Recalibrating reagents for our lab machine to run labs in office

Waived and non-waived testing

Drug testing and knowledge of Chain of Custody

Immunizations for pediatrics thru adults

Knowledge of giving injections Z-Track method

Dispensed medication for those patients that were in his diet program

Called in medications into the pharmacy along with controlled

LVN

San Jacinto Family Practice Residency Program, 4401 Garth Rd. Baytown,Tx.77521

May '86 - Jun '89 (3 Years, 1 Month)

JOB DUTIES

Rooming patients

Vital signs

Maintaing schedules for the Residents

EKG

Corneal abrasion with fluorescein examination

Nebulizer treatment with documintation of medication

Assisting in invasive prcedures

Aseptic technique

Injections

Casting and removals

Getting schedules for outreach clinics and pulling those patients chart for Residents

Scheduled and ran Sigmoidoscopy clinic for Residents

Waived and non-waived testing (Strep,Pregnancy,Ua's)

Drug screens following chain of custody for send outs and rapid in house

Glucose finger sticks

Starting IV's for direct admissions

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Stablizing patients for transfer to Houston Medical Center

Venapunctures

Multi-tasking while running three to four Residents thru clinic in a day

Maintaining schedules for Residents and their rotations

Triaging patients

Taking verbal and phone orders from Residents and documintation of orders in chart

Calling in medications into the pharmacy (routine maintance and controlled)

Documintation of sample medication given out to patients with lot and expiration date

Documintation of immunizations with lot and expiration date

Maintaining refrigeration log for immunizations twice a day

LVN

Dr Kennard Kollaus, Dr K. Kollaus Office

Jun '89 - Aug '94 (5 Years, 2 Months)

JOB DUTIES

Rooming patients

Vital signs

Assisting with invasive procedures

Aseptic techinque

Cast applications and removals

EKG

Nebulizer treatments and documentation of medication with lot and expiration date

Suture removal

ring removal

Pediatrics seen in office

Injections given to infants and documented

Immunizations given to pediatrics and adults

Telemetry tracings

Stabilzation of patients for direct admission to hospital

Corneal abrasion with fluorescrein stain exams

Calling medications into the pharmacy and controlled

CMA

Dr Johnson Office, 5445 Almeda Houston,Tx 77004

Nov '11 - May '14 (2 Years, 6 Months)

JOB DUTIES

Rooming patients

Vital signs

Assesment of the patients

Suture removal

Cerumen removaL

EKG

PFT's

Nebulizer treatment with documentation

Assisting in invasive procedures

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Aspeptic technique

Worked on Micro MD EMR for medications

Worked on Practice Management Program

Worked on Welch Allen Program for EKG's and PFT's

Called in Controlled Subtances

Able to communicate abnormal labs to Physician and obtain orders

Worked on 485's and when time to be signed by the Physician,turned into billing for them to enter the

charge

Worked DME's for patients medical supplies thru insurance for approval

Worked on prior authorizations on medications thru insurance while researching the chart for failures and

labs to get approval

Have knowledge of medications, classifications, side effects (eg. Lisinopril causes patients to have continual

coughing in patients)

List allergies for drugs and food (eg.eggs and shell fish)

Maintaing Medications in the refrigerator twice a day

Triaged patients

Worked referrals on line and called for in network Physicians,medical supply and 90 day mail/home

delivery for medications

Pulled charts and re-filed them

When patients requested medications I would check labs for Kidney

functions,BMP/CMP,Thyroid,Testosterone, give the lab values to Physician along with medication being

requested

Helped indigent patient with drug companies that has assistance program

Education

High School Diploma (COMPLETED '80) General studies

South Houston High School, Pasadena, TX

Aug '76 - Jun '80

Associate Degree (COMPLETED '82) LVN

San Jacinto College South Campus, Houston, TX

Aug '81 - Aug '82

(COMPLETED '11) CMA

Fortis College, Houston, TX

Mar '11 - Nov '11

Skills

LVN

(Expert) More than 10 Years

I have had twelve yaers experience as an LVN in many different settings within the medical profession. I am very

proficient in communication skills with patients. I have ER,ICU,IMCU,TELEMETRY skills for any urgent situation that may

arise. I also have the ability to joke and do what needs to be done to calm the patient no matter what the age. I love

working with people and doing patient teaching. I love to encourage patients to be self relianant and accountable for their

diagnosis, even through Chemotherapy. I have been a Team leader on many floors reporting to the DON and giving

report to the incoming staff in the Hospital and ER. I am capable of alot of skills that would be valuable to the

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Physician. I can incorporate the anatomy and physiology into a triage situation, report signs and symptoms to the

Physician for orders. My documentation is written so that Malpractice and HIPPA are in mind to protect the Physician and

the patient.

CMA

(Expert) 3 to 4 Years

My ablilities as a CMA are as that of my LVN skills but, I have been exposed to the world of computers that have made

the experience of being in the medical profession a great learning experience. I also was exposed to the billing /medical

portion of a small practice. The ability to learn is ongoing and continual throughout life. I have been exposed to several

Programs in this small practice. First, Practice Management that took in patient demographics, insurance information,

portion of this was for billing and I learned to go into this portion to find out last billed date for 485's, patients outstanding

bills, and what insurance paid on a particular office visit. Delete old information or appointments and enter the

correction,schedule patients, know the difference between true credit and outstanding. Second, Micro MD EMR was

able to enter the patients Pharmacy information, send medications to the pharmacy via e-script, controlled were called

into the pharmacy,allergies, patients CC/CO, complete my portion of the pages then pass it on to the physician for him/her

to complete the encounter. We had two offices so, there would unidentifieds on our side of the EMR in regards to e-

scripts that would need to be identified and pulled back to our side and for them to pull theirs to their side. Third,

Welch Allen Program that ran the EKG's and PFT's off a laptop. The patients demographics would be entered so that

when the test was done the patients identity would print out on the exam results.

Certifications & Licenses

LVN - San Jacinto College South Campus

San Jacinto College South Campus

Dec '82

I obtained my lincense in 1982 and worked as an LVN for 12years.

CMA - Fortis College

Fortis College

Aug '11

I obtained my Certification in 2011 and was hired after my externship. Worked as a CMA since then.

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