LPN: nonprofit homeless, school nurse, hosp. LPN, taught at voc level
Resume:
Barbara McCarthy
**** **** ****** ** - ********, NY 11214
Email: *************@*****.***
Licensed Practical Nurse
An eclectic career illuminated by a number one priority: excellent patient care. Barbara is a leader and team player thinking fast on her feet using her innate skills of intelligence and imagination that enable her to handle most situations. Barbara believes in the holistic approach of nursing - treating patients with superior and experienced nursing care, which involves healing the mind, body and spirit. Multiple nursing excellence awards and scores of appreciative letters from patients and family members have graced a rewarding career.
JEWISH HOME LIFECARE, New York, NY - LPN, May 2010 – Dec 2011
• Head nurse 30 patient geriatric unit
• Documentation was diagnosis driven that documented the importance of patient teaching, response to medication and treatments
REBECCA SCHOOL, New York, NY - School Nurse - LPN, Sep 2007 – May 2010
• Responsible for the care of over 100 autistic and special needs children and over 100 staff members
• Imaginative interaction with students using the “Greenspan Floor Time Approach”, an approach that teaches social skills through play, encouragement and enthusiasm
• Fostered children to develop interpersonal relationships by involving them in their health care
• Motivated kids with fun hygiene games and the importance of good health
THE FLOATING HOSPITAL, Long Island City, New York - LPN - Health Educator, Apr 2001 – Sep 2007
• Worked at NYC homeless shelters providing health care and educational workshops
• Presented health education films and mainstream films that highlighted success through adversity
• Special programs for kids, exciting reading, spelling and math activities; health information provided in an interesting and humorous way
• Nurtured my clients to feel that they were not alone as they faced the most daunting period of their lives
MANHATTAN INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, New York – LPN/Vocational Instructor, CNA course, Jun 1999 – Apr 2001
• Taught students at the vocational level, part I of a CNA course
• Instructed students on basic anatomy and physiology and medical terminology
SHOREVIEW NURSING HOME, Brooklyn, New York - LPN, Apr 1999 – May 2000
• Head nurse 35 bed geriatric units with regular floating to ventilator unit.
Assisted and administered respiratory treatments, range of motion exercises, diabetic teaching and provided emotional support
Riverview Medical Center 1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ 07701
Licensed Practical Nurse-1984-1998
• Floor Nurse on 40 bed, Orthopedic/Neurosurgical Unit.
• Administered wound and dressing care. Administered oral, IM and intravenous medications, maintained IV lines.
• Provided patient and family emotional support and discharge planning. Updated care plans, assisted physicians on rounds. Assessed new admissions. Charted on all aspects of care and patient response to medications and blood products.
• Taught both individually and in groups pre and post op care to preoperative patients.
• Floated regularly to Hospice, Pediatrics, Medical Surgical, and Drug and Rehabilitative Units.
Education
Monmouth County Vocational School of Nursing West Long Branch, NJ
LPN, May 1984
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
Completed course work in general studies
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Working toward a BFA in Writing
I am approximately 30 credits away from graduation.
Additional Skills and Achievements
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• I am the recipient of six nursing excellence awards at the hospital and unit level
• CPR/BCLS certified
• Obtained, through own initiative a $10K donation for The Floating Hospital from the Paul Newman Foundation
• I have published in small literary magazines, writing non-fiction, short-story, poetry and essay
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