Nurse Medical

BERTRAND TAGHEU

***** ****** **** ** # ***, MD **705 • E-mail: ***************@*****.** • Phone: 240-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

A position as a full-time licence Practical Nurse in nursing fill that will use my 3 years of patient care and advocacy experience in an assisted living setting as well as the skills and knowledge gained in my nursing education .

NURSING EDUCATION:

Capital Health Institute ( CHI) school of nursing.

Licence Practical Nurse. Graduation expected december 2009. GPA: 3.36

Capital Health Institute (CHI).

Certify Nursing Assistance. graduated febuary 2007.

Success International School of Nursing .

Home Health Aide in january 2006.

Language skills: English, French

Patient Care Skills

• Comprehensive, head-to-toe, holistic patient assessment

• Admission, including collecting detailed medical and social history, focusing on history of chief current complaint

• Asking probing, open-ended questions and follow-up questions in order to gain complete information

• Discharges, including detailed teaching/instructions to patient and family members regarding condition, follow-up care, proper medication administration and side effects to be expected/reported to medical team

• Ongoing patient teaching/communication throughout hospital stay, ensuring that patient and family members understand condition and restrictions/precautions

• Developing individualized plan of care, acting on those plans, and evaluating outcomes

• Keeping patient safety and privacy in mind at all times

• Effectively communicating with the whole healthcare team, including following physician orders and delegating tasks to med techs and nursing assistants

• Accurately documenting patient care and condition using paper and computer charting systems

• Using therapeutic communication skills to assess patients’ psychological condition

• Administering medications using various routes (IV, IM, SQ, TPN, Enteral Feeding, etc.)

• Caring for patients with a variety of conditions and injuries, including sepsis, autoimmune diseases, osteoarthritis, cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, renal failure, mental health concerns, infections, post-partum

• Employed universal precautions, and adhered to various levels of isolation precautions

• Working closely with a diverse patient population with regard to age, ethnicity, nationality, religious and cultural background, educational background, and socioeconomic status

Clinical Rotations:

Medical/ surgical Rotations, Speciality Hospital Washington DC

Community health Rotation, speciality hospital washington Dc and Engleside Nursing Home NW Washington DC

Mental health Rotation, Washington Center For aging Services. NE washington DC

Employment History

Wellness Nurse/Floor Nurse (LPN), Manor'care silver spring ( January 2010 to present)

• Pinpointed patients’ needs, uncovering potential problem areas through careful assessment analysis

• Team-oriented and eager to collaborate with colleagues and family members to successfully achieve optimum patient care

Wellness Nursing Assistant / Floor CNA/GNA, Washington Center for Aging Services NE, washington DC (2007 to present)

Manor'Care Silver Spring where I was promoted as LPN (febuary 2007 to present)

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