Territa L. Terry, LPN
Alexandria, VA 22304
Licensed Practical Nurse
Recent graduate with hands on clinical experience in healthcare settings.
Committed to providing quality patient care. Hard worker and dependable. Will
work to the best of my ability to get the job done even if it takes staying longer
hours at work.
Education, Licensure, and Certification
East Mississippi Community College, Mayhew, MS
Vocational Certificate in Practical Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse, State of Mississippi
License # P325157
IV Certification along with License
Areas of Knowledge and Experience
Basic care (bathing, grooming, dental hygiene, changing linens, etc)
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Vital signs monitoring
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IV therapy (starting IV lines, monitoring, etc)
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Venipuncture
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Injections
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Finger sticks/Blood sugar monitoring
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Catheterization/ I&O recording and monitoring
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Wound care
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Tracheostomy care
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Pediatric and geriatric basic care
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Psychiatric basic care
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Labor and delivery observation
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Post-partum, nursery
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Care plan development, Discharge and family teaching
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Undergraduate Clinical Training
Med-Surg North Mississippi Medical Center, Eupora, MS
Transitional Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS
Gerontology Windsor Place Nursing Home, Columbus, MS and
Starkville Manor Nursing Home, Starkville, MS
Labor and Deliver Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS
Nursery Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS
Triage New Hope Clinic, Internal Medicine, Laird Clinic, Howell
Clinic, Columbus, MS and Starkville, MS
Psychiatric East Mississippi Psychiatric Hospital, Meridian, MS
Employment in Healthcare
Personal Care Caregiver, Home Instead Senior Care, Manassas, VA 2010-
Present
Offers companionship. Prepare meals, do light housekeeping and laundry, run
errands, gives medication reminders and provides personal care, which includes
bathing, dressing, hygiene, grooming, etc. Also, assists with ambulating, transfers
and transportation. Charts activities and tasks performed.
Certified Nurse Assistant, Dugan Memorial Nursing Home, West Point, MS
2008- 2008
Provided basic care to elderly residents assigned to me. Charted procedures
performed on patients and other activities and information necessary on palm pilot
(electronic charting system). Assured that residents’ rooms were kept neat and
clean (changed bed linen, took out trash if necessary, organized items in room).
Other Employment
Front Desk Receptionist, Shirlington Village Condominium, Arlington, VA
2010-Present
Greets residents and visitors or guests. Provides various assistance as needed to
residents as well as guests. Oversee move-ins and deliveries. Signs for mail and
packages as well as distribute them out. Answers the phone.
Cashier, McDonald’s, West Point, MS 2007-2010
Greeted customers as they entered the restaurant. Took customers’ orders as well as
gave out orders. Assured that lobby and front counter were kept neat, clean and
restocked.
Math Tutor, Mississippi University for Women Academic Support Services,
Columbus, MS 2003-2007
Assisted students in the subject of Intermediate Algebra and College Algebra
Dorm Desk Receptionist, Mississippi University for Women Residence Life,
Columbus, MS 2002-2005
Greeted residents, guests or visitors. Oversaw female residents checking in male
guests. Answered the phone and transferred calls. Provided assistance to residents,
guests, or visitors as needed.