REGINA VARNADO,MSN,RN

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Baton Rouge, La 70814

1-225-***-****

abnlrs@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Versatile and experienced Registered Nurse seeking a position

with an organization that delivers high quality nursing care.

EDUCATION

Chamberlain College of Nursing, St. Louis, MO 07/2010- 10/2012

Graduation Date: September 2012; Master of Nursing- Nurse Executive-

GPA: 3.81

Delgado Community College, New Orleans, La 10/2011- 03/2012

Graduation Date: March 2012; Clinician/Practitioner Consultant-

Health Information Technology

Chamberlain School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO 07/2008-10/2009

Graduation Date: October 2009; Bachelor of Science in Nursing; GPA:

3.61

Our Lady of the Lake College, Baton Rouge, La 08/2002- 05/2005

Graduation Date: May 2005; Associate of Science in Nursing; GPA: 3.32

Delta Junior College, Baton Rouge, La 08/1997- 08/1999

Graduation Date: August 1999; Licensed Practical Nursing Diploma; GPA:

3.01

Broadmoor High School, Baton Rouge, La 08/1992- 05/1995

Graduation Date: May 1995; General Studies Diploma; GPA: 3.00

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Home Health Solutions, Baton Rouge, La 04/2012- 07/2012

Registered Nurse/Data Entry

Responsibilities: answer multi line telephone, entered OASIS,

Resumption of Care (ROC), certifications (485), recertification (485),

60 day summary (486), ordered, stocked and pulled supplies, logged

notes: nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech

Therapy and Home Health Aides and worked with HealthCare First and

Episode Master. Called in referrals to set up PT, ST, OT, social

services, faxed labs to physicians and wrote telephone orders for

patients, reviewed and signed patient's Plan of Care and QA'd nurses'

notes.

Gulf States Health Services LTAC, Houma, La, 11/2008- 02/2010

Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse

Responsibilities: supervised RNs, LPNs, CNAs and ward clerks. Provided

total care to critically ill patients with tracheostomy, ventilators,

peg tubes, postoperative (cardiac, orthopedic, GI, neurology)

patients, strength reconditioning, IV antibiotic therapy, telemetry,

Ativan drips, Heparin drips, Dopamine drips, Versed drips, and wound

care. Collaborated with physicians, dietary, respiratory, OT, PT, ST

and social services for discharge planning and provided patient

education.

Nurse Finders Nursing Agency, Baton Rouge, La 11/2004-06/2007

Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse

Responsibilities: supervised RNs, LPNs, CNAs and ward clerks.

Assignments in Long-Term Acute Care Facilities, Local Hospitals,

Nursing Homes (Earl K Long Hospital, Peltier-Lawless Developmental

Center, Belle Teche Nursing Home, Ollie Steele Manor, Guest House,

Gulf States Long Term Acute Care in: Denham Springs, Hammond,

Bogalusa, Covington, Feliciana, Lafourche, New Iberia). Collaborated

with physicians, dietary, respiratory, OT, PT, ST and social services

for discharge planning and provided patient education.

Med Sense Nursing Agency, Baton Rouge, La 06/2005-06/2007

Charge Nurse/Registered Nurse

Responsibilities: Supervised RNs, LPNs, CNAs and ward clerks.

Assignments in local hospital on Medical Surgical, Postpartum, and

Gynecological Surgery Units, nursing homes and behavioral health

facilities

(Earl K Long Hospital, St. Tammany Hospital). Provided total care to

patients in hospitals, nursing homes, long term acute care facilities

and behavioral health facilities. Collaborated with physicians, social

services, dietary, OT, PT, ST, and respiratory for discharge planning

and provided patient education.

Pediatric Services of America, Baton Rouge, La 04/2001-05/2004

Licensed Practical Nurse/Private Duty Nurse

Responsibilities: Provided total care to pediatric patients ages 2-21

years of age in their homes. Provided total care to quadriplegic and

paraplegic patients and assisted with activities of daily living.

Maintained tracheostomy, ventilators, peg tubes, feeding pumps,

provided wound care, and IV antibiotic therapy and provided patient

education.

Elayn Hunts Correctional Institution, St. Gabriel, La 11/2001-11/2002

Licensed Practical Nurse/Lab Nurse

Responsibilities: Performed vein puncture on inmates, performed

urinalysis, administered employee and inmate drug screens, collected

DNA samples from inmates, prepared lab specimens to be processed by

outside laboratory and assisted Physicians and Nurse Practitioner in

the Medical and HIV clinic.

Lake After Hours, Baton Rouge, La 01/2000-11/2002

Licensed Practical Nurse/Urgent Care Nurse

Responsibilities: Assessed patients, performed venipuncture, performed

urinalysis, administered

medications per physician's orders, answered multi-line telephone,

assisted Physicians and Nurse Practitioners, called in consults and

prescriptions, faxed, filed and copied documents and provided patient

education.

Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, La 07/ 1998-01/2000

Clerical Data Technician

Responsibilities: Greeted visitors, entered physicians orders into the

computer system (Cerner),

answered multi-line telephone, answered call light, assisted nurses

and physicians

called in consults, maintained patient charts, copied, fax and filed

documents.

Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, La 05/1998-07/1998

Certified Nursing Assistant

Responsibilities: Assisted patients with activities of daily living,

obtained vital signs, assisted

patients and families as needed, assisted nurses and physicians,

entered patient information into

computer system (Cerner).

Licenses and Certifications

Louisiana Registered Nurse License #RN112318

Intravenous Therapy Certification

CPR Certification

DNA Collection Certification

PICC Line Placement and Maintenance Certification

ACLS Certification

EKG Interpretation

NIH Web-based training course Protecting Human Research Participants

Certified Clinician/Practitioner Consultant- Health Information

Technology

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