Nurse Home Health

Virginia Weber

Licensed Practical Nurse

**** *** ** - ****** ****, FL 32404

*****@*****.*** - 850-***-****

LPN with 28 years experience in various types of nursing to include med-surg, geriatric, home health & hospice,

rehab (Healthsouth), Long Term Acute Care, SNF, etc. I will be relocating to Jacksonville permanently in March

and looking for employment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

LPN Staff Nurse

St Andrew Rehab Care Center - Panama City, FL - October 2012 to December 2012

Duties included care and assessment of residents in long term care rehab facility, medication administration

and monitoring, wound care, IV and nutritional therapy as ordered, maintained constant communication with

family members and physicians.

LPN Desk/Staff nurse

Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home - Deming, NM - November 2010 to June 2012

Obtain orders from MD, report patients condition, order labs, xrays, etc as requested by physicians.

Prepare all admission paperwork required for new long term and skilled

patients.

Assist with medical records dept in maintaining Nursing Home charts,

Audits and some risk management requests.

After med-assistant was hired, I was a staff nurse, assessment and care of residents in long term rehab facility,

medication administration and monitoring, wound care, IV and nutritional therapy as ordered and maintained

constant communication with family and physicians.

INTAKE COORDINATOR

Mimbres Valley Home Health & Hospice - Deming, NM - January 2010 to November 2010

Take patient referrals from MD, Hospitals, SNF, etc

all information and orders needed to further the appropriate care of the patient

Obtain insurance authorization/medicare approval for treatments and disciplines needed, input Oasis in

computer for treatments and plan of care, schedule nursing/can visits for plan of care as ordered,

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

Gulf States LTAC - Covington, LA - June 2008 to May 2009

Assessment and care of patients in long term acute care setting

IV and nutritional therapy, medication administration & education

Lab specimens as ordered, wound care as needed, maintaining communication with charge nurse, MD and

family members

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

Regency Hospital - Covington, LA - December 2007 to June 2008

Assessment and care of patients in acute care setting which included vent-dependent and trach patients

Duties included frequent monitoring and assessment with skin and wound care as needed

IV and nutritional therapy, medication administration and monitoring effectiveness, education and support to

patient and family members

CLINICAL LPN

Terrebonne Home Care - Houma, LA - January 2007 to September 2007

Took referrals, scheduled visits for nurses and assistants, obtained orders from MD, scheduled ordered labs,

MD visits, etc and notified MD of lab results

Maintained communication with patients regarding new medication and lab orders, calling in prescriptions as

needed per MD, also received patient calls with complaints and symptoms then respondinding with appropriate

need, notifying MD, sending nurse or sending patient to ER

In process of learning insurance approval process and Medicare forms

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

Healthsouth Rehab Hospital - Panama City, FL - March 1997 to November 2006

Care and assessment of patients in rehab setting

Duties included monitoring surgical sites and wound care as needed, IV and nutritional

therapy, medication administration and education for a variety of different rehabilatation

diagnoses

Patients included those with neuro, ortho, cardiovascular, skin, failure to thrive, etc

disorders. The care to all with the goal of getting patients back to optimal activities of daily living.

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