Nurse Medical

Michelle R. Mathews

*** **** ******

Columbia, Illinois 62236

618-***-****(home)

***/***-****(cell #)

*******@*****.***

Objective: To utilize my 21 years experience as a Licensed Practical Nurse

and Childcare Provider to provide superior medical care for

the patients of your practice. Currently working on ASN.

Experience:

03/01/08-PRESENT Shriner's Hospital for Children-Licensed Practical

Nurse-St. Louis, MO

Base staff for Outpatient Clinics. Assist

multiple physicians and their care coordinators with their

clinics. Several Clinics such as 3 spine clinics, 2 hip

clinics, clubfoot clinic, 3 foot clinics, neurology clinic,

CP & Mylo clinics, sports clinic, & plastic surgery clinic.

Duties included rooming patients, ordering x-rays &

photos, interviewing initial patients & returning patients,

preparing paperwork for outside tests, assisting with

outpatient clubfoot surgeries, removing sutures &

dressings, applying & removing casts, input patient

information in EMR, care coordinator for genetics and

neurology clinics, preparing data base paperwork for

surgeries, covering for charge nurse when she is not

available, making daily assignments when charge nurse is

not available, blood draws, on the Ambassador for Customer

Service Committee, go to person for co-workers with

learning the computer.

5/1/06 - 02/21/08 Southern Illinois Center for Health/Progressive Family

Care-Licensed Practical Nurse- Waterloo/Columbia, Ill.

Help open new office & became coordinator for that office

Serve as back-up nursing supervisor

Train new personnel

Type up office newsletter monthly

Manage over 200+ telephone triage calls per day

Determine severity of triage issue and message the

physicians through EMR

Obtain patient's medical history

Schedule patient appointments & procedures

Authorize Medication Prescription refills-maintain & document

narcotic forms

Assist physicians with procedures such as-removing cysts, paps, nail

removals, EKG, allergy injections, etc.

Perform strep tests, urine cultures, UA, RSV & flu tests, ear

washes, nasopharyngeal swabs

Give immunizations

Input patient information into patient's EMR

Order medical supplies & vaccines

Monthly nursing tasks for office-checking refrigerator temperatures,

cleaning sterilizer & caviator, calibrating the glucose

meters, checking the liquid nitigen, checking the oxygen

tanks, keeping supply list updated

6/1/04 - 4/30/06 Mid-County Orthopedics & Sports Medicine

Licensed Practical Nurse - St. Louis, Missouri

Manage 175+ telephone triage calls per day

Determine severity of triage issue

Consult with physicians on pediatric and adult patient care

Obtain patient's medical history

Conduct patient chart reviews

Schedule patient appointments

Authorize Medication Prescription Refills

Responsible for the application and removal of casts

5/1/96 - 5/31/04 Child Care Provider - Columbia, Illinois

Responsible for health and safety of five children

Identified and scheduled age-appropriate activities

Accountable for conflict resolution

12/1/93 - 4/30/96 Cardiology Specialists - St. Louis, Missouri

LPN

Scheduled patient appointments and tests

Assisted doctors with filing, chart documentation, various

reports and patient prescription refills

Responsible for checking patient pacemakers, administrating

stress tests, EKGs, and heart monitors

Rotated duties between two offices on a weekly basis

6/1/92 - 11/30/93 Veteran's Hospital - St. Louis, Missouri

Graduate Practical Nurse

Responsible for all areas of patient care: regular

feedings,

grooming and hygiene.

Administered medications and chart documentation

Provided diabetic testing and subsequent insulin shots

Responsible for treatment care: cleaning and dressing

wounds, feeding tubes and trachea cleaning

June 1987-April 1989-Military-U.S. Army

Education:

-Currently working on my Associates Degree in Nursing for RN at

Southwestern Illinois College

-Beck Vocational School - Hecker, Illinois

-1993 Graduated as a Licensed Practical Nurse

Columbia High School - Columbia, Illinois

Graduated with diploma

References:

Leslie Eckert - Cost Analyst St. Anthony's Medical Center St. Louis,

Missouri 314-***-**** or 618-***-****

Amy McClellan - RN 314/286-2491 or 618-***-****

Chris Carpenter- RN co-worker Shriner's Hospital for Children-St. Louis, MO

314/602-9747

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