Vicki Otto

**** ****** **** ** *******, New York 14466

Mobile 585-***-**** E-mail ac0y0x@r.postjobfree.com LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Interpersonally-skilled and compassionate LPN with home care, residential, and clinical nursing experience and demonstrated talent for building and sustaining collaborative patient and multi-disciplinary medical team relationships, triaging patient care, and providing quality nursing services for geriatric, pediatric, and adult populations. Detail-focused and knowledgeable patient advocate, educator, and liaison experienced with performing patient assessments, executing plans of care, and providing specialized case management services to patients with complex medical conditions. Committed professional with reputation for employing exemplary nursing practices, optimizing quality of care, and facilitating positive patient outcomes. CORE COMPETENCIES

Patient Assessment, Care Plan Implementation, Patient Education

Critical Care, Laboratory & Telemetry Procedures, Medication Administration

Patient Charting & Documentation, Patient Education & Advocacy, Controlled Inventory Management

MS Word, MS Excel, OHS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ALMED, Ontario, New York, 2017 - Present

Contract LPN, Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

Assisting nurse practitioner with conducting hearing conservation, eye, respiratory, crane, and security qualification examinations, performing phlebotomy blood draws, and documenting blood sugar levels and vital signs.

Planning, implementing, and administering medical services to employees and contractors, performing Exelon regulatory exams, and implementing urgent care and emergency case management plans in a fast- paced service environment.

Documenting medical procedures and results in OHM Exelon Medical System, and assuring documentation accuracy and integrity.

OTTO NURSING SERVICES, Hemlock, New York, 2000 - Present Licensed Practical Nurse

Managing an alternating patient caseload, monitoring/charting patient vital signs, administering medications and trach cares, and assuring quality medical care delivery to disabled pediatric and geriatric patients.

Collaborating with multi-disciplinary medical teams, occupational, and physical therapists, executing patient care plans, and improving patient autonomy and life quality.

Accompanying pediatric patients in grade-school and high-school settings, providing standby, ambulatory, and feeding services, and assuring patient safety, comfort, and well-being. HONEOYE VALLEY FAMILY PRACTICE, Honeoye Falls, New York, 2009 - 2015 Floor Nurse

Triaged patient phone calls, recommended appropriate medical responses, and maintained patient safety.

Assisted physician with minor surgeries and provided support in one-on-one patient sessions.

Roomed patients, computer processed and documented weight, height, vital signs, and nursing notes, administered eye exams and hearing tests, and prepared and forwarded urinalysis specimens to contract laboratory.

Administered EKG and Spirometry tests, nebulizer treatments, and ear flushes.

Educated and informed parents, adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients on upcoming vaccine requirements, allergy shots, and medication reactions, and improved patient awareness and self-care competencies.

Conducted a Diabetes survey, identified survey subjects, facilitated and documented A1C and foot checks, and successfully secured hospital grant funding.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

THOMPSON HOSPITAL SENIOR LIVING, Canandaigua, New York, 2009 - 2014 Licensed Practical Nurse

Supervised two nurses aids and provided quality care to 22 seniors in a resident-living facility.

Monitored blood sugar levels, administered medications and insulin shots to diabetic patients, and provided wound care and assistance with meals and the cares of the daily living. STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Rochester, New York, 2000 - 2007 Floor Nurse

Assessed and admitted radical neck, thyroid, parathyroid, post-operative, and orthopedic surgery patients, monitored trach, telemetry, JP, NG, and chest tubes, picc lines, and central lines, and assured compliance within scope of practice.

Provided special nursing care for geriatric and alcohol-dependent patients, inserted IVs, administered medications, EKGs, blood products, and wound care, monitored telemetry, and maintained a safe staff and patient environment.

Assisted the Code Blue Response Team in dealing with cardiac emergencies. FINGERLAKES DDSO, Rochester, New York, 1989 - 2003 Licensed Practical Nurse

Provided quality nursing care to four severely developmentally-disabled individuals, and administered medications, bowel preps, eye drops, and respiratory treatments.

Collaborated with multidisciplinary medical teams, co-developed/executed plans of care, and improved resident functioning levels, autonomy, and life quality.

Accompanied residents on shopping and recreational outings and assisted with meal preparation. PROFESSIONAL LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Licensed Practical Nurse, State of New York

Adult, CPR, & AED Certification, American Heart Association, Current EDUCATION

MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Rochester, New York

Registered Nursing Program, Two Semesters

GENESEE VALLEY BOCES, Batavia, New York, 1996 - 1997

LPN Nursing Program, 10 Months

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