Home Health Nurse

Dhani S Ludhiana, LVN

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

Missouri City, Texas.77459

361-***-**** cell, 832-***-**** home

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

OBJECTIVE

To be trained as a Renal/Dialysis nurse where my nursing skills and experience can make a difference to the community served. LVN in Hospitals, Clinics, Home Health, Nursing Homes and Rehabilitation Centers.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

LVN Home Health Nurse, KZL Home Health Nurse, Houston, Texas. (June 2015- Present)

Home visit. Do vital signs, check blood sugar, loc, sometimes do physical, check for bruising, redness, sores and nutritional status Ask about sleeping habits, taking medications on time, account and supplies.

Tracheostomy & Ventilator, A B C, O2Sat, clean trach site replace dressing. Check Ventilator for kinked lines, proper operations. G-Tubes, Check for cleanliness, patency, placement and proper operations. Change dressings. Colostomy, Change and clean as per orders, check for bleeding, chafing and general outlook. Interface with MD, with Pharmacy, medications to client. Client and family teaching on medication, dosage, safety and side effects. As per MD orders draw blood, swab wounds and take specimen to lab. Make entries into clients’ charts. Inform Charge Nurse as per changes. Other duties as necessary.

LVN Home Health Nurse, Del Cielo Home Care. Corpus Christi, Texas (December 2008- July 2010)

Client’s Home visit. Check blood sugar, monitor vital signs, general health and welfare of clients. Interfacing with MD office, taking or changing orders as per MD instructions. Reporting to Head Nurse of changes, reporting to Pharmacy of changes, and getting ordered medications to clients. Drawing labs, taking specimens, dressing change, entries into client’s chart, patient teaching and any other duties as required.

LPN Nurse Employment Agency,Tuttle Agency, New York City, New York, (Dec 2004 – Nov 2008)

LVN Nurse Employed, in Hospitals, Home Health, Medical/Surgical, Health Centers & Clinics, BRC facility, Medical and Psychiatric rehabilitation facility for Alcohol and Substance abuse. Diabetes, HIV/AIDS Programs, Medications and Methadone treatments and other duties as required. As per MD orders take cultural swabs, draw labs, specimens to lab, relay results to MD, orders via telephone of medication changes. Educating client and family of new meds, side effects. Administration of medications via all routes.

LPN Staff Nurse, Hillcrest Rehab and Nursing Center, Hollywood, Florida,(June 2003 -November 2004)

Acute Care, Medical/Surgical nursing. Rehab Center for mostly geriatric patients, pre and post-surgery. Administration of medications via all routes, dressing changes, IV, vents, diabetes monitoring, patient and family teaching, interface with families and other duties as required.

LPN Staff Nurse, Palm Springs General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida, (January 2000 - June 2003)

Acute Care, Medical/Surgical, Admin of medications via all routes. Blood draws, IV, Trach and Vents, diabetes. Medical and Psychiatric rehabilitation. Interface with families, Patient and Family teaching. Float nurse to other wards, ICU and ER.

LPN Staff Nurse, Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, Florida, (November 1995 - December 1999)

Acute Care, Medical/Surgical, Administration of medications, IV and blood draws, vents and diabetes. PTSD clients. Float to other wards, and ER. Medical and Psychiatric rehabilitation, and other duties as required.

EDUCATION

The Resource CASAC Group, Inc.

Brooklyn, New York

Diploma, CASAC, 350 Hours Diploma Program. Alcohol and Substance Abuse, November 2005

Sheridan VoTech Center, Hollywood, Florida

Diploma, LPN Nursing, November 1995

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri

BS & MS degrees, Aviation Safety, November 1981

LICENSES and CERTIFICATIONS

LPN/LVN, Texas, New York, Florida. IV and CPR certified

US Army Veteran, Honorably Discharged.

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