LPN

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

SKILLS

WORK HISTORY

MELISSA SHADOWENS SMITH

**** ****** **** ****, *********, Tennessee 37221

Cell: 931-***-**** - *********@*****.***

Enthusiastic LPN with excellent people skills and dedicated work ethic. Skilled in providing person centered care.

Patient counseling

Disease prevention

Specimen collection

Attention to detail

Colostomy care familiarity

Tracheotomy care

Foley catheter insertion/removal

familiarity

Pediatric Nursing

01/2017 to Current Licensed Practical Nurse

G4S – Nashville, TN

Counseled and educated patients about reproductive health issues and wellness. Developed and implemented nursing care plans.

Documented patient information obtained from interviews. Assisted youth with various aspects of mental health and wellbeing. 01/2016 to 12/2016 Licensed Practical Nurse

CAMERON STAFFING – Nashville, TN

Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave. Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures in the OB-GYN office.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respirations.

09/2015 to 12/2015 Licensed Practical Nurse

NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL – Nashville, TN

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action. Measure and record patients'vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, EDUCATION

and implement interventions.

11/2014 to 12/2015 Licensed Practical Nurse

NIA ASSOCIATION – Clarksville, TN

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks. Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures. 11/2013 to 02/2015 Licensed Practical Nurse

D and S Residential Services – Nashville, TN

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas, or performing catheterizations.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments. Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

11/2011 to 03/2014 Licensed Practical Nurse

ELK VALLEY – Nashville, TN

Assemble and use equipment such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes or oxygen supplies.

Record food and fluid intake and output.

Helped patients with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene and mobility. Evaluated nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

03/2011 to 05/2011 Licensed Practical Nurse

WEST MEADE PLACE – Nashville, TN

Administer prescribed medications.

Provided all daily living tasks to enhance quality of life for elderly patients. Instructed patients and family members on proper discharge care. Provide basic patient care or treatments such as taking vital signs, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or performing catheterizations. 2010 Practical Nursing: Nursing

TTC@Dickson - Dickson, TN

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