LPN

Professional Summary

Skills

Work History

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PO Box 453, 111 Brighten Ct, Silverdale, PA 18962 • Home: 215-***-**** • Cell: 215-***-**** • ***********@***.***

Experienced LPN licensed in Pa.with strong clinical and people skills. Professionally trained nurse with experience ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for wide variety of patients with diverse needs. Excellent communication skills demonstrated by 40 years of experience in healthcare. Enthusiastic LPN with excellent people skills and dedicated work ethic. Demonstrates medical procedure competency. Skilled in providing the following skills: Telephone triage, interpreting doctor orders and communicating to patient, sending prescriptions to pharmacy, obtaining records, taking vital signs, patient history, giving immunizations, EKG, phlebotomy and nebulizer treatment. Laceration repair aptitude

Strong clinical judgment

Successful diagnosis/treatment of childhood

illnesses

Neurology awareness

Patient counseling professional

Palliative care awareness

Professional bedside manner

Hospice philosophy understanding

Feeding assistance aptness

Foley catheter insertion/removal familiarity

Insulin medication assistance

Medical laboratory procedures professional

Patient and family advocacy

Spirometer reading accuracy

Nephrology experience

Interpreting doctors orders

Qualified lab result evaluator

Women's health exams aptitude

Acute care expertise

Diabetes and nutrition educator

High level of autonomy

Patient/family focused

Patient evaluation/intervention

Problem resolution capability

Chest pain management expert

Venipuncture/blood draw expert

LPN, 11/2016 to 01/2018

Chalfont Family Practice – Doylestown, PA

Assessed need for, ordered, obtained and interpreted appropriate lab tests. Education

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases.

Effective counseling in health maintenance and disease management. Performed lab tests and communicated results.

Liaised between patients and physicians to ensure patient comprehension of treatment plans. Ensured HIPAA compliance.

Diagnosed and treated patients with chronic and acute health problems such as MI, arrhythmias, asthma, COPD and pneumonia.

Documented patient information obtained from interviews. Followed infection control procedures.

Measured urine and delivered specimens to lab.

Performed pregnancy tests and sent specimens for laboratory testing. Assisted residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting and transferring. Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease.

Assisted doctors with surgeries and non-invasive procedures. Authorized drug refills and provided detailed prescription information to pharmacies. Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared them for lab testing. Routinely retracted patient throat cultures and prepared for lab submission. LPN, 08/2006 to 11/2016

Valley Kidney Specialists – Allentown, PA

LPN, 08/2004 to 08/2006

The Community at Rockhill – Sellersville, PA

High School Diploma: 1974

Sun Valley High School - Aston, PA

Associate of Science: LPN, 1977

Cammilus School of Nursing - Darby, Pa

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