Summary
A qualified LPN with multi-faceted skills, including but not limited to:
ADON
Staff development
Assisted Living Director
Health Assessments
Management
Med administrator
Treatment nurse
Supervision
Vents, Bi-PAPs and CPAP
C.N.A teaching
Medical Records
MDS
Admissions/Discharges/Assessments
Med records
Long Term Care
Clinical
Med, Surg. and OB
Managed care
Facility Supervisor weekends/evenings
Triage
Infection Control Nurse
Charting and chart audits
Home Health
Restorative and rehabilitation
Sub-acute care
Education
Uintah Area Basin Vocational Center Roosevelt, UT 1988-1989
Graduated with LPN
Utah State University Roosevelt Extension Roosevelt, UT 1988-1990
Generals for the LPN Program
Experience
Lincare Grand Junction, CO 01/02/2013- 12/07/2014
Health Care Specialist
Patient assessments
Care checks-
Sales
Ordering all supplies
Set People up on Vents, Bi-PAPs, CPAPs, Oxygen and Nebulizers
Setting up and maintaining patient and doctor relationships
Doing Prior Authorizations and verifying insurance, and creating Certified Medical Necessity forms
Mantey Heights Grand Junction, CO 2012-2013
Interim ADON Unit manager-Restorative Nurse
Staffing
Filing reports
Chart audits
Monitoring med passes
Education
Supervision of staff
Implementing new policies
Med pass and treatments
Charting
Taking MD orders
Meetings
Notifying MD of changes in Patients condition
Run Restorative program and implementing it with MDS process
Admissions and Discharges and approving clinically
Dealing with staff, patient and family issues
Checking patient records and med sheets for accuracy
Nurses Plus Phoenix, AZ 10/2011-12/2011
LPN
Filling in at facilities short of nursing staff
Special Note: I worked there ON and OFF as needed
Casa De Oro Las Cruces NM 05/2011-10/2011
Charge Nurse
Monitor med techs
Do Blood glucose checks
Administer narcs and insulin
Treatments
Charting
Incidents Reports
Admissions and Discharges
Taking MD orders
Supervising C.N.A’s
Filled in with MDS
Notifying MD and Hospice in change of conditions
Dealing with staff, patient and family issues
*Worked Concurrently
Maxim Las Cruces NM 05/2011-10/2011
Charge Nurse
Filled in at Hospitals in El Paso
All nursing duties as needed
Total patients care
Nurses Plus Phoenix AZ 03/2009-05/2011
LPN
Filling in at different Facilities
Meds and treatments
Supervising floor staff
Charting
Reports
Taking MD orders
Admissions and Discharges
Dealing with patient and family issues
Notifying MD’S and Hospice of changes in condition
Sacred Heart Nursing Services Phoenix AZ 03/2009-05/2011
LPN
Filling in at different Facilities
Meds and treatments
Supervising floor staff
Charting
Reports
Taking MD orders
Admissions and Discharges
Dealing with patient and family issues
Notifying MD’S and Hospice of changes in condition
Sterling House of Arvada Arvada, CO 2008-2009
Director of Health and Wellness
Direct care staff
Reports to corporate
Admissions
MDS
Dealing with patient and family issues
Ordering supplies
Ensure patients are receiving great care and the adequate level of care, if not talk with patients and family that the level of care is where is needs to be
North Mountain Medical and Rehab Phoenix, AZ 09/2006-01/2007
Unit Manager –QA nurse –Weekend House Supervisor-Staffing
Taking MD orders
Chart audits
Monitoring med passes
Education to staff
Hiring, counseling, firing as needed
MDS
Med records
Reports to corporate
Reports for QA
Hourly rounds in the facility
Etc.
Talking and checking on patients for quality issues
Checking patient records and med sheets for accuracy
Talking with MD’s about patients and their condition
Checking med rooms, dietary areas, patient rooms, all areas of facility for compliance, and filling out QA forms
Ensure Adequate staffing for a 200 plus bed facility - including vent patients
Admissions- Checking and verifying insurance - obtaining prior authorization, assessing that the Patients are clinically acceptable to facility.
Mesa Manor Grand Junction, CO 2005-2006
Staff Development Coordinator and Wound Nurse
Staffing
New employee orientation
Hiring and counseling staff
Implementing new policies
Infection Control
Do rounds in all areas of facility
Monitoring nurses and C.N.A’s for quality patient care
Ensuring charts are in good order and med and treatment records are correct
Monitoring med passes and treatments are done correctly
Deal with staff, patient and family issues
Doing wound care - and the reports due with them and send them weekly to corp.
Started a pilot program regarding med pass and pt. dining
Filled in for MDS and ADON while on vacation
Additional Experience and References Upon Request