Licensed Practical Nurse

Kimberly Piwinski

**** ** ****** ****** **** Orchard, WA, 98367

Phone: 360-***-**** E-Mail: acb5j1@r.postjobfree.com

Objective-Seeking a Home Healthcare Licensed Practical Nurse position

• Dedicated with hospital, long term care, doctor’s office and home health care experience.

• Hardworking, adaptable, in providing efficient and effective care for diverse patient populations.

• Flexible in working different times, from day, night and evening shifts.

Education

Olympic Community College: Licensed Practical Nursing December 2013

Maintained a 3.0 grade point average, while alternating between day and evening shifts at clinical sites. Clinical sites include Bremerton

Harrison medical hospital, Port Orchard Retsil Veterans Home, Port Orchard Urgent Care, Silverdale The Doctors Clinic Orthopedics,

Silverdale Harrison hospital Labor and Deliver, Camp Seymour, Group Health and clinical mentorship at Port Orchard Ridge Mont

Terrace.

Olympic Community College: Certified Nursing Assistant August 2010

Clinical Training

• Assessment: Performed assessments on pediatrics, geriatrics, post labor patients and adults. Head to toe assessments

including neurologic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, IV site/line, surgical/trauma wound, tracheostomy, urinary

catheters, PEG tubes and ostomies.

• Planning: Completed care plans for specific patients in accordance to their diagnosis and background. Educated

patients and families of providing proper care pertaining to disease processes, post medical-surgical procedures and broad

aspects of therapeutic regiments such as medication and pain management techniques.

• Implementation: Followed aseptic technique in accordance to facility as well as universal precaution procedures in

high regards to surgical/trauma wound care, intake and output as well as ostomies.

• Evaluation: Prioritized and delegated tasks when appropriate. Successfully recommended and implemented changes to

provide effective and efficient health care.

• Clinical Experience

Skills

• Systematic in taking record and monitoring patient’s vital signs.

• Ability in creating good rapport with patients of different backgrounds. Assisted clients with clients with their daily activities

like feeding, dressing and bathing.

• Administered different classifications of medications via oral, subcutaneous injection or intramuscular injection while noting the

six rights pertaining to patient/resident.

• Maintained accurate patient’s records and safeguarded confidentiality.

• Assembled and provided equipment to patients/residents such as catheters, oxygen suppliers, PEG tubes and tracheotomy tubes.

Clinical Practicum

• Long Term Care: Retsil Veterans Home – 74 hours

• Clinical Mentorship: Ridgemont Terrace -70 hours

o Assisted in medication passes (PO, SubQ), dressing changes, feeding, documentation of doctors orders, documenting

prognosis notes, delegating tasks to certified nursing assistants and assisting with transfers.

• Medical Surgical Care: Bremerton Harrison hospital – 95 hours

o IV starts, medication administration (PO, SubQ, transdermal), dressing changes, admission and discharge processes,

health assessments, familiar with HERO program and assisting in transfers,

o Familiar with different floors (2W, 2SE, 2S, PCU, 4W)

• Pediatrics, Labor and Delivery: Silverdale Harrison Medical Center – 40 hours

o Provided palliative care, health assessments for both mother and newborn.

o Observed pediatric care in Group Health, Camp Seymour and Harrison Urgent Care in Port Orchard.

• Emergent Care -8 hours

o Observed triage, communication with physician regarding patient status, medication administration, various

communication skills and application of symptoms to possible diseases.

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