LPN

P.O. Box *** 253-***-****

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Port Hadlock, Wa

Ragan L Claybourn LPN/HCS

Objective I am applying for an LPN/Clinician position in your facility. I am currently seeking immediate employment with a healthcare facility or team, and I have a flexible & open schedule allowing myself to be available for an interview. I have a 13 year nursing career with experience at JHC clinics, as well as in the DME/Respiratory & in home care field’s. I am a team player, have a good sense of humor, along with a lot of patience, and good communication skills.

Summary of 03/30/2006-01/24/2014 Lincare Corporation Port Townsend, WA

Qualifications Healthcare Specialist/LPN

My duties included in home patient assessments and evaluations to provide their PCP/General Practitioner as requested. Perform oxygen set up’s, and titrations to portable O2 devices, cough assist device, suction units, CPAP units, nebulizers and unit dose are some of the equipment I have recent experience setting up and providing requested patient education and in home care assessments, and disease management as well as patient education and follow up of compliance with a local DME. I have had the opportunity to be on call, alternating every other week with the nearest HCS/RT in Port Angels, and wore alternating hats at my center on a regular basis.

Education 09/01/1984 to 08/01/2001 Chimacum/Clover Park Schools Chimacum/Tacoma, WA

High School Diploma/College Diploma

During my Junior year 1996 I attended the Kitsap Vocational Skills Center, where I received a Certificate of completion in Professional Medical Careers and the Student of the Year Award. By June 1996 I received my NAC Washington State License, after graduation I went on to Clover Park Technical College graduating August 2001. It is here I went to nursing school, taking my state exam and receiving my LPN Washington State License in October 2001. During this time I received Completion award in seven hours of AIDS training, along with certificates of completion from various in-services such as DM, Physical Assessment, and Infection Control to name a few.

Professional

Experience 11/01/02 to 07/01/2005 Jefferson Medical & Pediatric Group,

Port Townsend, WA

Clinic Nurse/LPN

My responsibilities included rooming patients, which requires taking the patients weight and vital signs, active listening skills and effective communication, observation, interpretation of body language along with assessments. I have experienced working with six MD’s in this practice, which requires time management and effective, accurate triage of patients needs. My experience also consisted assisting MD’s with many different medical procedures in the clinic setting, providing follow up care and required referrals or appointments. I’m qualified to make medication adjustments such as coumadin, with MD oversight and signature, along with ordered injections to any required method of route. In the last 8 months of my employment with this facility the clinic intergraded an EMR computer system that required entry of all patient history and medical records, including documentation records onto a personalized notebook.

Professional

Memberships Guest Speaking & In-Services . I have had the pleasure of being a guest speaker for the CPAP Support Group and the Better Breathers Club with JHC . I have also attended and participated in Health Fairs located in Sequim and Port Townsend, checking SpO2 levels with an oximeter and providing disease/patient education. I have been requested too and performed in-services on various subjects, from filling out CMN’s correctly, to disease education, vital signs and educational materials at local JHC clinics and assisted living, nursing homes, as well as rehabilitation centers/facilities on the Peninsula.

Languages . English and some Spanish

References . Available upon request as well as a detailed list of skills.

Activities . Include family activities such as board games, photography, scrap booking, hiking, sewing, and creative ideas of invention to assist my patients in activities of daily living to name a few.

Awards Received . I have received Student of the Year, as well as have been published In the Who’s Who of High School Graduates, & Nursing. I have received at my previous employer an award of honor for the Most O2 Growth in 2013 as well as an award of honor for the Most MD/INR Growth in 2013.

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