RN

Professional Summary

Registered Nurse that is highly dependable and responsible. LVN experience with focus in geriatrics. LVN Adjunct Instructor with a year experience in teaching and clinical supervising. Thoroughly understands the learning process, and works hard to use and learn various methods and teaching styles. Uses and promotes critical thinking skills.

Skills

High level of autonomy

Patient advocate

Patient/family focused

Thorough physical assessments

Professional bedside manner

Compassionate and empathic

Adept at prioritizing/managing deadlines

Detail orientated

Professional Experience

Adjunct LVN Instructor

Vernon College Wichita Falls, TX 09/2014 to Current

Instruct LVN students how to assist residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, lifting, and transferring

Demonstrate proper technique on procedures such as inserting Foley/straight catheters, preparing medications including injections and different routes/sites to be used, inserting NG tubes, performing head-to-toe assessments, obtaining vital signs, colostomy care, wound care, and tube feeding

Teach students how to monitor fluid intake and output levels, and to recognize abnormalities

Supervise nursing students at various clinical settings, while ensuring HIPAA compliance

Staff Nurse

Presbyterian Manor, Inc. Wichita Falls, TX 01/2014 to 12/2014

Primary care, assessment, and evaluation of geriatric patients

Examined patients and dispensed medications as ordered and prn

Self-directed with astute judgment skills.

High level of personal accountability

Ensured efficacy of treatments through monitoring of treatment regimens.

Followed infection control procedures

Monitored fluid intake and output levels

Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson’s, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, and Alzheimer’s

Authorized drug refills and provided detailed prescription information to pharmacies

Education

Associates Degree: Associates Degree Nursing

Vernon College – Wichita Falls, TX May 2015

Certificate: Licensed Vocational Nursing

Vernon College – Wichita Falls, TX Dec 2013

Some coursework completed: Science/Math

Coastline Community College – Fountain Valley, CA Oct 2008 – Aug 2010

Certifications

Licensed Vocational Nurse in Texas, License number 318039, 2014

Registered Nurse in Texas, License number 882051, 2015

BLS Certification 2012 to current

Food Handlers License

Affiliations

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

Student Nurses’ Association

Honors & Awards

Graduated Cum Laude

E. Paul and Helen Buck Waggoner Foundation Scholar

Student Nurses’ Association Scholar

References

Available upon requests

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