Practical Nurse Care
Resume:
Tammy Clark
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Licensed Practical Nurse
Acute Care EMR Patient Advocate
Abundantly qualified Licensed Practical Nurse with more than 20 years of experience in medical, clinical, dialysis, and geriatric care. Skilled professional with extensive knowledge of nursing and healthcare, able to remain calm in high stress level environments. Strong clinical skills enhanced by natural ability to build rapport with patients, staff, and families. Applies evidence based guidelines combined with clinical experience, personal observation, and intuition. Patient advocate promoting quality of care and open lines of communication between all members of healthcare team. Proficient in use of ICD 10 coding.
Clinical Expertise
Pain Management
Dialysis Expertise
Urgent Care
Medical Equipment/Devices
Preventative Healthcare
Regulatory compliance
Geriatric Care
Advanced Triage
Patient Advocate
Leader/Supervisor
OSHA/HIPAA
Electronic Documentation
Decision Maker
Effective Communicator
Professional Experience
AMERICAN RENAL ASSOCIATION, Sun City Center, FL 2012 - Present
Licensed Practical Nurse
Delivered nursing care and medical solutions as noted in patient care plan.
Provide exceptional care in dialysis in chronic care setting, including glucose monitoring, IV medication administration, and patient education on disease process, diet, and dialysis treatment.
Provided continuity of care, coordinating external patients, and supporting access management for a variety of healthcare issues, including cardiac checkups, mental health evaluations.
Complete dressing changes for patients with subclavian catheter ports.
Demonstrated specialized comprehensive knowledge and professional judgement in administering nursing care to patients.
Coordinated assessments of patient pre/post treatments, obtaining orders/instructions from physician(s).
Attain laboratory specimens and monitor laboratory results.
Complied with corporate, OSHA, Medicare, Medicaid, and Department of Health requirements to assure patient, staff, and visitor safety.
Supported and instructed patients with chronic medical concerns.
Responsible for coordination of primary care and medication management.
Managed patient care by providing education, treatment, medication, and ancillary treatment.
Functioned as patient advocate, providing comprehensive health information about diagnoses, medications, continued care, and coping methods.
USF/DaVITA DIALYSIS, Tampa, FL 2007 - 2012
Licensed Practical Nurse
Supervised staff of four nurses on three shifts, attending ~15 patients per shift, acting as Charge Nurse and Access Manager.
Effectively managed the daily business, reconciling billing issues and resolving any ongoing issues.
Provided nursing care to patients with acute and chronic dialysis.
Managed patient care including draw for tests, administered IV medications during and post dialysis treatments.
Coordinated with physicians to develop care plans for patients and obtain orders for dialysis patients.
Efficiently and compassionately initiated and discontinued dialysis treatments.
Ensured accurate electronic documentation in Access Manager, accurately documenting elements of care, treatment, medication, and instructions for follow-up care.
Supported patients and families with customized tools for improved understanding of healthcare management.
Provided continuity of care, coordinating external patients, and supporting access management for a variety of healthcare issues, including cardiac checkups, mental health evaluations.
KINDRED HOSPITAL, Tampa, FL 2008 - 2009
Licensed Practical Nurse
Administered IV medications, completed draws for necessary lab work.
Supplied care for telemetry, ICU, step-down unit, med-surgery, vent management, trachcare, would care, Picc line care, IV insertion, peg tube feeding/care, NG tube replacement, telemetry, maintenance, pain management, and medication administration.
Operated medical equipment as necessary for patient care, including IV pumps, telemetry, ventilators, gastric tube feeding pumps, kangaroo pumps, and continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis machines.
Collaborated with physician to obtain orders and healthcare plans for patients,
Utilized data entry system to ensure all patient care was accurately recorded and available to all members of healthcare team.
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL STAFFING 2006 - 2007
Licensed Practical Nurse – Travel Nursing/Dialysis
Provided care in an on-call capacity on a 24/7 basis, delivering acute dialysis services to seven hospitals.
Initiated and completed one-on-one bedside treatments for a number of health issues, including dialysis treatments, cardiac, and respiratory assessments, subclavian and perm-catheter care, AV fistula, and synthetic graft care and cannulation, while maintaining isolation precautions.
Effectively communicated with physicians to obtain orders from electronic patient charts, and/or report assessment, patient status, or lab results.
Assembled, primed, and set-up dialysis machine in various patient areas, utilizing caution and care in handling and connecting equipment to hospital water system, assessment of water pH and conductivity.
Education & Training
Bachelor of Science Degree, Criminal Justice, Columbia College of Missouri, Syracuse, NY
Associate of Science Degree, General Studies, Columbia College of Missouri, Syracuse, NY
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), State of New York
DaVita DSS Leadership Class-2010
Licensure & Credentials
Licensed Practical Nurse, 09/25/06-07/31/2017, Florida Board of Nursing
Licensed Practical Nurse: NCLEX PN 1995-2019
New York State Education Department
Certifications: Telemetry 2009, IV Therapy 2008, BLS 2018
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