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Taylor, Pauline
Email: ad05cf@r.postjobfree.com, Tele# 678-***-****
Registered Nurse
Qualifications Summary
** ***** ** ********** ** an RN and 11 years as an LPN, providing nursing care to the general public. Experience
Hartford Healthcare at Home
April 3, 2019 - Present
RN Case Manager Hospice and Palliative Team
Provide palliative and comfort care to terminally ill patients and their families through a customized treatment plan.. Providing a holistic / multidisciplinary treatment approach that helps maintain the mental, emotional and physical health of our patients . Support the patient and their families to help the patient live the best quality of life . Perform evaluations for appropriateness of services, perform assessments for admissions and routine care, contact physicians, ordering medications and DME, perform hospice as well as Oasis admissions, recertifications, transfers and discharge as needed. Trinity Healthcare at Home
December 3, 2018 - April1,2019
RN Oasis Nurse/Admission Nurse
● Provide assessment and documentation per Medicare guidelines and admit patients for home care services.Communicate with various physicians for home care orders and communicate with other disciplines to give report and support the patient and their families . Bridgeway Hospice
November 2017- November 2018
RN Case Manager and PRN Admission Nurse
● Provide palliative /comfort measures for terminally ill patients and their families in their homes.
● Manage caseload of 11-15 patients, make daily nursing assessment visits, obtain MD order as needed and call them into pharmacy,order patient supplies as needed, eg; wound supply, DME equip. etc, update and review patient plan of care daily with each visit and weekly at team meeting, review patient up for recert/ dc with doctor and interdisciplinary team,perform wound care, foley catheter care. maintain and manage patients with feeding tubes and diabetic monitoring - admin meds by various routes such as ; IV meds, IM, via central line, PR and by mouth. As a admission nurse, supporting families and admitting their love ones onto our hospice service.
Nursefinders Staffing Agency (PRN)
RN, Staffing Nurse
February 2015 – November 2017
● Provide palliative /comfort measures for terminally ill patients and their families in an inpatient unit setting.
Wellstar Healthcare System
September 2015 –March 2016
RN Hospice Inpatient Staff Nurse
● Provide comfort care to terminally ill patient and their families, in an inpatient hospice setting. Supervise LPN and Certified nursing assistant staff. Educate patient and families on hospice philosophy, comfort care, disease progression, death and dying process, medications treatment and plan of care. As part of the interdisciplinary care team provides nursing input to the medical team, social worker and chaplain to enhance patient quality of life while on hospice. Vitas Innovative Hospice
RN Case Manager and Inpatient Unit Staff Nurse
July 2008 –August 2014 (6 years 2 months) • Atlanta, GA
● Provide palliative /comfort measures for terminally ill patients and their families in their homes or in a inpatient setting.
● Manage caseload of 11-15 patients, make daily nursing assessment visits, obtain MD order as needed and call them into pharmacy,order patient supplies as needed, eg; wound supply, DME equip. etc, update and review patient plan of care daily with each visit and weekly at team meeting, review patient up for recert/ dc with doctor and interdisciplinary team,perform wound care, foley catheter care. maintain and manage patients with feeding tubes and diabetic monitoring - admin meds by various routes such as ; IV meds, IM, via central line, PR and by mouth. Also monitor and care for patient on ventilators for short term prior to extubation .
RN, Nursing Supervisor (Manager of Clinical Practice) Healthfield Hospice
April 2007 - July 2008 (1 year 3 months)
State: Georgia
Supervise / oversee clinical staff, problem solve patient/ patient caregiver issues, perform hospice admissions and death pronouncements, maintain close contact with physicians,make clinical staff weekly / daily schedule, in charge of interdisciplinary team meeting, in charge of morning report, do chart audits, do patient level of care changes in computer system, perform annual site visits with clinical staffs and annual performance appraisal for clinical staff, make home visits and supervisory visits,( more information will be provided upon request)
RN- Hospice Case Manager
Healthfield Hospice
April 2006 - April 2007 (1 year ) • Stockbridge, Georgia
● Provide palliative/ supportive care to terminally -ill patient and their family.
● Ordering medications, performing wound care, access central lines, foley catheter care, performing nursing assessments
RN, Home Health Nurse
TLC Staff builders home health agency
August 2005 - May 2006 (9 months) • Roswell, Georgia
● Provide home care services to patients in their various homes. Services includes, but not limited to, teach and manage various disease processes, diabetes, htn, coronary diseases, cva, respiratory diseases, perform wound care, oasis assessments, etc. RN, Home Health Nurse
Unlimited Home Health Care Agency
November 2002 - July 2005 (2 years 8 months) • Lighthouse Point, Florida
● Provide home care services to the community . Teach clients on Diabetes, HTN, Cardiopulmonary disease, Diet and Exercise. Assess clients social and emotional needs and report to interdisciplinary team for further intervention if needed. Assess CP status and admin respiratory medications,ie, nebulizer treatment .Monitor blood glucose levels and admin insulin, admin other injection as ordered, perform wound care and teach on skin integrity, instruct on standard/ universal precaution, contact physician for orders as needed, monitor and maintain clients to optimal function of living. Provide documentation of care. ( I have also worked as a LPN from 11/2002- 9/2004 with this company ). RN School Nurse Broward County School Board
March 2005 - July 2005 (3 months) • State: Florida
● Assess and evaluate student needs in a teen pregnant/ teen parenting school setting. Provide health education and various resources to the teen mothers and their families. Work closely with school social worker. Provide inservices / classes on various appropriate topics to the teen mothers and faculties. Educate pregnant students on how to maintain healthy pregnancies and healthy babies ( nutrition, s\s of labor, birthing experience, complication of pregnant, etc.), educate parenting students on ages and stages of their babies ( immunizations, developmental milestones, safety,etc).Ordering supplies for the clinics, intake and maintain student files and their babies that are in the school daycare, also triage and assess students, their babies and faculties( ie, head lice, conjunctivitis, ringworm, monitoring blood glucose for diabetes, colds, uri, etc).
School Health- LPN
North Broward Hospital District
December 2001 - January 2005 (3 years 1 month) • State: Florida
● Work closely with and assist physicians and nurse practitioner. Prepare patients to be seen by the providers by obtaining weight, height and vital signs. Perform venipuncture, and obtain other specimens for lab work. Administer immunizations. Obtain data and report them to various agencies. Provides referrals and schedule appointments for clients. Instruct clients on doctor orders. Assess/ triage student needs. Other job related duties will furnished upon interview.
LPN Visiting/ Field Nurse
North Broward Hospital District- Gold Coast Home Health Agency November 2000 - December 2001 (1 years 1 months) • Pompano Beach, Florida
● Provide skilled home care services to clients in their homes/ facilities. Services included; diabetic care, wound care, cardiopulmonary assessments and treatments. Teach and support clients and their families.
LPN Staff Nurse
Center for Optimum Care
February 1998 - January 2000 (1 years 11 months) • West Hartford, Connecticut
● Administer medication, perform wound care, obtain physician orders, patients record documentation, provide care for dementia/Alzheimer's patients, experience in sub-acute /rehab care, care plans and MDS
LPN- Charge Nurse
Retirement Living Lauderhill
December 1994 - October 1996 (1 years 10 months) • Lauderhill, Florida
● Administer medications, order supplies,, audit charts, rounds with physician,, obtain physician orders, provides resource/referrals for clients.
Education:
Western Governors University
4001 700 E 700
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84107
Bachelors of science in Nursing, January 2018
Capital Community College (former, Greater Hartford Community College) 61 Woodland St, Hartford, CT
Associate Degree in Nursing, 1993
Interests
Reading and volunteering in the nursing homes.
Skills
Venipuncture, Trach care, wound care, feeding tubes,IV, pain management, assessment, etc. Languages
English (Fluent)
References
Exie Lamar,
RN, MSN, Healthfield Hospice
Professional
Carol Peters
RN Team Manager,Bridgeway Hospice
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Professional
Heather Payne RN, MSN, ARNP
Former Clinical manager
404- 226-6952
Personal and Professional
Karen Barnes, RN
Patient Care Administrator, Bridgeway Hospice
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Professional
Natasha Murry, LPN
407- 234-6146
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Professional and Personal