YCandace Fields

Licensed Practical Nurse

Orangeburg, SC 29118

ad3e7o@r.postjobfree.com

+1-803-***-****

Work Experience

LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Edisto Post Acute - Orangeburg, SC

April 2020 to Present

Floor nurse. I work LTC unit currently. I have also worked on the rehab unit and I was the COVID nurse. LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)

Millennium Post-Acute Rehabilitation - West Columbia, SC November 2017 to March 2020

LPN floor nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Saint George Health Care and Rehab - Saint George, SC January 2014 to October 2014

Floor Nurse

• Receive report for assigned unit and count the narcotics at shift start correcting any discrepancies before accepting the unit.

• Evaluate residents in Long Term Care, Rehab, Post-OP, Psych, New Residents during adjusting, and hospice patients on comfort measures for any changes or abnormal behaviors/responsiveness. Call MD to give evaluation and to receive further orders. Call the Responsible Party of all changes.

• Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

• Work as part of a healthcare TEAM to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

• Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

• Admission Paperwork *Greet new resident *Inform MD that resident has arrived *Show Patient to their room *Educate on safety measures and call bell/light *Assessment's *Answer questions (Family/Resident)

• Medicare and Acute charting

• Administer prescribed and As Needed (PRN) medications within time frame allocated, noting times and amounts on patients' MAR's

• MAR change over at the end of each month. Making sure all new orders are transcribed and discontinued or changed orders are updated for the new month. Clarifying orders if the chart doesn't have an updated order but the MAR has a change or discontinued order. Making sure all Allergies, Doctor's names and Patient names match.

• Observe patients, documenting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, acute episodes, and taking any necessary action within my scope of practice to resolve matter within company protocol. Make MD and RP aware of change

• React without hesitation in emergency situations, such as, Physical, Emotional, or Verbal Abuse on residents and staff, falls, Full Codes. Know where to find code status on patient, activate CPR and 911. Call MD, write order to send out to Emergency Room. Notify family and On-Call Nurse. Call hospital to give report and document events and times. Call 2-4 hrs later for follow-up.

• Assigned Body Audits/Skin Assessments

• Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

• Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, suture removal, giving enemas or obtaining specimens through catheterizations.

• Assist patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, repositioning in bed, standing, walking, or assisting with Hoyer Lift transfers X2 Assist.

• Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers, Ambu bag, spirometer, nebulizers and CPAP's.

• Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

• Receive and check over labs faxed, notify MD of any critical labs that couldn't wait until the next day. Usually PT/INR results

• If patient has a contagious illness, maintain contact precaution.

• Apply compresses, ice packs, or warm rags.

• Get all paperwork copied and ready for all appointments scheduled as late as a 10:30 A.M. P/U time

• Check all medications, OTC house stock, medication carts, and refrigerated medications such as insulin and eye gets for expiration dates. If an order is changed or discontinued, remove the old medication card from the cart. Check medication over flow. Fax pharmacy to refill medications and to discontinue medications. Fax new admission MAR to pharmacy to receive medications for new residents, fax communication slip to the pharmacy when using back up kit. Accept medications from pharmacy on delivery and count new narcotics. Sign off pharmacy transaction sheet. Put medications away. Licensed Practical Nurse

Orangeburg County Detention Center - Orangeburg, SC November 2012 to January 2014

via Transform Health in GA Orangeburg, SC

Jail Nurse

Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments

Obtained and reported EKG's

Assisted psychologist with tele psych

Monitored for suicidal thoughts and actions, ordered inmates with such behavior to be put on suicide watch and in protective wear.

Monitored for self destructive behaviors and ordered inmates in protective cell.

Monitored for drug and alcohol withdrawal and administered detox medication per MD order.

Maintain safety between myself and inmates through officers by understanding and following their commands. Responsible for administering Immunizations and physicals to Detention Center Staff and county employee's.

Used EMR (Electronic Medical Records) Scanning all documentation into the system and documentation was also done using the EMR.

Completed 48hr medical assessment

Ordered and received medications Discharge medications to inmates to last 7-10 days and made them aware to follow up with their doctors for refills.

Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures

Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments

Followed orders for requested medical records from lawyers.

Faxed paperwork daily to different locations.

Maintained a working relationship with the local hospital and obtained Emergency room notes on inmates cleared for jail for on-site MD.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as dressing wounds, collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples. Education

LPN in Nursing

Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical college - Orangeburg, SC July 2007

Nursing Licenses

PN

Expires: April 2024

State: SC

Skills

• English

• Vital Signs Experience

• Phlebotomy

• Hoyer Lift

• Medication administration

• Care plans

• JavaScript

• EMR Systems

• Communication skills

• Tube Feeding

• Hospice Care

• Laboratory Experience

• Patient assessments (10+ years)

• Trachea Care (10+ years)

• Venipuncture (10+ years)

• Intravenous therapy (10+ years)

• COVID Nurse (2 years)

• Patient Education (10+ years)

• Follow Through (10+ years)

• Ostomy care (10+ years)

• Wound Vac (10+ years)

• Respiratory therapy (10+ years)

• Communication skills (10+ years)

• Catheterization (10+ years)

• Primary care

• Time management

• Patient monitoring

• Triage

• EHR systems

• Microsoft Office

Certifications and Licenses

LPN

BLS Certification

CPR & First Aid

AED

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