Patient Care Practical Nurse

Olivia D. Walters

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Cell: 334-***-****

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Professional Summary

Dedicated and professional LPN with an extraordinary work ethic seeking to obtain a position that utilizes past experience and allows the opportunity for growth within a company. WORK EXPERIENCE:

Maxim HealthCare Services, Clarksville TN, March 2022 - Present Licensed Practical Nurse

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.

Performs focused interview to identify specific patient needs.

Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient’s condition.

Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses. Hearthstone Place, Elkton, KY, September 2020- 2022 Licensed Practical Nurse/Charge Nurse/ Wound Treatment Nurse/ Baylor Shift

Provide excellent nursing care to patients suffering from wounds. Assess and evaluate patients with wounds and injuries.

Obtain cultures to assess wounds and injuries. Evaluate wounds and injuries for infections or other illness factors that causes wounds. Initiate nursing care procedures in managing acute and traumatic wounds.

Coordinate with rehab, traumatic and nutritional nurses in nursing patients with wounds. Ensure optimum patientcare delivery in wound care nursing procedures.

Educate and counsel patients and their families on wound care processes and issues.

Demonstrate and educate wound care procedures to other caregivers. Sanitize and maintain the premises of wound care neat, clean and hygienic.

Charge Nurse my responsibility is for the shift to be smooth and efficient patient flow within the nursing home. Delegate assignments and provide supervision for the support staff in accordance with their level of training and the patient’s acuity.

Communication effectively and skilled to the staff. Working in cooperation with medical providers, Occupational therapist, Physical therapist, Speech therapist, to insure the quality of patient care.

Main objective is to maintain the quality of care, providing the first level of feedback for nurses under my supervision, who are not performing up to standards, creating work schedules, helping oversee neurocheck, fall risk documentations, unusual occurrence, admissions, transfers and discharges. While assisting with typical nursing tasks.

Encouraging a culture that promotes staff productivity and good morale. A positive work environment with teamwork. Patient safety a top priority. Always checking on patients.

Writing orders, Faxing to pharmacy, counting medications, updating MARS, TARS, charting, Medicare charting, comfort care charting etc…

Tennova Healthcare, Clarksville, TN 2019- 2021

Licensed Practical Nurse – Emergency Department

Provided patient safety in a safe environment with providing crucial patient education.

Applied expertise in prompt patient condition assessment on patient arrival at the ER during initial phase of acute illness or trauma.

Performed medical procedures, such as EKG, venipuncture, cardiac monitoring, taking vital signs, urinalysis, UCG testing, or administering medications.

Assisted with examinations, procedures, and other patient care activities.

Monitored, documented and communicated patients’ conditions using computerized documentation systems.

Coordination of patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.

Maintained medical documentation in a thorough manner.

Performed laboratory duties, including urinalysis, throat cultures, nasal swabs, etc.

Contributed to the smooth operation of the nursing unit by communicating all concerns to RN.

Started IVs and administered IV medications, vaccinations and injections.

Applied and implemented the philosophy goals and objectives of the Facility.

Evaluated the efficacy of medications, treatments, and plan of care.

Collaborated with various ER professionals to ensure effective patient care. Tennova Healthcare, Clarksville, TN Feb 2016- 2019 Anesthesia Technician

Assist the anesthesia care provider with acquiring, preparing and use of equipment, supplies, and medications during the administration of anesthesia. Assist with special procedures and provide support in anesthesia for routine and complex surgical cases. Functions under supervision of the licensed anesthesia care provider designated by the client facility.

Maintain anesthesia medications, supplies and equipment according to needs and schedules.

Prepare and maintain patient monitoring devices and anesthesia delivery systems pre, intra, and post anesthesia and with consideration and knowledge of age specific issues related to meeting the needs of the various patient groups.

Perform basic trouble shooting for monitors and equipment and reports defective equipment and equipment malfunctions appropriately/immediately.

Maintain established departmental policies, procedures, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

Documents and maintain preventative maintenance and quality records.

Assists with transport of patients and laboratory specimens.

Cleans, sterilizes, disinfects, organizes, orders/stocks and maintains routine anesthesia equipment and supplies.

Gateway Medical Center, Clarksville, TN, Oct 2010 – Feb 2016 Registration/Financial Counselor

Job duties including registering each patient as they arrived to Gateway Medical Center.

Responsible for obtaining complete and accurate demographics and insurance information for each patient in any and/or all registration settings- Emergency Department, Outpatient, Admissions, and Pre-Registration. Insurance verification, obtaining authorizations, orders, handling medical records, filing, cashiering, entering charges, computer work etc. Hospitality an greeting patients and their families.

Position required meeting CHS and GMC guidelines as they relate to patient deductibles, co-payments, and /or coinsurance requirements while maintaining exemplary customer service standards. Brown Mackie College, Hopkinsville, KY, 2008- 2011 Adjunct Instructor

Taught English 101; worked with the Department Head to provide the syllabus, class schedule and grading practices. Worked closely with the student to engage them in learning to write creatively on different subjects. Lecture 12-hours per week. Graded tests and essays, research and creative writing papers. Reported student progress and grades during and at the end of the semester.

Anatomy and Physiology; worked with the Department Head to provide the syllabus, class schedule and grading practices. Worked closely with the student to engage them in learning the body structure and function. Included a weekly 4-hour lab in addition to the 12-hours of lecture per week. Reported student progress and grades during and at the end of the semester.

Biology 101; worked with the Department Head to provide the syllabus, class schedule and grading practices. Worked closely with the student to engage them in learning the study of life and plant functions. Included 16-hours of lecture and a 4-hour lab per week. Reported student progress and grades during and at the end of the semester.

Northside Methodist Academy, Dothan, AL, 2005 – 2007 High School Teacher

Taught Anatomy and Physiology, Honors Biology, Biology, and Advanced Geometry: planned curriculum, tests, quizzes, projects. Engaged students with different learning styles using visual, auditory and tactile methods.

Tutored Algebra I & II and Physics: After school program to assist students to get extra help to improve their math understanding

EDUCATION

Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), Clarksville TN, 2018-2019

Diploma in Licensed Practice Nurse Program

Troy State University, Bachelor of Biology, Troy, Alabama, 2002, GPA: 3.6

Anatomy and Physiology Psychology Child Development

Abnormal Psychology Embryology Immunology

Pharmacology Chemistry/Organic Physics

Microbiology Ecology Limnology

Genetics Pathophysiology Field Botany

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATIONS

Current LPN licensure in the State of Tennessee, January 2020

Certified Nurse Assistant, 2019

Basic Life Support Certification, Nov. 2022

ACLS Certification, Nov. 2022

PALS Certification, July 2020

IV Certification, August 2019

CPR Certification, 2022

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