Practical Nurse Home Health

Location:

Murrells Inlet, SC

Posted:

July 15, 2024

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Resume:

Sandra Primovic

Licensed Practical Nurse

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Lot 2

Murrells Inlet SC

29576

**************@*****.***

843-***-****

Professional Summary:

● Proficient and caring part of the nursing team offering over 20 years of long-term care, rehab and home health experience. Addressing patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Dedicated to maximizing patient wellness, stratification and education with follow up on patients' needs and concerns.

● Documented correct and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.

● Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing application.

● Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurses, recording changes in medical records.

● Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.

● Collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.

● Worked with a multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatments and care plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.

● Performed routine evaluations of each patient’s status, needs, and preferences.

● Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.8

● Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IV’s, and performed catheterizations.

● Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfer, and discharges.

● Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure recording results in electronic medical records and reporting abnormal findings to head nurse or doctor.

● Monitored side effects to all medications and recorded in electronic files, reporting all unusual findings to the head nurse or doctor.

● Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medication Work History

June 2023 – February 2024

Crestview Healthcare

1871 Midland Trail

Shelbyville KY 40065

March 2014 – February 2022

Beaufort Nursing and Rehab

11 Todd Drive

Beaufort SC 29902

May 2012 – July 2013

Interim Home Health