Wound Care Vocational Nurse
Resume:
Trisha Colbert
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Angleton, TX
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Find a career and opportunity to be able to utilize my nursing knowledge, computer knowledge and experience to challenge myself and further my extensive nursing background. Work Experience
Assistance Director of Nursing, LVN
Oak Village Healthcare – Lake Jackson, TX
July 2023 – Present
Manage all nursing staff, responsible for in-services, employee health records, all nurse training, QA reports, lab tracking, infection control, antibiotic stewardship program, infection control, immunizations of all residents and staff, chart audits, patient audits, and scheduling. Intake/Office LVN
Chrysalis Home Health – Friendswood, TX
March 2023 – July 2023
Responsibilities include processing all referrals; verifying insurance; scheduling patients for home visits; communication between the office and field staff; keeping relations with referral sources, BDLs, and case managers; keeping record of referral numbers, conversion rates for BDLs, referral logs for each month; assisting in billing, assisting in order retrieval, processing, and sending out; and answering calls. High focus on Microsoft Office, EMR and administrative skills.
Correctional LVN
J Allen & Associates – Angleton, TX
August 2022 – March 2023
Responsibilities include medication administration, assessment of any incoming juvenile inmate, wound care when necessary, triage inmates, chart audits, and 30-day assessments. High focus on EMR and Microsoft office.
TRAVEL LVN
CareerStaff Unlimited - Fort Collins, CO / Lawton, OK February 2022 – August 2022
8 - 12 week assignment in SNFs. Accu checks, PO medication administration, IV medication administration, parenteral medication administration, PICC line care, wound care, dressing changes, all types of injections, and all Point click care documentation.
Intake Coordinator for the Gulf Coast Region, LVN
Choice Home Care – Houston, TX
November 2020 – February 2022
Responsibilities include processing all referrals; verifying insurance; scheduling patients for home visits; communication between the office and field staff; keeping relations with referral sources, BDLs, and case managers; keeping record of referral numbers, conversion rates for BDLs, referral logs for each month; assisting in billing, assisting in order retrieval, processing, and sending out; and answering calls. High focus on Microsoft Office, EMR and administrative skills.
LVN
Bridgemoor Transitional Care - Webster, TX
March 2020 to November 2020
Responsibilities include direct patient care and Medicare documentation regarding all patients; accu- checks; medication administration; incident and antibiotic follow up; PICC line care and IV ABT administration; extensive wound care, surgical rehabilitation, and documentation for lab and patient behaviors. LVN
CareerStaff Unlimited - Fort Collins, CO
August 2019 to February 2020
8-12 week assignment in SNFs. Accu checks, PO medication administration, IV medication administration, parenteral medication administration, PICC line care, wound care, dressing changes, all types of injections, and all Point click care documentation.
Assistant Director of Nursing - QA Nurse
Windsor Houston - Houston, TX
June 2018 to July 2019
Manage all nursing staff, responsible for in-services, employee health records, all nurse training, QA reports, lab tracking, incidents and accident tracking, chart audits, patient audits, and scheduling. LVN
CHI St. Luke’s Health Brazosport - Lake Jackson, TX June 2014 to May 2018
Provide direct patient care, using the nursing process to promote outcomes, on a Medical-Surgical-Pediatric Unit with a nurse to patient ratio of 1:6; coordinate care with other members of the healthcare delivery system; educate patients and family members as appropriate; act as a patient advocate. Director of Staff Development
Briarwood Skilled Nursing Facility - Houston, TX
May 2013 to June 2014
Responsibilities included interviewing, hiring and firing all direct nursing care employees; maintaining employee records; month-to-month schedules for all nursing care employees; educating all new hires and keeping current employees up to date on any changes in care; chart audits, IDT meetings, assist with patient evaluations from hospitals for admission into the facility. High focus in Microsoft Office programs and EMR. Unit Manager
Briarwood Skilled Nursing Facility - Houston, TX
May 2011 to May 2013
Responsibilities included managing a 42 bed skilled nursing unit; delegate assignments, assign tasks and evaluate employee job performance; as well as disciplining employees who do not fulfill their job requirements; set goals and standards for the unit; care plans for patient safety; IDT meetings, monitor weights and therapy requirements; assist with patient evaluations from hospitals for admission onto unit. High focus on Microsoft office, EMR and administrative skills.
Education
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Alvin Community College - Alvin, TX 2007 High School Diploma - Alvin High School - Alvin, TX 2002 Skills
• Skilled Nursing
• Medical/Surgical/Tele
• Rehab
• IV Therapy (17 years)
• Patient Care
• Employee Evaluations
• Quality Assurance
• Creating documents
• Chart Audits
• EMR Systems
• Supervising Experience
• Interviewing and hiring process for Nurses/CNAs
Certifications and Licenses
BLS - January 2024 to January 2026
CPR - January 2024 to January 2026
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