Practical Nurse Licensed
Resume:
Heather Cooper
Licensed Practical Nurse
Hammonton, NJ 08037
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To secure employment with an employer who values their patients and employees as much as I value my nursing career and patients. Have the ability to become part of a team that is essentially my home away from home.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
LPN Charge Nurse, preceptor and unit manager, staff educator The Subacute at Autumn Lake Acute Care - Voorhees, NJ June 2021 to Present
Supervise staff up to 30 per shift, communicate with patients and family’s on a regular basis, Run reports overseeing all admission and discharges per day week and month. Conduct in services with staff. Ability to stay very calm during 100% of stressful situations. Conduct investigation when needed, Acute care rehab setting. Pts direct from surgery and hospitals. Medication management, assisting with ADL’s, documentation of patient progress while in our care during shifts, using PCC for EMAR, continuity of care throughout patient stay, coordination of care between all departments, Helping pt families plan for discharge. Starting, maintaining, giving meds through various IV access points. Training new staff members.
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Loyal Source - San Antonio, TX
June 2020 to December 2022
Independent contractor for the military where I perform and process urine drug and alcohol screening and testing of all military personal on multiple military bases in the state on all enlisted personnel, officers, and new recruits.
Infection Control Specialist
Allegria at the Fountains - Atco, NJ
September 2021 to May 2022
Working closely with the complete interdisciplinary team of managers including but not limited to physical therapy, MDS coordinator, ADON, DON, administrator, dietary manager, maintenance director, housekeeping manager. Creation of new policies and procedures to fit our current county, state and federal guidelines while still keeping within current company guidelines. Aided in the change of certain company wide policies and procedures. Implementing and maintaining proper documentation of staff and residents COVID, flu and other state and federal mandatory procedures in relation to verification of COVID vaccines using NJIIS system to obtain vaccination status’s. Obtained my current Infection prevention certification through Cdc.gov requirements. Education of staff, residents, and families of vaccination importance while still understanding each resident and staff’s right to choose. Education for staff on proper COVID and flu medical and religious exemptions if needed or requested. Obtaining proper documentation of weekly IP rounds, IP certification for staff, monthly rounds, state facilitated visits. Maintain proper EMR documentation using the visual system, as well as accu labs system. Obtained proper unit wide weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly infection rates as well as staff and resident vaccination percentages. Maintaining proper ordering and reporting daily, weekly and monthly county DOH, state DOH, and federal DOH reporting during both non outbreak status and outbreak situations. Maintaining proper inventory to report to county and state regulatory commissions. Participation of weekly monthly and quarterly conference calls with corporate team, county dept of health, and state department of health. Daily reporting to county dept of health current COVID levels among staff and residents. Proficiently using and maintaining google drive documents that sometimes were and were not to be shared between the management team. IV certification to start, maintain, and remove various different IV sites and medications. Education of staff and agency nurses and CNA’s on proper infection prevention methods, effectively communicating the what, why, and where things happened in regards to infection prevention. Aided in unit and building wide vaccination clinics done in house. Staff, resident, and family education of infection prevention goals, laws, rules and regulations. Performed daily POC rapid COVID testing of staff and residents and reporting using the simple report system, as well as working closely to obtain contracts with several different laboratories for PCR testing of COVID and various other infectious diseases of staff and residents. Supervisor of different shifts in order to obtain full compliance of staff during an outbreak situation as well as proper daily shift routine procedures. LPN Charge Nurse
Allegria at the Fountains - Atco, NJ
September 2021 to May 2022
3-11 charge nurse supervisor, assist with issues or problems that arise, scheduling, med pass. Various other supervisor duties and regulations
LPN Unit Manager
Laurel Manor Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center - Stratford, NJ April 2021 to September 2021
Overseeing staff on 120 bed subacute rehab floor. Following up on daily, weekly and monthly documentation completed by nurses, advocating for patients and staff on my unit, competently using and running point click care EMR System, admissions, discharges. Proper education of residents and staff while in and out of the COVID 19 pandemic. Implementation of proper policies and protocols from the company, state and federal guidelines. Maintaining a positive work environment with and for residents and staff. Keeping family members updated on resident status’ during periods of change and regular updates. Working productively as part of the IDT team to prepare residents and families for discharge upon admission while residents were in my care.
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
The Protocall Group - Mount Laurel, NJ
December 2020 to February 2021
Was employed by protocol staffing as a employee health and safety nurse with Virtua health systems, screening patients/ employees for contact tracing, symptom evaluations, schedule for testing of coved FIIT testing and N95 measurements for employees. Worked directly with patients and workers compensation team to determine eligibility to return to work. Multi tasking by using multiple computer programs at one time including Epic, excel, outlook, word, cynthie phone systems, conference calls, zoom meetings, Google classroom.
Able to type approx 75 wpm
LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
STAT Staffing Medical Services, Inc - Cherry Hill, NJ March 2020 to December 2020
Agency nurse working is various long term care, subacute rehab, and assisted living facilities covering for short staff at these facilities
LPN Charge Nurse
Egg Harbor Care Center - Egg Harbor Township, NJ
February 2020 to June 2020
As a charge LPN nurse I have the ability to help patients in times of crisis and need all while still supporting my staff at the highest level. Also maintaining HIPPA and all safety precautions necessary LPN Staff Nurse
Advanced Subacute Rehabilitation Center - Sewell, NJ August 2019 to January 2020
Subacute and long term care staff nurse who maintained HIPPA protocol, medication administration, vital sign management, scheduling of staff members, patient appointments. Narcotic management, peg tube, g tube and IV Maintenance, wound vac application, maintenance, and removal. Oxygen therapy, while maintaining a professional repertoire with doctors, nurse practitioners, hospice companies and staff LPN
General Healthcare Resources, Inc. - Burlington, NJ August 2018 to December 2019
Travel to different facilities to cover staffing shifts for that companies nursing needs. Proficient in E Mar electronic documentation, paper charting, recaps.
Ability to work in high stress and pressure situations with a calm collected prospective. Patient care including medication administration, wound card treatment, vital sign management, traces and vents, jp drains, feeding tubes, TPN, IV Maintenance, IV medication administration. LPN
Epic Health Services - Mount Laurel, NJ
March 2016 to August 2019
Pediatric home health care, monitoring patients at home, medication administration, adl's, patient and family education about clients condition. Checking daily orders from doctors changes in medications, following aspiration precautions, seizure precautions, safety precaution, respiratory precautions. Works one on one with patient and family and nursing care team. LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
BAYADA Home Health Care Pediatrics - Voorhees, NJ
June 2017 to December 2018
Trach vent med administration TPR vitals cougholater g tubes ng tubes feeding pumps wounds LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Medford Care Center - Medford, NJ
December 2017 to July 2018
Administration duties, scheduling employees in accordance to budget and retail needs. Ability to multitask at a moments notice
HR compliance
Hiring /termination of employees due to gross violations and or excessive write ups Adherence company and corporate policies and procedures Proficient in Microsoft works, word, excel, PowerPoint Proficient in healthcare programs such as epic, vision, carevoyant, and point Click cars. Vital sign management
Medication administration
Treatment administration’s
Taking and transcribing orders
24hour chart checks
CareVoyant charting
Medicare charting
Hospice care and management
Maintaining PT dignity and integrity
Maintaining patient rights
Patient advocate
Triage of critical patients
Staffing and scheduling
LPN Home Health Nurse
Epic Health Services - Voorhees, NJ
November 2015 to December 2017
Home health care for pediatric patients with various medical anomalies Clinical Allergy Specialist
United Allergy Services - Voorhees, NJ
July 2015 to October 2016
Responsibilities
Direct Patient Care, Allergy Testing, Patient education, insurance claims and verifications, work one on one with providers, scheduling, overseeing patient responses to allergens causing allergic responses and treating anaphylactic reactions.
Accomplishments
During this time I have gotten to see my patients who came to me suffer season after season from allergies and horrible colds start and continue with Immunotherapy, learn that there symptoms can be treated and even the disease process be changed due to immunotherapy injections. Skills Used
CPR, Epi-pen demonstration and education, proper syringe use and disposal, specific patient education, allergy and asthma awareness.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Voorhees Care and Rehabilitation Center - Voorhees, NJ October 2015 to December 2015
Responsibilities
Patient care, medication administration, EMR, centricity documentation, medicare and medicaid documentation, wound treatments, jpeg feedings, ostomy bag changes, toileting, paper chart documentation.
EMR Chart Abstractor
Summit Nursing Chart Abstraction
October 2014 to January 2015
Performing medical chart abstraction of electronic medical records into Nextgen systems. Sales Marketing Director
Ken Weintraub
October 2012 to January 2013
o Managing
o Cold Selling Appointments
o Customer Service
o Kitchen remodeling
o Sales and marketing of the tri-state area
o Booking consultation appointments
Shift Supervisor
CVS Pharmacy
September 2005 to October 2012
o Shift supervisor of up 20 front store employees
o Scheduling manager of up to 10 pharmacy employees o Responsible for opening and closing the store
o Cash management
o Customer service
o Stocking the store
o Receiving the deliveries
o Ordering product for the stores
o Inventory management
o Loss prevention
o Hiring, termination, training of new employees
o HIPPA compliance
o Pharmacy technician training
o Masonic Home of Burlington County
-Long Term Care Facility
o Ronald McDonald House Charities
-Pediatric Medical Live-In facility
o Pitman Manor Pitman, NJ
-Long Term Care Facility
o Collingswood Manor
-Long Term Care Facility
o Hope Lutheran Christian Day Care
-Pediatric Christian Day Care
o Drexel Simulation Lab
-ER/Doctors office Simulation Lab
o Weisman Children's Day Care
-Medical Pediatric Day Care
o Bryn Mawr Birthing Center
o Levittown Rescue Squad (Aria Hospital, St. Marys Hospital, Lower Bucks Hospital) o Our Lady of Lourdes
-Specialty Care Unit Burlington, NJ
o Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
-Camden, NJ
o Cooper River West Pennsauken, NJ
-Short Term Rehab Unit
o Confident Senior Day Care Center
-Cherry Hill, NJ
Education
Associate in Nursing
Prism Career Institute - Cherry Hill, NJ
September 2013 to December 2014
Liberal Arts
Camden County College - Blackwood, NJ
July 2009 to December 2010
Burlington County College - Pemberton, NJ
June 2003 to December 2004
High school diploma in Education
Lenape High School - Medford, NJ
September 1999 to June 2003
Nursing Licenses
PN
Expires: May 2021
State: NJ
Skills
• Lpn
• Staff Nurse
• Pediatrics
• LVN
• Customer Service
• Intake Experience
• Home Care
• Administrative Experience
• Medical Office Experience
• Tube Feeding
• EMR Systems
• Experience Administering Injections
• Medication Administration
• Nursing Home Experience
• Vital Signs
• Caregiving
• Hospice Care
• Supervising Experience
• Transcription
• Triage
• Infection Control Training
• Medical Records
• Venipuncture
• Patient Care
• Epic
• Microsoft Word
• Addiction Counseling
• Behavioral Health
• Assisted Living
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Leadership Experience
• Nursing
• Crisis Intervention
• Case Management
• Critical Care Experience
• Management
• Social Work
• Anatomy Knowledge
• Child & Family Counseling
• Laboratory Experience
• Medical Coding
• Phlebotomy
• Group Therapy
• Time management
• Computer literacy
• English
• Crisis Management
• Medical Billing
• Infection control specialist (1 year)
• Release management (10+ years)
• Leadership
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Medical terminology
• Care plans
• Resident's rights
• Memory care
Military Service
Branch: Army National Guard
Service Country: United States
July 2020 to Present
Perform all drug, alcohol, and covid tests from our soldiers. Proper and safe handling and disposal of specimens, properly controlled sealing and mailing of samples to lab. Working with cournles, base commanders, JAG officers when a discrepancy arises with a sample. This is per diem employment which only requires 1 weekend a month.
Certifications and Licenses
CPR & First Aid
June 2016 to February 2023
LPN
May 2015 to May 2023
NJ BON licensure
Trach and vent certificates
May 2015 to Present
Certified to maintain and reinsert teaches and manage mechanical ventilators for patients who are trach vent dependent
BLS Certification
February 2020 to February 2022
Basic CPR, AED and pediatric CPR and heimlick maneuver certified Secret Clearance
CDC Infection Prevention/Control certification
September 2021 to Present
LVN
Infection Control Certification
Assessments
Nursing Aide Skills — Highly Proficient
July 2019
Measures a candidate’s ability to provide nursing aid to patients using knowledge of relevant equipment and procedures.
Full results: Highly Proficient
Electronic Medical Records: Best Practices — Proficient January 2020
Knowledge of EHR data, associated privacy regulations, and best practices for EHR use Full results: Proficient
Nursing Skills: Clinical Judgment — Proficient
March 2019
Measures a candidate’s ability to assess a patient's condition and implement the appropriate medical intervention.
Full results: Proficient
Medical Terminology — Proficient
January 2020
Understanding and using medical terminology
Full results: Proficient
First Aid — Highly Proficient
January 2020
Treating common medical emergencies.
Full results: Highly Proficient
Scheduling — Proficient
January 2020
Cross-referencing agendas and itineraries to avoid scheduling conflicts. Full results: Proficient
Nursing Skills: Patient Focus & Orientation — Completed August 2019
Addressing concerns and using sensitivity when responding to needs and feelings of patients Full results: Completed
Nursing Skills: Clinical Judgment — Highly Proficient June 2020
Assessing a patient's condition and implementing the appropriate medical intervention. Full results: Highly Proficient
Work Style: Reliability — Highly Proficient
January 2020
Tendency to be dependable and come to work
Full results: Highly Proficient
Patient-Focused Care — Completed
February 2020
Addressing concerns and using sensitivity when responding to needs and feelings of patients Full results: Completed
Verbal Communication — Proficient
June 2020
Speaking clearly, correctly, and concisely
Full results: Proficient
Electronic Health Records: Best Practices — Proficient January 2020
Knowledge of EHR data, associated privacy regulations, and best practices for EHR use Full results: Proficient
Work Style: Reliability — Highly Proficient
January 2020
Tendency to be dependable and come to work
Full results: Highly Proficient
Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
Additional Information
Qualifications:
o Medication Administration
o Compassionate Patient Care- Bathing, Dressing, Assisting with ADL's o Tracheotomy care, maintenance
o Wound care and dressing changes
o Treatments
o Pediatrics
o Geriatrics
o Aspiration precautions
o HIPPA compliance
o Glucose testing
o Infection control precautions
o Fluent in medical terminology
o Experience in chart abstraction
o Outstanding communication skills
o Excellent attention to detail
o Detailed time management skills
o Management and Scheduling experience
o Qualified Leader
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