DEBBIE FORBUSH
*** * ** ** ******. Monahans. TX *9756 432-***-**** **************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I have been a nurse since 1989, I was an EMT while I attended nsg school. I am a current CPR Instructor.
• Professional bedside manner
• Scheduling
• NG tube insertion and removal
• Strong clinical judgment
• Qualified daily living activity assistant
• Medical laboratory procedures
• Positive behavior modeling
• T racheostomy care
• Life skills development
• Spirometer reading
• Clinical judgment
• Multidisciplinary team collaboration
• Patient and family advocacy
• Confidential case documentation
• Information collection
• Pre- and post-surgical care
• Healthy meal preparation
LYN, 11/2014 to Current
Head Start - Monahans, TX
SKILLS
• Foley catheter insertion/removal
• I CD-9 forms
• Precepting
• IV drug therapy management
• Clinical instruction
• Foley catheters
• Student evaluations
• Palliative care awareness
• Diabetes and nutrition education
• Dosage calculation
• Hospice and palliative care
• Ear, nose and throat care
• Patient-focused care
• Insulin medication assistance
• Physical assessments
• Intravenous therapy comprehension
• Chest pain management
WORK HISTORY
• Collaborated with teachers, administrators and guardians to determine the needs of individual students.
• Evaluated students' competencies through written assignments and examinations. LYN Floor Nurse, 11/2013 to 08/2019
Rec,·es County Prison - Pecos, TX
• Assessed patients' temperature. pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Collaborated with RN on evaluation of care plan outcomes. implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
• Provided basic patient care and treatment. such as administering tests. taking temperature and blood pressure and dressing wounds.
• Gathered patient data. cleaned wounds and changed catheters as part of comprehensive support.
• Documented patient vitals. behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising RN. Home Health LVN. 03/2014 to 06/2016
Hands Of Compassion Home Care Inc. - Midland. TX
• Supported diagnoses by taking blood, urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Took samples such as blood and urine to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Collaborated with RN on evaluation of care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
• Provided basic patient care and treatment, such as administering [Type] tests, taking temperature and blood pressure and dressing wounds.
LVN, 06/2012 to 05/2015
Odessa College - Odessa, TX
• Supervised students when administering medications to ensure patient safety.
• Provided patient education.
• Completed clinical rotations in Geriatrics.
LVN Charge Nurse, 01 /201 I to 08/2013
SIENNA NURING HOME - Odessa, TX
• Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising RN.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Took samples such as blood and urine to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Delivered oral medications, intramuscular injections and JV fluids to mitigate or resolve patient symptoms.
• Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Assessed patients' temperature. pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Collaborated with RN on evaluation of care plan outc.omes. implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
• Provided basic patient care and treatment. such as administering tests. taking temperature and blood pressure and dressing wounds.
• Gathered patient data. cleaned wounds and changed catheters as part of comprehensive support.
• Documented patient vitals. behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising RN. Home Health LVN. 03/2014 to 06/2016
Hands Of Compassion Home Care Inc. - Midland, TX
• Supported diagnoses by taking biood. urine or sputum samples from patients for laboratory testing.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Took samples such as blood and urine to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Assessed patients' temperature, pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Collaborated with RN on evaluation of care plan outcomes, implementing or adjusting interventions accordingly.
• Provided basic patient care and treatment, such as administering [Type] tests, taking temperature and blood pressure and dressing wounds.
LVN, 06/2012 to 05/2015
Odessa College - Odessa, TX
• Supervised students when administering medications to ensure patient safety.
• Provided patient education.
• Completed clinical rotations in Geriatrics.
LVN Charge Nurse, 01/2011 to 08/2013
SIENNA NURING HOME -Odessa, TX
• Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising RN.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Took samples such as blood and urine to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
• Delivered oral medications, intramuscular injections and IV fluids to mitigate or resolve patient symptoms.
• Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output as necessary.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications. Home Health LVN. 02/2006 to 09/2010
Star Care Home Health - Odessa. TX
• Gathered patient data, cleaned wounds and changed catheters as pan of comprehensive suppon.
• Documented patient information obtained from interviews concerning symptoms. medications and prior treatment.
• Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
• Documented patient vitals. behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising RN.
• Assessed patients' temperature. pulse and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
• Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
• Delivered oral medications, intramuscular injections and IV fluids to mitigate or resolve patient symptoms.
• Took samples such as blood and urine to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests. EDUCATION
Lvn: Nursing, I 989
Odessa College - Odessa. TX
CERTIFICATIONS
• BLS
• CPR cenified through American Hean Association