TANJA KNIGHT-HODGE, RN
** ***** ***, **** *** raised in Hagen, Germany now U.S citizen.
LPN since 2009 with a true love for the profession of nursing. Very ethical, good listener, hardworking, efficient, empathetic and kind. Experience in surgical nursing, physician office/clinic nursing, Hospice, Nursing Home/Assisted Living, case management, home health, wound treatment etc.
CONTACT
Phone: 1-501-***-****
E-mail:
*****.******@*****.***
EDUCATION
Highschool in Hagen, Germany from 1985-1989
Business School Hagen, Germany from 1989-1991
Southeast Arkansas Community College, Pine Bluff 2006-2008 for technical certificate in licensed practical nursing
University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton for advanced nursing degree in registered nursing through ARNEC-Arkansas Rural Nursing Education Consortium from 01/20 until 12/3/20
EMPLOYMENT:
Care IV Home Health
RUSSELLVILLE
July 2023- present
LHC Elite Home Health
September 2022- current
Patient Care Manager
Arkansas school for the blind
March 2022- August 2022
administration of medications and treatment, assisting nurse practitioner with exams, orders and treatments, emergency treatments/Field trips, medical file/records maintenance
Arkansas State Veterans Home
January 2021-march 2022
RN- Nurse Supervisor
Chi St Vincent Health at Home
September 2021- December 2021
Supervisor Laverne Chisum 501-***-****
Involves case management of patients recently discharged from medical facilities for in home after care such as surgical after care, IV management and administration, urinary catheter care and management, peg tube management, trache management, wound care, wound vac therapy, Teaching of skills to care givers, on comorbid conditions/ medications and regular observation and assessment, collaboration with clinicians and physicians regarding treatment and orders
Arkansas Hospice Conway
December 2020- September 2021
RN Call Nurse 7 on/7 off
Supervisor Rhonda Horton 501-***-****
Emergency care of Hospice Patients in their home and nursing homes during crisis, death visits, admissions, general inpatient visits of hospice patients admitted at hospital, collaboration with hospice physicians about treatment
CHI St Vincent Health at home Morrilton/Little Rock LPN-FIELD NURSE
2018-2020 (supervisor Samantha Stane 354-6262)
Field nurse to visit homebound patients in home and perform skilled nursing such as wound care, tracheostomy care, Peg-tube care, wound vac dressing change, urinary catheter change and care, teaching on wound care, catheter care, Peg-tube care, tracheostomy care, acute and chronic conditions, pain management, medications, exacerbations, communication/collaboration/report with other clinicians, case manager, therapists and physicians
Baptist Health Extended Care Little Rock LPN-TREATMENT NURSE
2017-2018
Supervisor Amy Stuckey Duvall Rn (deceased)
May call Diane Maraziti 501-***-****
Wound vac dressing changes, treatments, dressing changes
Also worked 12 hours shifts as LPN floor nurse when low on wound vacs
LHC (Jefferson Home Health) Pine Bluff
2015-2017
Supervisor Jenni Vontungeln
Field nurse with tasks same as above for CHI except performed IV and PICC line care as well
McFarland Eye Centers Pine Bluff/Little Rock and Hot Springs
2001-2015
Supervisor Jamie Wilson 870-***-****
May call dr Paul Misischia for reference at 501-***-****
Initially started as tech in clinic with duties such as performing patient examinations and scribing for physician during patient examination, then became a certified ophthalmic technician in 2004. Special tasks were quality assurance of medical records.
LPN license was achieved, and duties advanced to clinic triage/scheduling nurse and prep/post-op nurse in cataract and oculoplastic surgery. This involved traveling to all three clinic locations on surgery days or when help was needed in clinic as well.
Part-Time Positions/ Weekends
Charge Nurse At Trinity Health Assisted Living and Nursing and Rehab from 2013-2016
Supervisor Marla Shapiro 870-***-****