Nursing Nurse
Resume:
Brittany
McLaughlin
Salisbury, MA 01952
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Objective
I am a hardworking, highly motivated, reliable,and experienced geriatric long term care/ rehab LPN who is currently trying to broaden my nursing skills and knowledge within a different area of nursing practice . My objective is to obtain a position in pediatrics and to eventually go back to school to further my education to become an RN with a BSN.
Work Experience
Seaview Retreat Skilled Nursing Home -50 Mansion Drive, Rowley MA 01969( April 2017-present)-LPN
Performed LPN skills within the LPN scope of practice and per facility protocol such as
● initiating IV fluids,discontinuing
IVs
● administering PO, SQ, IM
medications(proper medication
administration)
● Administering flu shots and PPD tests
● Monitoring for adverse behaviors/ side effects from medications given
● Care
plans
● Following/implementing Doctor’s orders
● proper documentation per facility
protocol
● obtaining blood sugars, insulin/diabetes management and teaching
● use of incentive spirometers and common geriatric diseases
● oxygen therapy
● catheter care, inserting/flushing catheters(straight and indwelling)
● COPD and Heart failure knowledge
● CNA management
● Pain management and Hospice experience(Long term to end of life care)
● Computer skills with Point Click Care computer system
● Fall protocol and Neuro
evaluations
● Transferring residents out of facility to
hospitals
Home Instead Senior Care- 1B Rapp
Rd 1st Floor, Albany, NY 12203(August
2016- September 2017)- CNA
Cared and assisted seniors in their own homes and obtained the following skills-
● Safety
management
● medication
reminders
● meal prep and
companionship
● Assisted with ADLS when needed
● Light housekeeping duties
● Dementia experience
Oceanside Nursing and Rehab Center -22 Tuck Rd, Hampton, NH 03842 (August 2015- July 2016)- CNA
Cared and assisted patients on all 4 floors (1 floor being the locked dementia unit, 2 long term floors, and 1 rehab floor) and obtained the following skills-
● ADLS like showering, bathing,dressing, transfers,, toileting schedules
● assisted the nurse with wound
changes
● suprapubic catheter care and catheter care
● Obtaining blood sugars, weights,vital signs
● Urostomy and colostomy care(changing colostomy bags)
● Use of mechanical lifts like Hoyers and sit to stand lifts
Evolve at Rye (Memory Care Assisted Living Facility)- 295 Lafayette Rd, Rye, NH 03870 (December 2013-Fall 2015) -Caregiver Cared for many elderly people suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia. Obtained the following skills
● ADLS like showering, bathing dressing,transfers, toileting schedules
● Vital signs
● Safety
management
● Behavioral
management
● Caring Companionship and responsible for well being of resident
● Assisted with
activities
Education
Amesbury High School-
Amesbury, MA 2006-2010 H.S.
Diploma
Elms College –
Chicopee, MA 2010-2013
Nursing Major
Samaritan Hospital School of
Nursing August 2016- August
2017 PN Graduate ( Pass
date-10/31/17, license number-
LN95943)
Achievements/Award
s
● Accomplished 4 Consecutive Years of honor roll at Amesbury High
School
● Made Dean's list Freshman Year at Elms
College
● Awarded the R & I Perreault Scholarships
Spring 2012 and 2013
● Completed the LNA program through Genesis
Healthcare at Oceanside Nursing Center and
received a certificate and license as an LNA in
New Hampshire in July 2015
● Received a NY nursing assistant
certificate
● CPR/BLS certification(
May
2019
)
● IV peripheral certification (May
2019)
● Hospice Care and the
Dementia patient, CEU from
Care Dimensions(September
4,2019))
Community Service
● Assisted in a soup kitchen in 2012 in the Western MA area
● Completed 20 hours of service at the Amesbury Council of Aging in Amesbury, MA in the summer of 2015. I participated and got to do activities with the elderly, some who had dementia, to keep them occupied during their day.
● Assisted for 1 hour at the Crossgates Mall in Albany, New York at the Journey through the Body activities for kids Important Academic Assignments
● Special Populations Paper- My experience interviewing someone coming from a different background and culture
● MRSA Brochure- Teaching assignment presented in clinical all about the cause, side effects, prophylaxis, and treatment of Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus Aureus.
● Antipsychotic Medication Powerpoint Presentation for PN 1 class
● Health care disparities paper on Tobacco Use for PN 4 leadership class
● Elder Abuse powerpoint for PN 4 leadership class
● Virtual Tour Paper( dementia
experience)
Skills
● obtained computer skills with computer system at Kindred Hospital in Springfield, MA during first semester clinical rotation through Elms College Nursing program
● Performed LPN skills and completed numerous clinical hours as a student nurse at Samaritan Hospital’s Med surg unit administering IV,PO, SQ medications, proper documenting per facility protocol, IV fluids, discontinuing IVs, obtaining blood sugars, teaching use of incentive spirometers and diseases, catheter care, performing bladder scans, and inserting catheters and G-tube medications in lab. References
1. Mary Stewart- Former Director of Nursing services) at Seaview Retreat-603-***-****
2. Nancy Drago- Charge Nurse,RN at Seaview Retreat- 978-***-**** 3 Erin Welch- LPN at Massachusetts General Hospital -978-***-****
(email- adbknq@r.postjobfree.com
4. Michelle Dimambro-Staff RN at Seaview Retreat-
5. Maureen Toomey- current Director of Nursing at
Seaview Retreat- 978-***-****
6. Jill West- Staff RN and former DON at Seaview Retreat-978-***-**** 7. Kathleen Titus - staff RN at Seaview Retreat-
8. Robin Schweizer- RN at Care Dimensions Hospice
Services-978-***-****
9. Gail Moore- RN and clinical instructor at Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing-518-***-****
10. Laurel Erickson- RN and Clinical Instructor for Elms College 413-***-****
11. Hanna Palmeri- RN at Samaritan Hospital
12.. Kelsey Roy- RN at Lawrence General Hospital 978- 518-1451
13. Cheryl Garrity- LPN at Oceanside Nursing and Rehab Center 603-***-****
14. Melanie Hill- LNA instructor 603-***-**** 15. Brenda Lee- Memory Care Coordinator at Evolve at Rye 603-***-**** or
16. Shawnia Cotter- Former Supervisor and RN at Oceanside 603-***-**** 17. Juliana Astor- LNA at Evolve at Rye 603-***-**** 18. Margo Reola- Former RN at Oceanside
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