KANESHIA HIGHTOWER

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Ph: 806-***-****

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Professional Summary

Service-oriented LVN with seven year background in Geriatrics and Pediatrics. Core competencies include g-tubes, trachs and IVs as well as excellent communication and time management skills. Handles tasks with accuracy and efficiency. Skills

Critical Thinking

Reading Comprehension Coordination

Judgment and Decision Making Time Management

Complex Problem Solving Mathematics

Persuasion

Experience

LVN

May 2019- Present

South Plains Rehab Hospital

Administer medication

Start IV lines

Obtain labs specimens

Administer injections

Drop NG tubes

Administer enemas

Answer call lights

Transfer patients

Assist with showers and other ADLs

Assist with feedings

Electronic charting

Admit/ Discharge patients

LVN

BrightStar Care Jan 2018-Feb 2019

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks. Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments. Clean rooms and make beds.

LVN Apr 2015-Present

Rapid Temps - Albuquerque, NM

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations. Sterilize equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave. Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary

Record food and fluid intake and output.

Help patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms. Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet. Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.

LVN Jun 2014- Feb 2018

Interim Healthcare - Lubbock, TX

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.

Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks. Inventory and requisition supplies and instruments. Clean rooms and make beds.

LVN Nov 2013-Aug 2014

Windmill Village - Lubbock, TX

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations. Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions.

Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Make appointments, keep records, or perform other clerical duties in doctors' offices or clinics.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Record food and fluid intake and output.

Prepare or examine food trays for conformance to prescribed diet. Apply compresses, ice bags, or hot water bottles.

LVN Dec 2012-Nov 2013

Lubbock Health Care - Lubbock, TX

Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.

Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients' conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action.

Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations. Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them. Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.

Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.

Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.

Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers.

Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary.

Record food and fluid intake and output.

Set up equipment and prepare medical treatment rooms. Education

Vocational Nursing : Nursing Oct 2012

Vista College - Lubbock, TX

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