Emergency Department Medical Surgical
Resume:
(Cell) 623-***-****
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Sarah E. Fortune
Objectives/
Introduction:
My objective is to retain a position as a licensed practical nurse (LPN) within your practice.
I have a good attitude, a good heart and know how to work as a team player. I am an eager learner. I am otherwise a proactive, ambitious, a very caring, compassionate, and giving individual.
I finished the Nursing Program at University of Phoenix to become a registered nurse (RN) with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). I am currently working towards taking my NCLEX state board exam.
Education:
Finished RN/BSN Program in November 2016.
University of Phoenix *Main-Phoenix Campus
1625 W Fountainhead Parkway
Tempe, AZ 85282
Professional Experience:
June 2002 - Dec 2017 *CNA/LPN on Med/Surg/Trauma/Ortho
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
1111 East McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ 85006
Transferred Jan 2008 - Sept 2017 *LPN in the Emergency Department
Banner Estrella Medical Center
9201 West Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85037
Sept 2017 - Dec 2017 *LPN/Pre-Op & Procedures-Recovery Nurse/Triage
Arizona Academic Urology and Urogynecology (AUUA)
14044 W Camelback Rd Suite# 118
Litchfield Park, AZ 85340
May 2018 – February 2021 *LPN for Pediatric Home Health Care
EPIC/Aveanna Healthcare
4745 N 7th St Suite# 432
Phoenix, AZ 85014
March 2020 – Nov 2020 *LPN for SNF/Skilled Rehab/LTC
Glencroft Care Center for Modern Aging
8611 N 67th Ave
Glendale, AZ 85302
June 2021 – Current *LPN per Diem/PRN Rapid Response & Travel
Snap Nurse
675 N Ponce De Leon Ave NE Suite# 8500
Atlanta, GA 30308
Dec 2007 – Current *LPN /Staffing Services per Diem /PRN
Integrated Healthcare Staffing Solutions
3707 N 7th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014
Aug 2021 – Sept 2021 *LPN for Saguaro Correctional Facility
Core Civic *Only did training, forced to resign
Aug 2021 – Sept 2021 *LPN for Covid Kiosk & Minute Clinic
CVS Pharmacy *Only did training, forced to resign
Professional Experience
Continued:
Feb 2020 – March 2020 *RN Nurse Extern, then transitioned to LPN pool for Behavioral Health
ValleyWise Behaviorial Health
5102 West Campbell Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85031
Volunteer
Work:
American Lung Association’s Camp-Not-A-Wheeze
Asthma Camp, age groups from 6-12 years old, during the summers of 2006 - 2010. Volunteered as medical staff for the campers.
The ‘Not Your Average Joe’ Gibson Foundation Race
Assisted with the Joe Gibson race in 2010 - 2011.
Country Gardens Charter School
Volunteered on many of the school’s in-state and out of country trips as a stand-by-on-call Nurse (LPN) while students were educated in the rainforests of Costa Rica, Panama; and other in-state trips; assisted saving and rescuing endangered species, i.e. (sloth, sea turtles, etc.) while attending to the students from 2007 - 2011.
Banner Estrella Medical Center/American Heart Association
Volunteered for the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Heart Walk. I was a Heart Walk Captain for AHA for our Emergency Department ; I assisted with raising money and compiling a team for the races/walk for BEMC’s Emergency Department; from 2011 – 2013.
Maricopa County of Department Health
Volunteered to assist with administering COVID vaccinations from 2020-2021. At the Arizona State Fair Grounds & Arizona Diamond Back’s Stadium
Skills,
Training.
Certifications,
Competencies:
1.University of Phoenix, LPN to BSN Program; (GPA 3.5)
2.Proficient with Microsoft’s Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook Express.
3.Millennium, Cerner, Power Chart, and First Net (Super User)
4.Completed a keyboard typing course satisfactorily.
5.Proficient with Health Quest, Med Series 4, Millennium, mPages, Kronos, Premise-Bed board, All-Scripts, Scanning, EKG usage/downloading, POCT, IPOC, EMR and Discharged Patient Call Backs. *Currently Learning Well Sky.
6.Experienced in wound care/ostomy site changes, Wound Vac. Drains, and other miscellaneous drains.
7.Member of the Service Excellence Committee, Participated in Shared Leadership Council/Committee at BGSMC and BEMC Intermittently from 2002 to 2017.
8.Assisted with the Discharged Patient Call Back Process for BEMC’s 4 th, 5th, and 6 th floors, and within the Emergency Department.
9.Experienced in the Downtime process, when the computers go down, switching to paper-light systems/folders; I know what the process is and how to train others to assist with the process.
10.Cross trained and worked as a HUS/HUC on Renal/Transplant/Orthopedic/Medical/Surgical/Trauma, and Medical/Neurological ICU floors though LDW/AWP Intermittently from 2003-2006 at BGSMC.
11.Worked as a HUS/ HUC on Oncology and Medical/Surgical/Orthopedics floors through LDW/AWP from March-May 2011 at BEMC.
12.Mass Decontamination/ Emergency Management Team Member at BEMC, also trained/certified in DTRA for IRNIR.
13.BLS/CPR certified since 1996 and current.
Skills,
Training.
Certifications,
Competencies.
Continued:
14.ACLS certified since 2008 but expired December 2017.
15.Mock Code Trial Training.
16.Have 10 years training with application of casts/splinting
17.Training with interpretation of EKGs.
18.Get a Lift Super User, trained in traction devices.
19.Assisted the IV SWAT Team at BGSMC from 2002 to 2007 and received IV Ultrasound certification in 2013 via BEMC.
20.Active TB Reader via Banner Health valid until 2017.
21.Active Fingerprint Clearance Card and active LPN license.
22.Annual TB test & Mask fittings, Chicken Pox, and MMR titers, and Influenza vaccinations are all up to date, now received CoVID-19 vaccine, also have had antibodies to CoVID-19.
23.Roles and responsibilities as an LPN include doing treatments/interventions, medications, assessments, the disposition of patients, assisting with the patient’s plan of care; and working along-side the RN, and other providers collaboratively, assisting with procedures, pre-op/triage, charting/documenting these things; this also includes:
24.Doing IV starts, blood draws, splint/orthotic applications, changing wound dressings, extensive wound care;
25.Tracheostomy care/dressing changes and suctioning, stable ventilator patients;
26.Peg, G/J-Tube care, and tube feeding administration, insertion of Foley/Straight catheters, and nasogastric/Duo tubes.
27.The monitoring of intake and output, drains, vital signs, blood sugar checks/diabetes monitoring and teaching.
28.Skilled in the care of the pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations; within the hospital, clinics, (SNFs) skilled nursing facilities, (HHC) home health care settings, and Hospice.
29.I worked in (LTC) Long-term care/Rehab, Home Health, Behavioral Health/Psych, Telemetry, Oncology/Transplant, Orthopedics, Neurology, Medical/Surgical/Trauma, Emergency Department, Hospice, and COVID units.
30.Approximately going on 21 years of nursing experience!
Goals/
Interests:
I just want to help people wherever I go, I want to make a difference in this world, within our community. I want to belong and commit to a work culture that provides such.
I want what I do to matter, and feel good doing it, hopefully with a team that I can grow with, be/feel reliable with, endure with... hopefully becoming a nursing leader and/or educator one day.
~Thank you so much for your time…
I hope you have a wonderful day! <3
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