Higgins

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Skilled LPN offering expertise in clinical, total care, and correctional settings. Consistently earned praise from patients, family members and supervising clinical directors for delivering excellent nursing care. Eager to secure a full-time LPN position; available for all shifts Licenses

Practical Nursing- 5178710PN - in good standing

Professional Experience

Tampa Family Health Centers

April 2023-July 2023

LPN - Clinic Manager

Manage clinical matters of Pediatric. OB, Family Practice, Dental, Pharmacy. Scheduling of providers and support staff. Maintaining clinical supplies ordering through Mckesson, Hybrent and Staples. Submit payroll using ADP. Reviewing resumes for hire and hiring interviews. Employee terminations and written counseling’s. Scheduling, conducting, and logging monthly staff meeting. Completing staff evaluations. Complete site inspections.

Naphcare

January 2021 - Current (PRN Status)

LPN- Unit nurse

correctional facility that cares for chronic and acute health needs, as well as clinical setting, dispensing medication (oral, IV, IM, SQ), blood glucose monitoring, lab/specimen collection, vital sign collection, wound care, assisting providers with procedures, care for pts with mental illness, total care, care for detoxing pts, transcribing HCP orders, triage pt needs, flow sheet charting, emergency response. Children’s Orthopedic and Scoliosis Surgery Associates. November 2018 – January 2021

Triage Nurse

Pre and Post operation telephone triage for pediatric patient surgeries. Orthopedic teaching, cast care instruction. Splint and harness application, care, and teaching. Triage scheduling calls for appointment urgency. Doctor assistance with all forms ei FMLA forms, Workers Compensation, insurance reimbursement forms, school and work notes. Chart reviews and preparation. Case management assistance for families that need extra assistance finding funding, referred out scheduling appointment assistance, and ensure follow up appointment assistance.

Tampa Family Health Center

February 2015 – November 2018

Center Manager – July 2017- November 2018

Manage clinical matters of Pediatric. OB, Family Practice, Dental, Pharmacy. Scheduling of providers and support staff. Maintaining clinical supplies ordering through Mckesson and clerical supplies through Staples. Submit payroll using Paycom and ADP. Reviewing resumes for hire and hiring interviews. Employee terminations and written counseling’s. Scheduling, conducting, and logging monthly staff meeting. Completing staff evaluations. Complete site inspections. Clinical Case Manager – July 2016 to July 2017

Case manager assists clinic patients one on one to meets medical needs. Assists in finding and scheduling difficult specialty visits. Provides resources for government programs. Meets patients at initial visits if appropriate. Assists in finding resources for medication. Assists in scheduling transportations, Encourage care plan compliance. Provides patient teaching on chronic and acute diseases. Participates in community events- free screenings, back to school physicals, free mammogram bus events. Clinical Nurse Manager- October 2015- July 2016

Manger clinical matters of Pediatric. OB, Family Practice. Scheduling of providers and support staff. Maintaining supplies ordering through Mckesson. Submit payroll using Paycom and ADP. Reviewing resumes for hire and hiring interviews. Employee terminations and written counseling’s. Scheduling and logging monthly staff meeting. Completing staff evaluations. Floor LPN – February 2015 – October 2015

clinic LPN include giving medications in both oral and injectable form; educating patients about medications or treatments; give childhood immunizations, scheduling specialist appointments or hospital admissions, Provider support with procedures-set up and clean up. Triage in person and telephonically. Belvedere Common of Tampa

September 2014 – July 2015

Assisted Living Facility duties-complete transfer/discharge paper work as appropriate, complete resident assessment instrument, use resident assessment to help set measurable goals and objects in a care plan that meets the resident’s physical, mental and psychosocial needs, administer medications, maintain proper surveillance of medications and records for controlled drugs, arrange for tests and procedures and follow up to ensure completion, evaluate residents regularly for evidence of changes in condition using assessment skills based on accepted nursing standards, monitor resident weights and vital signs, monitor resident positioning and use of supports, monitor resident activities and prescribed therapies, assess need for preventive and restorative programs to ensure optimum achievable quality of life for each resident, evaluate resident for skin integrity and functional status; respond to emergency calls in residential living area, supervise documentation in the health record to ensure timely and complete entries, report and document change in resident’s, report and document incidents or unusual occurrences according to facility policy, initiate and discontinue charting at appropriate times according to facility policy, receive physician’s orders, process them and update care plan accordingl.

Grace Point Health Care (formally MHC)- Forensic Treatment Program- January 21, 2013 – February 2015

Residential facility that treats forensic patients with co-occurring diagnoses. LPN works with a team of professionals in attempts to restore competency by medication therapy, group therapy, life skills training, and individual training. LPN is responsible with dispensing medication (oral, IM, SQ), blood glucose monitoring, vital sign collection, lab/specimen collections, wound care, assisting providers with procedures, care for pts with mental illness, transcribing HCP orders, triage patient needs, flow sheet charting, maintaining pharmacy needs, supervise team of Mental Health Technicians, and emergency response Armor Correctional Health Services, Inc. -Tampa, FL September 2007 - October 2012

LPN correctional facility that cares for chronic and acute health needs, as well as clinical setting, dispensing medication (oral, IV, IM, SQ), blood glucose monitoring, lab/specimen collection, vital sign collection, wound care, assisting providers with procedures, care for pts with mental illness, total care, care for detoxing pts, transcribing HCP orders, triage pt needs, flow sheet charting, emergency response. Education

Fortis College of Nursing-Tampa, Fl

Graduated 2010

Erwin Technical School of Practical Nursing-Tampa FL Graduated 2007

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