LPN
Resume:
Sasha Grace, LPN
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Willingboro, NJ 08046
************@*****.***
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Reliable, service-focused, professional LPN of more than 15 years providing quality clinical and skilled-care, excellent patient-care, precise charting, and advanced medical record documentation skills. Proficiently gives insight into medical conditions and evidence. Ability to adapt to constantly changing work environments while still providing and maintaining high quality care, working independently, utilizing sound clinical judgment and critical thinking skills under minimal supervision. Enthused and motivated to utilize 15 years of medical nursing, clinical experience, skills, and expertise.
EXPERIENCE
Behavioral Health Nurse, Ewing, NJ— Anne Klein Forensic Center MARCH 2023- PRESENT
Provide clinical support to Psychiatric, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Depressive, Drug & Alcohol dependent patients. Ensuring patients surroundings are safe and no harm caused their way:
● Illness Management and Recovery Instructor:
Teaching and instructing on Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Schizo-affective related diagnoses.
Teach effective medication compliance for home
medication management.
● Medication Management:
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians and pharmacists, to clarify medication orders and ensure accurate and timely administration of complex drug regimens. Perform daily audits of medication
administration records (MARs) for completeness and accuracy, identifying and correcting charting
discrepancies.
Utilize electronic and manual health record systems for precise medication ordering, documentation, and
reporting.
Conduct regular therapeutic communication to assess for suicidal ideations, ensuring compliance and safety regarding psychiatric and behavioral health medications.
● Medical Clinic/ Care Coordination Nurse:
Manage and coordinate patient flow, schedule follow-up appointments, specialist referrals, follow ups, X-rays, and EKGs.
● Infection Control Prevention:
Manage flu/covid testing and vaccinations and managing flu clinic.
SKILLS
Care Management
Leadership/Management
Care Coordination
EMR/EHR Systems: AlayaCare,
Point Click Care- PCC
Hospice Care
Level 3 Pediatrics
Discharge Planning
Medical chart Review
Data Entry
Nurse Liaison
Home Health
Behavioral Health
Medication Management
Instructor/ Patient Teaching
Quality Assurance
Chart Auditing
Clinic Nurse
Care Coordination
Transitional Care Management
Infection Control
Microsoft Proficiency: Outlook,
Teams
Perform data entry and track new admit vaccinations for patient and staff.
Maintain meticulous electronic health records (EHR) documentation of all patient encounters, treatments, and communications performing manual charting and daily auditing via Microsoft Outlook and Teams communication.
● Quality Assurance:
Prevent gaps in care and improve continuity of care performing audits of suicide screeners of patients transitioning from unit to unit and zzz discharge.
Perform Audits of Seclusion and Restraint orders.
Create spreadsheet of racial disparities in the discharge process at the facility to assist in transitional care management (TCM).
Newborn Nurses, Cherry Hill, NJ— Pediatric Nurse
DECEMBER 2016 - 2023
Provide care for ill and medically-needy children with medical and handicap needs consisting of Gastrostomy tubes and Tracheostomy, and ventilator care, spinal cord injury, wound care, and therapeutic care in school setting. Accompanying minors at a special service school and assisting with developmental tasks assigned by teachers and therapy staff.
● Apply knowledge and skills in accordance with accepted standards of clinical practice to facilitate problem resolution and achieve individualized patient goals and outcomes.
● Confer with the RN Supervisor regarding needed changes in the Plan of Treatment. Accept verbal orders from Physicians permitted by state law/regulations/Nurse Practice Act and communicate these orders to the RN Supervisor.
● Utilize a holistic approach in the provision of problem specific therapeutic interventions, teaching and training activities in accordance with the plan of care.
Maxim Healthcare Services, Cherry Hill, NJ — Hospice Nurse October 2013 - 2023
Lead nurse providing direct care, pain management, and comfort care for the terminally ill and therapeutic communication for family within the hospice program of care:
● Coordinate contact between hospitals following discharge to clarify orders, coordinate follow up appointments with medical transport companies.
● Ensure correct DME ordered and received for trach and ventilator patients to ensure the patient progresses through the continuum of care.
● Maintain & coordinate care and contact with patients, physicians, clinical manager(s), other members of the healthcare team in a timely manner regarding patient/family needs and status changes to determine level of care appropriateness
● Evaluates patient/ family needs in the preparation and executions of the interdisciplinary plan of care for each patient on the team and the effectiveness of treatments and monitors patients’ reactions. LICENSURES/ CERTIFICATIONS
Licensed Practical Nursing-
LPN
Basic Life Support-
BLS
HEDIS Informative Class- LB
Career Coaching Course of
Completion- 2022
Clinical Compliance
Emergency Preparedness
HomeMechanical Ventilation
School Nurse Orientation
Skilled Electronic Note
Infection Prevention
● Administered specified meds to patients to maintain a calm environment and comfort during final stages of life. Bayada Home Health, Cherry Hill, NJ— Home Health Nurse 2013 - 2023
Care for critically ill med/surgical infants and children with medical and handicap needs with Gastrostomy tubes, Tracheostomy, and on ventilators in the home health setting:
● Conducts ongoing assessments as determined by the infant, toddler, preschool, school-age or adolescent patient's condition and/or the client facility's policies, procedures or protocols
● Reports patient condition to appropriate personnel during each shift.
● Teach family and patients about current diagnosis and how to maintain a healthy environment.
● Documents patient care by narrative and flow sheet charting.
● Observes patients and reports adverse reactions.
● Documents patient assessment findings, physical/psychosocial responses to nursing intervention and progress towards problem resolution.
EDUCATION
Prism Career Institute- Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill, NJ — Licensed Practical Nursing
November 2010 - May 2011
Lincoln University- Coatesville, Pennsylvania
Psychology Major
199*-****-** Credit Hours
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