Office Medical
Resume:
Nicole Daniels
Prince Frederick MD, 20678
Objective: To obtain a responsible role in the field of nursing where my skills and knowledge can be enhanced and utilized effectively.
EDUCATION:
LPN PROGRAM: College of Southern Maryland, Laplata, MD
Graduated: August 2009
CLINICALS: 2007-Present
• Geriatric – St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Genesis HealthCare
• Med/Surg. –St. Mary’s Hospital
• Surgical – St. Mary’s Hospital
• Med/Surg.-Southern Maryland Hospital, St. Mary’s Hospital
• Critical Care-Southern Maryland Hospital
• OB-Southern Maryland Hospital
• Pediatrics- Children’s National Medical Center
• Emergency- Southern Maryland Hospital
SKILLS AND CERTIFICATIONS:
• Direct care of patients
• Educated patients for home care and discharge planning
• Operated and maintained bio-medical equipment
• Medical terminology and medication administration skills
• Maintained sterile fields and application of dressings
• Catheter, IV, and suctioning training
• Charting and documentation of patient care
• Acute and chronic care experience
• P.C. and Microsoft Office literate
• C.N.A license # A00093196, State of Maryland, 2008
• Professional C.P.R. License, American Red Cross, Renewed 2009
EXPERIENCE:
Licensed Practical Nurse: Chesapeake Shores Skilled Nursing and Rehab Facility, Great Mills Rd. Lexington Park, MD- November 15, 2010- present
• Providing the admission assessment of new residents to the facility upon admission to the facility.
• Giving injections to include: Ativan, Lovenox, Vitamin b12, insulin, and Procrit as ordered.
• Direct patient care of 25 residents.
• Supervising and giving assignments to GNA’s on the floor.
• Providing skin assessments and wound care per facility protocol.
• Providing care to ortho and surgical patients per MD orders.
• Suture removal and staple removal.
• Initiating IV therapy.
• Accessing and giving medications intravenously via PICC line.
• Bolus feedings per MD orders through PEG tube, J-tube and G-tube.
• G-tube feedings via continuous pump per MD orders.
• Primary contact between patient and MD.
• Obtaining orders as needed.
• Obtaining labs and getting results to the MD.
• Monitoring PT/INR and making changes to Coumadin dosage per MD orders.
• Assessing for any potential change of condition and notifying MD for further orders.
• Responding to emergencies within the facility.
• Medicare documentation.
• Investigating incidents and determining root cause.
• Critical thinking to add interventions to permit further incidents from occurring.
Licensed Practical Nurse: Women’s Surgery Center, 104 Ridgely Ave. Annapolis, MD- July 26, 2010-October 29, 2010
• Triaging patients over the phone post operatively.
• Calling patients the day after surgery to follow up with them on their status.
• Calling in prescriptions to pharmacy.
• Writing orders for various labs/diagnostic studies and mailing them or faxing them for patients.
• Pre-authorizations for Diagnostic testing or medications with insurance companies.
• Responsible for handling prescription refills for patients.
• Performing patient care when patients are in office.
• Removing surgical staples in office.
• Removing foley catheters post operatively for patients in office.
• Setting up for many different procedures.
• Sending paps/biopsies out to laboratory.
• Giving patient injections as ordered by physician.
• Tracking all labs and diagnostic testing for patients under 3 physicians- mailing letters to patients regarding results and setting aside if results require further review by physician.
• Filing and setting appointments as needed to assist the front office staff.
Licensed Practical Nurse: Annapolis Pediatrics, 200 Forbes St. Annapolis, MD - Oct. 2009-July 24, 2010
• Responsible for performing patient care to up to 3 patients at a time under 1 physician throughout the day in a very busy and fast paced pediatric office.
• Triaging acute visit patients- to include vital signs and focused assessment.
• Measuring and prepping patients for physical exams.
• Obtaining cultures.
• Performing urinalysis, rapid strep tests, mono spot testing, rapid flu tests, CBC’s, HcG tests, hearing and vision screenings, etc.
• Preparing labs to be sent out of office.
• Plating throat cultures/urine cultures in office.
• Reading throat cultures/urine cultures in office at 24 hr/48 hr.
• Performing QC on lab equipment as needed.
• Charting and documenting all patient care.
• Providing nebulizer treatments as ordered by physician.
• Providing teaching as needed to patients/parents.
• Irrigating wounds/applying dressings.
• Performing in/out catheterizations in office for specimen collection.
• Performing ear lavages as ordered by physicians.
• Giving appropriate vaccines for well child visits as ordered by physician.
• Giving IM doses of Rocephin, IM doses of Synagis, etc in office per physician order.
• Calling in prescriptions to pharmacy for patients per physicians order.
Certified Nursing Assistant: St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown Md, 2008-Oct. 2009
• Performed patient care in a long term, Acute care Community Hospital.
• Responsible for patient care of 29 bed unit.
• Charted and documented activities.
• Worked as part of a Health Care team along with Physicians, Nurses, and Respiratory Therapist.
• Certified IV tech.
• Perform POC testing.
• Provide care for a diverse population.
• One on one observation of Psychiatric patients.
• Assist in Triaging patients.
• Performing EKG’s.
• Applied Splints, provided patients with crutches, and teaching
• Assist with pelvic exams.
• Assist with central line placements.
• Handle, operate and maintain the medical equipments.
• Strong ability to perform the vital signs monitoring.
• Irrigate wounds and apply dressing.
Unit Secretary: St. Mary’s Hospital, Leonardtown Md, June 2007-2008
• Put Physician orders in the computer.
• Answered the phone.
• Paged Physicians on-call.
• Arranging for transfer of patients to higher level of care.
• Calling operator in code situations.
• On standby during a code.
Professional Affiliations:
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
References:
Available upon request.
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