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LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
Career Overview
A nurse focused on quality improvement and service excellence, with a proven ability to manage case load effectively and efficiently, to improve quality of care and health outcomes, and to communicate effectively with all members of the health care continuum.Results-driven business leader with proven ability to establish rapport with clients and to drive sales.
Core Strengths
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Accomplishments
Inventory control
- Implemented new inventory management system which increased product availability and reduced downtime for office.
Process improvement
- Created new departmental procedures manual.
- Assessed organizational training needs.
Developed and managed
- Developed a medical response team to oversee the medical care of kids with exceptional medical needs. Managed 6 team members and cared for approximately 40 kids while at camp.
Team development
- Organized safety and security program that increased response time of internal and external alert systems by at least 50%
Management
- Managed two grants with a combined 10 employees.
Work Experience
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterPhoenix , MDLicensed Practical Nurse01/2007
Greater Baltimore Medical CenterBaltimore , MDLicensed Practical Nurse01/2013 to Current
- One of Oklahoma City's top clinician owned home health agencies offering wide ranging services from skilled nursing care and physical therapy; to occupational therapy, speech therapy, and psychiatric nursing.
- Provided Skilled Nursing services to patients in both home and assisted living facility settings.
- Composed detailed daily reports for each patient and presented findings with 100% accuracy to physicians, the interdisciplinary team including the facility nurses, patients, and Universal Home Health case managers.
- Ensured accurate and timely reporting to preserve continuity of care between staff changes.
- Performed skilled assessments along with other treatment modalities, approved by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing for LPNs, to help an individual reach their own maximum level of functioning.
- Skills include (but are not limited too): Physical assessment, wound care, diabetes management, education, medication administration, venipuncture, colostomy care, suprapubic catheter care, foley / straight catheter insertion, IM and SQ injections, PT/INR collection, IV care, and other approved skills.
- Developed working relationships with assisted living facility staff, nurses and aides, to facilitate desired patient medical outcomes.
- Provided care to 50 patients weekly with 100% accuracy with around 95% efficiency.
Bickford Senior LivingLansing Charter , MI01/2011 to 01/2013
- Provide a culturally-sensitive, quality health care system for American Indians and Alaska Natives, which leads to health promotion and disease prevention through a multi-disciplinary team using holistic and evidence-based practices that address all health issues and educational needs while protecting individual confidentiality.
- Licensed Practical Nurse / Injury Prevention Coordinator / Safety Committee Chairman Provided skilled nursing services from pediatric to geriatric patients.
- Transcribed and recorded with 100% accuracy medical records into the new electronic health records (EHR) system.
- Devised systems to ensure timely and accurate care to patients, ordering of supplies, and documenting of patient immunizations.
- Devised safety drills through a multidisciplinary approach, monitored progress, and reported progress directly to health systems administrator.
- Skills utilized: Patient assessment, immunization administration, assisted physicians with procedures, laboratory specimen collection, wound care, EKG, I.V.; IM, SQ and ID injections; pulmonary function testing, and phone triage.
- Managed the Injury Prevention Department with an annual budget of $70,000 dollars.
- Lead the development of the largest health fair in the AST clinic history - to include over 50 different vendors, the support of surrounding schools and different Native American Tribes.
- Increased the response time for Code Blue medical emergencies by 50% and Code Pink by 100%.
- Enlisted as a "super-user" to train existing and new employees on the EHR system Managed nursing students' and medical assistant students' practical rotations.
Gritman Medical CenterMoscow , IDLicensed Practical Nurse01/2008 to 01/2011
- Clinic that provided medical care to active duty service members and their families to support the military in its mission ready status.
- Supported the mission by working closely with the military physicians to provide medical care to active duty and retired military service members' children.
- With 100% compliance, continued to support the mission through the various training required of the contract medical workers and Government Service employees.
- Mentored and lead 20 nursing students through their practical rotations.
Educational Background
Masters of Business Administration:Health Care2013Southern Nazarene University, City, StateGPA: GPA: 3.67
Health Care GPA: 3.67
Bachelor of Science:Family Studies and Gerontology2011Southern Nazarene University, City, StateGPA: GPA: 3.44Family Studies and Gerontology GPA: 3.44
Skills
- Direct marketing to clients
- Proficient with Word, Excel, PP, Kinnser, Photoshop, and other systems; also proficient with standard office equipment
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School Attended
- Southern Nazarene University
Job Titles Held:
- Licensed Practical Nurse
Degrees
- Masters of Business Administration : Health Care 2013
Bachelor of Science : Family Studies and Gerontology 2011
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