Licensed Practical Nurse with 19 years experience in healthcare. Skilled in providing Hospice home health, home health, acute hospice, medical surgical, emergency room, skilled nursing, long term care, and corrections.
Licensed Practical Nurse
October 2017 to
Current
Corizon Correctional Health -
Brentwood,
TN
Provide quality care during Nurse Sick Call – assessments can be completed under the direction of a Registered Nurse. Medication administration. Respond to medical emergencies. Wound Care. Perform treatments and procedures according to nursing department guidelines. Assist Providers with medical treatment. Keeps Registered Nurse informed regarding changing conditions and other pertinent information.
Licensed Practical Nurse
June 2017 to
Current
Arista Home Health and Hospice -
Tucson,
AZ
Home care environment nursing duties physical assessment, neurological assessment, safety and fall assessment, wound care including wound vacs, colostomy care, foley care, tracheostomy care.
Licensed Practical Nurse
March 2016 to
June 2017
Handmaker Jewish Services for the Aging -
Tucson,
Arizona
Responsible for 18 or more patients for medication administration such as intravenous, oral, transdermal, topical, injectable medications. Provided treatment such as dressing changes including wound vacs. Provided patients with colostomy , tracheostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, and catheter care, insertions, and removals. Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Licensed Practical Nurse
February 2016 to
March 2016
Assurance Home Care -
Tucson,
Arizona
Coordinated with doctors and registered nurses to provide continuity of care with the patient's plan of care. Performed all tasks primarily patient assessments, patient care needs, treatments with a patient-centered focus. Evaluating the patient's progression and/or digression and providing the patient with new interventions and plan of care. Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care.
Licensed Practical Nurse
December 2015 to
February 2016
Concentric Healthcare Staffing -
Scottsdale,
Arizona
Employed as an agency LPN in the skilled, long term, and corrections setting.
Duties included medication administration, treatments, colostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care and wound vacs. Computerized documentation in the majority of settings.
Licensed Practical Nurse
September 2014 to
November 2014
Corizon Healthcare -
Brentwood,
TN
Employed as the medication and treatment nurse at the prison hospital located on the Rincon unit. Administered medications to 32 inmates via oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and transdermal applications. Treatments mostly dressing changes, tracheostomy, colostomy, and wound vacs. Provided medication administration and patient assessments for Rincon unit in the psych unit.
Licensed Practical Nurse
April 2014 to
December 2015
Northern Cochise Nursing Home -
Willcox,
AZ
Responsible for 24 bed long term care unit. Responsible for medication administration, treatments, admissions and discharges. Documentation was all paper charting. Long term care unit closed down by the hospital.
Licensed Practical Nurse
May 2013 to
September 2014
Northern Cochise Nursing Home -
Wilcox,
AZ
Provided primary care for 24 bed nursing home residents. Administered medications, preformed wound care with weekly documentation of measurements. Preformed admissions, discharges, and patient and family education for new medications or treatments.
Licensed Practical Nurse
March 2013 to
April 2013
Corizon Healthcare -
Brentwood,
TN
Performed nursing duties on the Santa Rita unit of the Arizona State Prison at Wilmot. Provided medication administration for four yards which averaged giving 230 to 300 prisoners their morning, afternoon, and evening medications. Assisted the doctors and Nurse Practitioner's with exam's. Triaged inmates for nursing care daily.
Licensed Practical Nurse
September 2012 to
March 2013
Wexford Health Sourse -
Pittsburgh,
PA
Performed nursing duties on the Santa Rita unit of the Arizona State Prison at Wilmot. Provided medication administration for four yards which averaged giving 230 to 300 prisoners their morning, afternoon, and evening medications. Assisted the doctors and Nurse Practitioner's with exam's. Triaged inmates for nursing care daily.