Charge Nurse, Rehabilitation, LTC
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HEATHER ANDERSON
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Dallas, TX *****
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EDUCATION
Nursing
Navarro College, Corsicana, TX
Medical Assisting/Phlebotomy
Platt College - Moore, Oklahoma
City, OK
Certified Medication Aide
McLennan Community College,
Waco, TX
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Proven LVN Charge Nurse with extensive experience at LeaderStat Staffing, adept in medication administration and fostering team collaboration. Excelled in patient care coordination, significantly improving treatment outcomes. Skilled in wound care and proficient in PCC documentation, consistently delivering high-quality care and enhancing patient recovery processes. Passionate Nurse with demonstrated experience in hospital settings. Proven ability to build strong relationships with patients and families while providing compassionate care. Offers strong task prioritization and organizational skills.
SKILLS
Medication Administration Vital signs monitoring
Patient Care Coordination Team Collaboration
Wound Care sterile/non sterile,
wound vacuum trained
Foley catheter insertion and
monitoring
Documentation in PCC.
WORK HISTORY
November 2023 - May 2024
LVN Charge Nurse, LeaderStat Staffing - Keyser Healthcare Center, Keyser, WV
June 2023 - August 2023
LVN Charge Nurse, LeaderStat Staffing-Wellsburg Healthcare Center, Beech Bottom, WV
Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
Promoted continuity of care by maintaining comprehensive medical records and updating physicians on significant changes in patients'' conditions.
Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
Trach care, cleaning and removal of inter cannula, maintaining proper humidified oxygen to patients with tracheostomy.
Post surgical wound care.
Championed infection control practices within the unit by strictly adhering January 2023 - February 2023
LVN Charge Nurse, LeaderStat Agency- Berkeley Springs Healthcare Cen, Berkeley Springs, WV
December 2021 - September 2022
LVN Charge Nurse, Nursa- Mesa Vista Of Boulder, Boulder, CO May 2021 - December 2021
LVN Charge Nurse, Maxim Healthcare-Mesa Vista Of Boulder, Boulder, CO
to guidelines and educating staff on proper procedures. Cultivated strong working relationships with physicians by maintaining open communication, providing timely updates on patients'' status, and actively participating in care coordination efforts. Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions to communicate concerns to supervising nurse.
Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records.
Cultivated strong working relationships with physicians by maintaining open communication, providing timely updates on patients'' status, and actively participating in care coordination efforts. Documented using PCC for charting on patient care. 15 minute checks on patients on suicide watch at this Psychiatric facility. Room checks on weekly basis for item patients could use to harm themselves.
Weekly Psychiatric meeting with the team and patient to monitor medications outcomes and overall stay for possible issues at the facility. Helped set new policy with administration for safety reasons everything brought into the facility should be searched by staff before given to patients.
Worked closely with all administrative, MD, Psychiatrist, Nursing, Social Worker and all other interdisciplinary team for the plan of care for patients. Monitored Patient's with various Psychiatric disorders from ages 19-78. Monitored blood tests for psychiatric medication administration. Obtained drug testing for those patients with substance abuse issues. Mentored those patients into getting help for those substance abuse issues.
Admissions nurse when new patient arrived to facility. Worked closely with Psychiatrist and MD when patient would have any March 2021 - April 2021
LVN Charge Nurse, CareerStaff- Mountain Ridge Center, Franklin, NH
January 2021 - March 2021
LVN Charge Nurse, CareerStaff-Uptown Nursing &
Rehabilitation Center, Albuquerque, NM
September 2020 - December 2020
LVN Charge Nurse, James L. West, Fort Worth, TX
change in condition or refused to take court ordered medications. Charted comprehensive nursing notes on all psychiatric patients in PCC. Provided wound care and wound vacuum care.
Answered patient calls, identified issues, and determined how best to help within established parameters.
Presented information regarding diagnoses, conditions, illnesses, treatments and outcomes to patients and families in clear, easy-to- understand terminology.
Assessed and assisted patients with diverse range and comorbid chronic diagnosis, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, congestive heart failure (CHF), diabetes, and sepsis. Educated patients on disease prevention and health maintenance. Provided continuous assessment of patients in Skilled/Quarantine Unit from admission to discharge.
Analyzed charts and utilized data to recommend proper treatment courses to physicians.
Monitored patients with incontinence issues, both after procedures and in recovery from trauma, installing catheters and monitoring bedpans to keep patients safe and comfortable.
Administered high consequence medications with exacting accuracy, monitoring patients for side effects, and supporting patient comfort and comprehensive recovery.
Monitored infection control procedures to verify facility-wide health and safety.
Supported nurses in providing routine wound care and attending to complex lacerations and wound care.
Assessed vital signs every hour due to Covid, monitor for change in condition, promptly notify doctor of those changes, place new orders in PCC, discontinue changed orders, transfer patients out to hospital as needed.
Performed Covid 19 testing on patients and employees. Performed Covid 19 charting in PCC.
September 2020 - November 2020
LVN Charge Nurse, Remarkable Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center, Fort Worth, TX
March 2020 - September 2020
LVN Charge Nurse- Covid Unit, Step Down Covid Unit, Senior Care Of Stonegate, Fort Worth, TX
March 2018 - September 2019
LVN Charge Nurse-Skilled Nursing, Brookdale Broadway Cityview, Fort Worth, TX
Called every patient's family giving an update of condition. Admissions Nurse for new patients arriving to facility. Supervised CNA's performing ADL's and masking sure they had the proper PPE equipment on correctly.
Administered medications oral, rectal, IV, IM, SQ, optical and topical. Performed wound care sterile and non-sterile.
Performed glucose monitoring and administration of insulin as needed. Performed in and out catheter insertion for urinalysis. Worked directly with DON to implement new changes with nursing staff. Responsible care for 24 patients in Long-Term Care Setting. Supervising CMA and CNA staff when performing their essential duties in the facility.
Administered medications oral, rectal, IM, SQ, optical, and topical. Documented all patients outcomes in PCC.
Monitor for any sign and symptoms of Covid fever, diarrhea, headaches, poor appetite, extreme tiredness.
CPR performed when needed until EMS arrived.
Assessed patients every hour, monitor for any change in condition, promptly contacting MD of changes, put MD orders into PCC, discontinued orders if given.
Performed Covid 19 testing on patients.
Oversaw patient conditions, administered medicine, performed interventions and took detailed records in PCC.
Administered mediations oral, IV, IM, topical, rectal and optical. Worked closely with all staff nursing and non-nursing. Admitted patients into and transferred out of the facility using PCC. Monitored patients' incisions from various surgical procedures (hip replacements, knee replacements, amputations, new tracheostomy placement).
Rehabilitation from various broken bones.
Foley catheter placement and removal.
Sterile/non sterile wound care.
Wound vacuum care.
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