Vocational Nurse Licensed
Resume:
Steven R. Garza
346-***-**** E: ***.*********@*****.***
Houston, TX 77025
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Seasoned nursing professional offering proven clinical knowledge, natural interpersonal strengths, and technical abilities. Knowledgeable about EMR charting, medication administration and interdisciplinary collaboration focused on optimizing patient care and support. Quality-focused and efficiency-driven leader.
SKILLS
●Communication Skills
●Fluent in Spanish
●Excellent in negotiating and trying to reconcile differences.
●Proven performer of being responsible and relied upon.
●Trauma recovery
●Tracheostomy Care
●Strong clinical judgment
●Medication Administration
WORK HISTORY
Pediatric Home Health Nurse 06/2019 to Current
EAGLE HOME HEALTH CARE Katy, TX
●Provided compassionate nursing care to medically fragile children in home settings.
●Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
●Determined and addresses individual home care needs by completing detailed assessments and reviewing documentation.
●Communicated and explained course of care and medications, including side effects to caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
●Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
●Gathered patient data, cleaned wounds, and changed catheters as part of comprehensive support.
●Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising DON.
●Helped patient bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
●Handled variety of nursing tasks, including ventilation monitoring and wound care.
●Observed and documented patient factors such as diets and physical activity levels to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
●Applied nursing expertise to meet the needs of a Down Syndrome and Autism patient in a challenging home environment.
●Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
●Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists, and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
LVN Floor Nurse 02/2017 to 08/2019
WINDSONG CARE CENTER Pearland, TX
●Committed to ensure safety as the number one priority during each shift as well as relaying them to on coming nurses and nursing assistants.
●Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
●Delivered oral medications, intramuscular injections and IV fluids to mitigate or resolve patient symptoms.
●Communicated effectively with patients and family members to convey important instructions and discuss treatments.
●Worked under registered nurses to care for as many as 20 to 40 patients each shift, including those with conditions such as: trachea care, colostomy care, and G-tube care.
●Safely monitored and administered medications such as: psyche, insulin, antibiotics, diuretics, cardiovascular, and anti-coagulants.
●Utilized PointClickCare to document nursing assessments, treatments, medications, and discharge instructions.
●Established compassionate environment by providing psychological, emotional, and spiritual support to patients and families.
●Documented patient vitals, behaviors and conditions and communicated concerns to supervising ADON / DON.
●Circulated assigned floor to measure and record patients' fluid and food levels, implementing measures to promote healthy intake and output, as necessary.
●Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas, and performing catheterizations.
●Collaborated with healthcare team members to assess, implement, and evaluate nursing care plans.
●Managed medication cart and dispensed pills, oral therapies, and intramuscular injections to patients on acute and long-term floors.
EDUCATION
Associate of Applied Science Biology 08/2013
San Jacinto College District, Pasadena, TX
Associate of Applied Science LVN - HEALTH CARE SCIENCE 11/2016
San Jacinto College District, HOUSTON, TX
High School Diploma
Pasadena High School, Pasadena, TX
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