Registered Nurse
Resume:
Youngor Josiah, RN, MHCA
***** ****** *******, ****** ******, MD 20906
240-***-**** (home) dla2u6@r.postjobfree.com 240-***-**** (cell)
OBJECTIVE: To obtain a position in long term care, health care management, home health care, pharmaceutical sales, public health and or as a clinical/staff nurse thereby utilizing my education, clinical and interpersonal skills, communication, writing, delegating, willingness to learn and adapt, and experiences in order to impact the rapidly evolving health care environment.
PROFILE:
● Goal directive, results oriented ●Critical thinking
● Strong medical background and education ●Resourceful problem solver
● Develop rapport with patient’s, staff, physicians ●Ability to multi-task effectively
● Self motivated, team player and reliable ●Program management/assessment
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Prince Georges County Public Schools 12/08-present
Health Services-Professional School Registered Nurse
Communicable Disease/Compliance:
● Following MD state laws for reporting communicable disease and student exclusions
● Monitoring students and providing resources for students with communicable diseases
● Ensuring immunization compliance while adhering to state and school immunization laws and implementing PGCPS procedures for exclusion.
● Providing resources to students and families e.g. health department in order to gain immunization compliance.
● Developing and implementing emergency health care plans for students with health conditions
● Training school staff and administration how to identify and intervene for students with serious health conditions e.g. inhaler use for asthma emergencies.
● Conducting yearly Blood Borne Pathogen Training to all school personnel.
● Conducts health screenings e.g. Vision and Hearing according to state laws and PGCPS health services procedures and ensuring that all findings are accurate with referrals and documented
Nursing Process/Nursing Interventions/ Healthcare Ethics:
● Initiating and maintaining a cumulative health folder (PDS-5) for every student and
documenting in accordance with nursing standards.
● Conducting nursing assessments for students in a comprehensive and accurate manner while adhering to documentation and assessment standards.
● Analyzing nursing diagnoses in order to develop health plans as well as evaluating student health plans for progress towards attainment of goals and outcomes, and revising health plans as needed.
● Ensuring that health care provider orders and parent authorizations are in place for all medications/treatments per school based medication policy.
● Administering medications and treatments to students with appropriate documentation.
● Providing appropriate nursing care for students with illness and injury in compliance with PGCPS health services, state, federal and national standards.
● Providing health information in a manner that protects the privacy of health data according to federal and Maryland law.
● Reporting and documenting suspected child abuse /neglect, according to PGCPS procedures and Maryland law.
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240-***-**** (cell)
Gentiva Health Services 02/09-present
Home Health Registered Nurse
Patient Care/Education/Clinical Skills:
●Educating patients about various disease processes, conditions, and medications e.g. dosing, side effects, routes, timing, drug and food interactions, drug interactions, etc.
● Conducting head-to-toe assessments, vital signs, medication administration, wound care with dressing changes, tube feedings, blood draws, inserting Foley catheter’s, tracheotomy care with suctioning, blood glucose via finger stick, administration of insulin, conducting PT/INR via finger stick, providing health services at various patients residents/facilities, etc.
Collaboration of Care/Compliance with Documentation Standards:
●Implementing Agency Established Plan of care for unlicensed personnel e.g. Home Health Aides to adhere to when providing care/activities of daily living for patients.
● Serving as an advocate and liaison between patients and health care team e.g. Doctors, Physical and Occupational therapists, Social workers, Speech therapists etc.
● Documenting assessment findings, vital signs, home environment for safety and precautions using agency established documentation, while adhering to Federal and State documentation standards for Medicare/Medicaid/various insurance providers standards.
● Documenting using Medicare established documentation/protocols known as OASIS.
George Washington University Hospital 7/06-12/2010
Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse (Neurology/Orthopedics)
Clinical Skills:
●Taking vital signs, medication administration, starting IV’s, blood draws, dressing changes
●EKG monitoring and placing of electrodes, interpreting EKG’s, blood administration
●PCA machines, head to toe assessments of neurological, orthopedics, and stroke patient’s
●Tracheotomy care and suction, use of CPM machines for orthopedic patients
●Blood glucose readings, administration of insulin, care of central lines, care of TURP patient’s
●Administering IV medications, reading and interpretation of laboratory data, bolus medications
●Inserting Foley catheter’s, monitoring and caring for seizure video EEG patients
Teamwork/Collaboration of Care:
●Ensuring that various disciplines such as social work, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation services, radiology, laboratory, pharmacy and the entire health care network participate, communicate and adhere to established plan of care in order to threat various patient’s accordingly.
●Collaborating and delegating to unlicensed assistive personnel as well as LPN’s and or Nursing Assistants in order to achieve patient goals and objectives.
● Providing preceptorship for new graduates-Registered Nurses while adhering to hospital and state standards/protocols for clinical skills, medication administration, vital signs
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
●University of Maryland, College Park, Masters of Health Care Administration, 12/ 2006
●Marymount University, Arlington-Virginia, Nursing, 12/ 2005
●University of Maryland, College Park, B.S., Public and Community Health, 12/ 2002
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES
●CPR, NIH stroke certification, telemetry
●RN Licensure in Maryland, DC and Virginia
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