Carolyn Warford
Amite,LA
Summary
Dedicated LPN Nursing professional with a proven track record at The Lodge at Tangipines, specializing in geriatric and palliative care. Expert in vital signs monitoring and compassionate care, consistently improving patient comfort and satisfaction. Skilled in leading teams to enhance healthcare delivery, with a focus on disease prevention rehabilitation and physiatrist nursing.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LPN Nursing
The Lodge at Tangipines
12.2015 - Current
- Utilized time management skills to prioritize tasks effectively, allowing for efficient completion of daily responsibilities.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Implemented infection control measures, ensuring a clean and safe environment for patients and staff.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed wound care treatments using sterile techniques, promoting healing and preventing complications.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
LPN
Oceans Healthcare
02.2021 - 04.2022
- Maintained accurate documentation of all relevant clinical data, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure,
- Reduced medication errors by accurately administering medications and diligently verifying patient information.
LPN Field Nurse
Charter Home Health
01.2018 - 05.2020
- Administered medications safely and effectively, preventing adverse reactions or complications.
- Maintained accurate documentation of patient assessments and treatments, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
- Educated patients and families on healthcare management strategies, promoting self-care and wellbeing.
- Dispensed and administered patients' medications following care plans and physician's orders.
- Coordinated with physicians to implement prescribed treatment plans, ensuring consistency in patient care delivery.
- Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and timely interventions.
- Assessed patients by observing and recording vital signs, gathering specimens and reviewing lab test results.
- Conducted home visits to monitor patient status, adjusting care plans as necessary for optimal health outcomes.
- Reduced hospital readmission rates by closely monitoring patients'' progress and executing effective care plans.
Education
Diploma - LPN
Greensburg Technical School
Greensburg, LA12.1993
Skills
- Vital signs monitoring
- Medical Documentation
- Geriatric Nursing
- Catheter Care
- Diabetes management
- Compassionate Care
- Tracheostomy Care
- End of life care
- Nursing Ethics
- Rehabilitation Nursing
- Palliative Care
- Disease Prevention
- Post Operative Care
- Psychiatric Nursing
- Home healthcare
- Behavioral Health
- Medication Administration
- Wound Care
- Vital signs
- Direct Patient Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Patient Assessments
- Medication Dispensing
- Patient Care
- Physical Assessment
- Documentation accuracy
- Immunization Administration
- Breathing Treatments
- Documenting intake
- Geriatric Care
- ADL Assistance
- Patient Intake
- Staff Supervision
- Home Health Care
- Writing reports
- Documenting incidents
- Staff direction and task delegation
- Counting narcotics
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Caring for wounds
- Tuberculosis testing
- Samples collection
- HIPAA protocols
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Charting and recording
- Psychotropic medication knowledge
- Educating families
- Patient Charting
Certification
BLS,IV AND DEMENTIA CARE
Timeline
LPN
Oceans Healthcare
02.2021 - 04.2022
LPN Field Nurse
Charter Home Health
01.2018 - 05.2020
LPN Nursing
The Lodge at Tangipines
12.2015 - Current
Diploma - LPN
Greensburg Technical School
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