LISA PENDERY
Redding
Summary
Well-qualified medical professional with experience triaging patients, capturing information and completing basic procedures such as wound care. Excellent communication, prioritization and multitasking abilities with sound judgment and compassionate nature. Background in clinic and hospital environments.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
LVN Floor Nurse
Dignity Health Medical Group
08.2024 - Current
- Maintained accurate records of residents' healthcare treatments and responses.
- Communicated effectively with patients and family members to convey important instructions and discuss treatments.
- Utilized Cerner to document nursing assessments, treatments, medications and discharge instructions.
- Coped effectively with mental and emotional challenges of positions by remaining centered on patients' needs and delivering quality care.
- Collected and documented vital signs to maintain current records of patients' conditions.
- Delivered treatments and direct nursing care according to physicians' orders in a orthopedic environment.
LVN Floor Nurse
Ridgeline Pediatrics
08.2023 - 07.2024
- Maintained accurate records of residents' healthcare treatments and responses.
- Communicated effectively with patients and family members to convey important instructions and discuss treatments.
- Coped effectively with mental and emotional challenges of positions by remaining centered on patients' needs and delivering quality care.
- Collected and documented vital signs to maintain current records of patients' conditions.
- Delivered treatments and direct nursing care according to physicians' orders in home environment.
- Established compassionate environment by providing psychological, emotional and spiritual support to patients and families.
- Administered basic patient care and treatments by dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas and performing catheterizations.
- Helped patients feel comfortable by adjusting positions and engaging in casual conversation.
- Supported patients in completing activities of daily living such as dressing, grooming and shower assistance.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
LVN
Enterprise Elementary School District
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
- Developed and implemented individualized patient care plans.
LVN Vaccine Coordinator
Hill Country Wellness
11.2022 - 07.2023
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Administered medications and injections to patients.
- Managed various general office duties such as answering multiple telephone lines, completing insurance forms, and mailing monthly invoice statements to patients.
- Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
- Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests.
- Improved customer satisfaction scores through application of superior conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.
Education
Associate of Science - Nursing
Shasta College
Redding, CA05-2024
Skills
- Compassionate care
- Diabetes management
- Discharge planning
- Preventative care
- Feeding tube management
- Pediatric care
- Geriatric care
- Postoperative care
- Vital signs monitoring
- Catheter care
- HIPAA compliance
- Quality improvement
- Oxygen therapy
- Samples collection
- Pulse oximetry tracking
- Patient assessments
- ADL assistance
- Staff supervision
- Wound care
- EMR / EHR
- Outpatient care
- Direct patient care
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Documenting incidents
- Patient care
- Staff direction and task delegation
- Medical office administration
- Vital signs
- Writing reports
- Tuberculosis testing
- Tracking symptoms
- EKG administration
- Verbal and written communication
- Documenting intake
- Counting narcotics
- Care planning
- Family communication
- Preventive care
- Regulatory requirements
- Medication dispensing
- Patient intake
- Health education
- Immunization administration
- Medication administration
- Quality assurance
Timeline
LVN Floor Nurse
Dignity Health Medical Group
08.2024 - Current
LVN Floor Nurse
Ridgeline Pediatrics
08.2023 - 07.2024
LVN
Enterprise Elementary School District
08.2023 - 11.2023
LVN Vaccine Coordinator
Hill Country Wellness
11.2022 - 07.2023
Associate of Science - Nursing
Shasta College
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