LISSET HEREDIA
Piru
Summary
Compassionate nursing student with healthcare experience delivering quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals. Skillfully completes nursing tasks, accurate documentation, ensuring optimal patient support, and team collaboration. Seeking to bring my expertise with the intent to meet expectations and continue to grow to further my knowledge.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Vocational Nurse
County Of Ventura - Health Care Agency
Oxnard
03.2014 - Current
- Perform intake, including vital signs and patient measurements, such as height and weight, body length and head circumference, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
- Perform routine patient care procedures such as dipstick urinalysis, midstream clean catch, sterile urine dip and spin, dressing changes, wound care, finger sticks, electrocardiogram, hearing test, vision test, monofilament test, nasal smears, and throat swabs.
- Perform catheter insertions.
- Transcription of physician orders including written, telephone, and verbal orders and completion of those orders.
- Collect and prepared specimens to be sent to the laboratory.
- Knowledge and preparation of nursing techniques, procedures, treatments, prepare exam rooms, assist as needed, initiate appropriate nursing interventions and patient individual care plan.
- Administer oral medications, injections, and immunizations as ordered by physician.
- Verify immunizations and dosage for medical assistants administering vaccines per physician orders.
- Appropriate documentation in the electronic medical record.
- Answer telephones and messages including critical labs and complete tasks to ensure patient needs were addressed including referrals.
- Coordinated staff coverage, order medication, and supplies as needed.
- Provided training on workflows and duties.
- Participate in continuing education programs to maintain licensure requirements.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Independence Home Healthcare
Camarillo
06.2016 - 08.2018
- Comprehensive home health services to private individuals and nursing homes.
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
- Worked with registered nurses to deliver comprehensive, high-quality care to patients.
- Wound care, administration of medications and injections, enteral feedings, foley catheter care, ostomy care, glucose monitoring, post-surgical care, care for chronic medical conditions, and terminal care.
Education
Associate of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
Ventura College
Ventura, CA05-2025
Licensed Vocational Nurse -
Career Care Institute
Ventura, CA09.2008
Certified Nurse Assistant -
Simi Valley Institute
Simi Valley, CA08.2006
Skills
- Bilingual in Spanish
- Medication Administration
- Compassionate
- Patient Assessment
- Teamwork
- Electronic Medical Records
Certification
- First Aid and American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support
- IV/Blood Withdrawal Certification
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Licensed Vocational Nurse
Independence Home Healthcare
06.2016 - 08.2018
Licensed Vocational Nurse
County Of Ventura - Health Care Agency
03.2014 - Current
Associate of Science in Nursing - Registered Nurse
Ventura College
Licensed Vocational Nurse -
Career Care Institute
Certified Nurse Assistant -
Simi Valley Institute
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