Linden Bat Asherah
1716 Vassar Dr., SE l Albuquerque, NM 87106 l [Send email to request phone number] 42-9922 H
Healthcare professional seeking a healthcare position with a healthcare facility
known for exceptional patient care.
* Varied and responsible healthcare experience.
* Ability to put patients at ease under stressful conditions.
* Articulate with the ability to communicate information to diverse
individuals.
* Critical thinking skills.
* Ability to handle emergency situations with calm assuredness.
* Experience performing various routine and moderately complex laboratory
tests.
CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
* Anticipate NCLEX-RN February 2011
* NM Board of Nursing LPN License
* NCLEX-PN May 2008
* Phlebotomy Technician Certificate, American Society for Clinical Pathology,
April 2003 - Present
* CPR Certified, 1983 - Present
* Licensed Midwife, July 1990 - March 2000
* IV Certification for Midwives, 1990 - 2000
* Neonatal Resuscitation Program, American Heart Association and American
Academy of Pediatrics, 1990 - 2000
* Certified Professional Midwife, North American Registry of Midwives, April
2000 - April 2003
EDUCATION
Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque, NM
Nursing, Associate of Science, GPA 3.16, May 2010
Approved by the New Mexico State Board of Nursing and accredited by NLNAC
Related Courses: Family Nursing, Manager of Care, Complex Health Problems
Related Testing: Hesi Maternity score of 1070
Practical Nursing, Certificate, GPA 3.2, November 2007
Approved by the New Mexico State Board of Nursing and accredited by NLNAC
Related Courses: Family Nursing Across the Lifespan, Pharmacology in Nursing,
Nursing Care of
the Adult Client, Supplemental Lab, Intro to Nursing, Dosage Calculations,
Strategies for Nursing
Nursing Home/Home Health Attendant, Certificate, GPA 3.24, August 2006
Basic nursing skills, geriatrics, anatomy and physiology, rehabilitation,
residents' rights, personal
care, vital signs, and mobility skills, housekeeping
Clinical: Arbor Springs Nursing Home
Phlebotomy, Certificate, GPA 4.0, July 2002
Basic concepts in venipuncture and skin puncture procedures along with an
overview of anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, quality assurance and
medico-legal issues.
Outpatient Clinical: S.E.D. Medical Laboratories at Encino
Inpatient Clinical: S.E.D. Medical Laboratories at St. Joseph's Medical Center
Emergency Medical Technician, Basic 5-credit hour course
EXPERIENCE
Student Nurse, Albuquerque, NM, September 2009-April 2010.
Maternity: UNMH Mother-Baby Unit and Labor and Delivery
Integrated Mental Health: UNM Mental Health Center
Pediatrics Inpatient and Outpatient: UNMH
Medical Surgical: UNMH 5 West and 4 East
Preceptorship: Lovelace Women's Hospital Labor and Delivery
Interviewed and assessed patients, wrote nursing care plans, administered
prescribed medications via all routes, implemented bedside procedures such as
pulmonary toilette, blood draws, and flushing drain tubes. Provided basic patient
care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, and treating bedsores. Labor
coached, assisted circulating nurse in Cesarean section deliveries, observed and
assisted staff in baby nurse role. Worked as a team-member on each floor
assigned. Documented assessment and all care provided.
Licensed Practical Nurse, Albuquerque, NM, December 2008-August 2009. Dungarvin
NM, Inc. Assessed and interviewed consumers, administered prescribed medications
via all routes, wrote healthcare plans for consumers, trained house staff in
following healthcare plans, referred consumers to physicians, informed physicians
of significant consumer conditions, managed consumer's emergency healthcare
situations, worked in multi-disciplinary team both within agency and with
external professionals to plan, implement, evaluate, and modify healthcare plans
for consumers, participated in pharmaceutical distribution to each group home,
answered phones, kept and managed appropriate documentation of consumers
records.
Licensed Practical Nurse, Albuquerque, NM, July 2008-October 2008. Office of
Michael H. Clayton, MD. Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Assess and interview
patients, administer prescribed medications via all routes, report significant
information to physician, instruct, manage and supervise patients to perform
spirometry testing, perform skin prick allergy testing, apply other types of
allergy testing materials, make sterile extract formulas for injection according
to physician's order, call in prescriptions to patient's pharmacy per physician
order, initiate and follow-thru on prior authorization process for prescriptions
and testing procedures, interact with pharmaceutical representatives, maintain
inventory and request drug samples, answer phones, make appointments, and answer
patient's questions within LPN scope of practice.
Graduate Practical Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse, Albuquerque, NM, February
2008 - June 2008.
Albuquerque Heights Rehabilitation and Healthcare: Hospice Unit and Long Term
Care Unit
Assess and interview residents, administer prescribed medications via all
routes, obtain blood samples via finger poke method to conduct capillary blood
glucose testing, catheterization as needed for urinary analysis samples, report
all critical changes in resident's condition to on-call physician, evaluate lab
results, answer residents' call bells, assist residents as needed, delegate and
supervise basic care of residents to CNAs and CMAs, wound care, transfer
residents to EMS and hospital care as needed per physician's orders, inventory
narcotics drawers every shift change, give or receive report every shift change,
intricate roll in nursing team, record documentation as needed.
Student Practical Nurse, Albuquerque, NM, March 2007 - November 2007
Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital: Unit 300
Lovelace Women's Hospital: Med/Surg Unit
UNMH Southeast Heights Clinic: General Clinical, Maternity and Infant Care
Assessed and interviewed patients, charting and reporting changes in patients'
conditions. Administered prescribed medications, and noted times and amounts on
patients' charts. Answered patients' calls and determined how to assist them.
Measured and recorded patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature,
blood pressure, pulse and respiration. Provided basic patient care and
treatments, such as dressing wounds, and treating bedsores. Helped patients with
bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and
walking. Supervised nursing techs and assistants. Worked as part of a health care
team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
Recorded food and fluid intake and output. Evaluated nursing intervention
outcomes, conferring with other health care team members as necessary.
Owner/Self-Employed, Linden's Fiber Works, Albuquerque, NM, April 2000 -
Current
Raise and breed angora rabbits. Collect and process angora fiber, wool, and
other exotic fibers. Spin yarn. Weave both handspun and mill spun yarns. Knit and
crochet standard and custom clothing articles. Apply finishing process to
articles. Market products. Perform record keeping, bookkeeping, fiscal
management, advertising/marketing, inventory supply and maintenance, and
professional networking. Maintain professional development.
Nursing Assistant, Ladera Nursing Home, Albuquerque, NM, September 2004 -
November 2004
Repositioned bedridden patients. Answered patients' call signals. Fed patients
unable to feed themselves. Observed patients, measured and recorded intake and
output and vital signs, and reported changes to professional staff. Provided
patient care by supplying and emptying bed pans, and help with walking,
exercising, and moving in and out of bed. Bathed, groomed, shaved, dressed, or
draped patients. Collected specimens. Served and collected food trays. Cleaned
rooms and changed linens. Documented.
Laboratory Assistant, First Choice Community Healthcare, Albuquerque, NM,
September 2002-February 2004 Collected samples from patients in all age groups.
Instructed patients in various collection technique procedures for the home
setting. Processed samples for shipment. Performed simple laboratory testing.
Ensured all paperwork was appropriately completed and logged in. Processed lab
results. Secured patient privacy. Maintained records of lab results. Worked as a
team with other clinic staff. Followed all policies and procedures.
Owner/Self-Employed Midwife, Rubus Midwifery Service, Albuquerque, NM, July 1990
- March 2000
Conducted health history interviews and on-going prenatal care. Obtained lab
samples of minor complexity including phlebotomy. Instructed mothers in prenatal
and postpartum health practices including appropriate self-care and nutrition
using childbirth education classes. Managed labor, birth, and immediate
postpartum for mother and baby. Facilitated family bonding. Resuscitated
newborns. Managed birth assistants. Managed emergencies. Made referrals for
routine and emergency consultations with physician. Performed postpartum exams
and treatments to ensure mother and newborn are responding normally, including
newborn screening, and breast-feeding support and education. Fit and dispensed
cervical caps and diaphragms. Provided well woman care of non-pregnant women of
all ages. Cleaned and sterilized equipment. Performed client record keeping,
bookkeeping, fiscal management, advertising/marketing, equipment inventory supply
and maintenance, and professional networking. Participated in community education
activities. Maintained professional development.
Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM, October 1991 - February 1993
Nurse Technician, Orthopedic Unit
Under the supervision of staff nurses inserted and removed urinary catheters;
removed staples; performed wound care; placed rehabilitative equipment on patient
appropriately and ensured proper use and oper |
