Melissa Stover
Sauk Rapids
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
CentraCare Health - St. Cloud Hospital
06.2023 - Current
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
LPN
VA Medical Center
08.2008 - 04.2023
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
- Coordinated with doctors and registered nurses to develop care plans for patients.
- Answered patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures.
- Followed rehabilitation and treatment care plans to accelerate patient recovery, minimize pain and optimize patient outcomes.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical history.
- Promoted culture of safety for patients and employees through proper identification, reporting documentation and prevention.
- Administered prescribed antipsychotic medications for management of mental health conditions.
- Applied interventions to progress patients toward wellness and address maintenance of wellness.
- Collected biological specimens and packaged for laboratory transport to complete diagnostic tests.
- Administered medications and therapies in accordance with physicians orders.
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
- Worked as part of healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care and implement interventions.
- Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
- Measured and recorded patient height, weight and other vital signs.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility and supervisor.
- Collaborated with multi-disciplinary staff to improve overall patient care and response times.
- Observed strict confidentiality and safeguarded all patient-related information.
- Answered patients' calls to determine how to assist.
- Performed triage to maximum team productivity and effectiveness.
LPN
CentraCare Health System
11.2005 - 08.2008
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
- Answered patient and family questions to educate on optimal treatment procedures.
- Interviewed patients to obtain medical history.
- Charted changes in patient conditions and discussed concerns with supervising healthcare provider.
- Took temperatures or blood pressures, dressed wounds and provided other basic patient care or treatments.
- Documented patient medical histories, current symptoms and vitals.
- Addressed patient care needs, collected vitals, dressed wounds.
- Communicated with patients with compassion while keeping medical information private.
- Answered patient calls, identified issues and determined how best to provide assistance within parameters established by facility.
- Administered medications and therapies in accordance with physicians orders.
- Maintained strict patient data procedures to comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
LPN
Country Manor Nursing Home
06.2005 - 11.2005
- Communicated concerns regarding patients' status, care and environment to nursing supervisors, clinical care supervisors and case managers.
- Looked for physical, emotional and symptomatic changes in patient condition and obtained necessary care for medical concerns.
- Collected and documented vital signs to track current patient conditions.
Education
Nursing
Alexandria Technical College
Alexandria, MN05.2011
Diploma - Nursing
St. Cloud Technical College
St. Cloud, MN05.2005
Skills
- Rehabilitation techniques
- Licensed Practical Nurse
- Tracking symptoms
- Patient triaging
- Educating families
- Psychotropic medication knowledge
- Healthcare platforms
- Assisting physicians
- Multi-tasking and prioritization
- Counting narcotics
- Staff direction and task delegation
- MN Licensed Practical Nurse
- Team management
- Good work ethic
- Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurse
- Multitasking
- Active listening
- Samples collection
- Documenting incidents
- Empathetic and compassionate
- Regulatory requirements
- Medication administration
- Direct patient care
- HIPAA compliance
- Clinical documentation
- Vital signs
- Documentation accuracy
- Immunization administration
- Family communication
- Documenting intake
- EMR / EHR
- Patient relationship building
Timeline
LPN
CentraCare Health - St. Cloud Hospital
06.2023 - Current
LPN
VA Medical Center
08.2008 - 04.2023
LPN
CentraCare Health System
11.2005 - 08.2008
LPN
Country Manor Nursing Home
06.2005 - 11.2005
Nursing
Alexandria Technical College
Diploma - Nursing
St. Cloud Technical College
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