MONET L. WHITEHEAD
Concord,NC
Summary
Proficient and caring nursing team member offering over 25 years of patient experience in multiple disciplines. Addresses patient needs with compassionate care and attention to detail. Diligent about maximizing satisfaction, safety and wellness while serving patients of all backgrounds.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse - Behavioral Health
Davis Regional Medical Center/Comm. Health Systems
2023.11 - Current
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Assist with admissions and transfers.
- Monitor vital signs, including blood glucose monitoring and documenting relevant information in Patient Touch EMR.
- Administer/count controlled narcotics.
- Support diagnoses by taking blood samples, via venipuncture, from patients for laboratory testing.
- Administer oral medications and injections to patients.
- Monitor patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Deliver emotional support to patients and families during challenging times.
Licensed Practical Nurse - Clinic
Novant Health - Salisbury Surgical Associates
2021.04 - 2023.11
- Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from patients drains/foleys.
- Completed FMLA/disability forms in timely fashion.
- Cared for wounds including wound vacuum care/changes, provided treatments.
- Trained new nursing staff.
- Educated patients and families on health promotion, disease prevention, and self-care management strategies before and after surgical procedures.
- Ordered diagnostic testing for patients as per provider order.
- Assisted with appointments.
- Assisted with aseptic office procedures, including the handling and processing of lab specimens.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance, triage medical concerns, medication refills, and telehealth colonoscopy screenings.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes in Epic- EMR.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
Licensed Practical Nurse - Corrections
Wellpath – Rowan County Detention Center
2022.08 - 2023.01
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous patient care.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information in EMR including medication refusals, transfer papers, ordering medications, wound care, and inmate sick calls
- Point of care testing - urinalysis, urine cultures, urine drug screening, covid, strep A/B, and flu
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs including glucose monitoring, and documenting relevant information.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency situations.
- Administered medications and injections to patients, by mouth, IM, and Sub Q
Licensed Practical Nurse -Skilled Nursing Facility
Huntersville Health And Rehabilitation
2021.03 - 2021.04
- EMR documentation.
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Obtained patient input/output measurements.
- Performed catheterizations.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, injections including IM, sub Q, ID, finger stick glucose monitoring/insulin administration, and other routine nursing procedures.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Westchester Medical Group - Urgent Care
2020.09 - 2021.02
- Run controls on all diagnostic machines.
- Cared for wounds and assisted with procedures.
- Assisted with transfers, and discharges.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills inserting IV's and administering infusions, catheter insertion, and EKG's.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Gathered lab specimens through venipuncture, ordered testing, and reported results to provider.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse and providers, recording changes in medical records.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records in Centricity, Centricity Business, Harvest, and Solve EMR.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Took samples to complete diagnostic and routine assessment tests such as POC testing i.e., pregnancy testing, urinalysis, CBC, CMP, troponin, D-dimer, glucose, rapid Strep A/B, Flu A/B, and covid -19,
Licensed Practical Nurse -Skilled Nursing Facility
The Wayne Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
2018.11 - 2021.02
- EMR documentation via Point Click
- Improved patient outcomes by administering medications, monitoring vital signs, and documenting relevant information.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Obtained patient input/output measurements.
- Performed catheterizations.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by adhering to infection control protocols and maintaining accurate documentation of patient data.
- Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure continuous quality improvement in patient care delivery.
- Demonstrated excellent technical skills in wound dressing changes, IV therapy administration, catheter insertion, injections including IM, sub Q, ID, finger stick glucose monitoring/insulin administration, and other routine nursing procedures.
Licensed Practical Nurse - Family Medicine Clinic
Montefiore Medical Group Williamsbridge
2016.10 - 2020.09
- Managed patient care through obtaining patient vital signs, input/output measurements as needed, monitoring blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Answered/made phone calls to patients to obtain information for FMLA/disability forms, basic assistance, and triage medical concerns.
- Trained new nursing staff to enhance the team dynamic.
- Gathered lab specimens via venipuncture, nasal/throat swabs, and urine for POC testing, such as pregnancy, strep A/B, flu A/B, urinalysis, INR, glucose, hemoglobin, guaiac stool and routine lab work sent out for diagnostic testing.
- Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine care.
- Administer vaccines in accordance to the NYS Immunization Information System for pediatric and adult patients.
- Administered medications by mouth and injections to patients.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
- Coordinated patient transfers to emergency room.
- Perform EKG's
- Women's healthcare and procedures.
- Pediatric healthcare and procedures.
OB Scrub Technician/Telemetry Nurse Technician
St. Johns Riverside Hospital
2003.07 - 2015.03
- Obtain and monitor vital signs and placed patients on fetal heart and cardiac monitors.
- Assist with care of antepartum patients and preterm deliveries.
- Assist nurses and doctors with labor and delivery procedures using sterile technique.
- Thorough documentation in Meditech 6 EMR.
- Assist/perform care/ADL's on non-ambulatory patients.
- Perform EKG’s.
- Perform postmortem care.
- Sterilized instruments and disposed of medical supplies and waste following OSHA guidelines.
- Prepared sterile equipment to support surgical procedures and helped physicians scrub in for surgeries.
- Trained new staff members to training protocols regarding operating room procedures, infection control, safety standards, and overall facility policies.
- Transported patients to and from surgeries to promote timely operating room turnover.
- Educated patients on expected side effects and discomfort levels post-surgery.
- Utilized specialized equipment to track and monitor patients' vital signs in Labor and Delivery and Telemetry units.
- Skillfully performed advanced life support measures as necessary during medical emergencies.
- Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, loss od blood, foley output, and behaviors.
Education
Certificate -
IV Certification
New York, NY05.2012
Diploma - Practical Nursing
Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus
Paramus NJ11.2011
Skills
- Medical Laboratory procedures
- Patient and family advocacy
- Wound care
- Injections intradermal, Intramuscular, Sub-Q
- G-tube feeding
- Professional bedside manner
- EKG’s
- Foley insertion/catheter care
- Medication Administration
- Vital signs monitoring
- Wound Care
- Clinical Documentation
- Documentation accuracy
- Diabetes management
- Immunization Administration
- Catheter Care
- Breathing Treatments
- EMR / EHR
- Emergency Response
- Patient triaging
- Certified in CPR/AED
- Responsible and Dependable
- IV's/Intravenous Medications
- Specimen Collection/Venipuncture
- Compassionate Care
- Physical Assessment
- Documenting intake
Certification
Basic Life Support - renewed 11/2023
- Licensed Practical Nurse - Compact 2021
- Licensed Practical Nurse - NY State 2012
Timeline
Licensed Practical Nurse - Behavioral Health
Davis Regional Medical Center/Comm. Health Systems
2023.11 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse - Corrections
Wellpath – Rowan County Detention Center
2022.08 - 2023.01
Licensed Practical Nurse - Clinic
Novant Health - Salisbury Surgical Associates
2021.04 - 2023.11
Licensed Practical Nurse -Skilled Nursing Facility
Huntersville Health And Rehabilitation
2021.03 - 2021.04
Licensed Practical Nurse
Westchester Medical Group - Urgent Care
2020.09 - 2021.02
Licensed Practical Nurse -Skilled Nursing Facility
The Wayne Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
2018.11 - 2021.02
Licensed Practical Nurse - Family Medicine Clinic
Montefiore Medical Group Williamsbridge
2016.10 - 2020.09
OB Scrub Technician/Telemetry Nurse Technician
St. Johns Riverside Hospital
2003.07 - 2015.03
Certificate -
IV Certification
Diploma - Practical Nursing
Lincoln Technical Institute - Paramus
Basic Life Support - renewed 11/2023
- Licensed Practical Nurse - Compact 2021
- Licensed Practical Nurse - NY State 2012
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