Javasity Pritchett
Colorado Springs
Summary
Dedicated to promoting quality patient care and satisfaction and offering experience in nursing and healthcare administration. Possesses proven track record of developing and implementing comprehensive nursing policies, providing excellent leadership and mentoring, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. Demonstrates sound judgment, excellent clinical abilities and smooth bedside manner. Track and chart vitals and other markers to help patients, support team treatment goals and boost outcomes.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
ADON/Licensed Practical Nurse
Willow Park Health Care Center
07.2023 - Current
- Performed rounds to observe care and interview staff, residents, and families.
- Evaluated work performance of 30-40 nursing personnel to determine wage increases and implement discipline.
- Prepared and reviewed infection control surveillance reports to identify trends and develop effective actions to control and prevent infections.
- Developed positive employee relations, incentives, and recognition programs to promote teamwork and mutual respect.
- Collaborated with staff, management, and external groups to coordinate patient care.
- Built and maintained positive working relationships with physicians and staff to support seamless healthcare operations.
- Oversaw and approved recruitment, hiring and orientation of new nursing staff.
- Monitored and evaluated nursing staff performance, providing feedback and guidance to support standards of care.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
Agency Licensed Practical Nurse
Shiftkey
12.2019 - Current
- Monitored patient fluid intake and output to compose patient charts.
- Observed patients under treatment to identify progress or side effects of medications.
- Collected samples for lab testing to diagnose conditions.
- Administered medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Administered injections, prescribed medications, and enemas and cleaned and dressed wounds to assist with basic medical care.
- Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
- Assisted ailing patients with eating and bathing to support activities of daily living.
- Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
- Responded to patient requests with appropriate clinical and personal assistance.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Willowpark Health Care Center
04.2019 - 09.2019
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients’ conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Supervise nurses’ aides or assistants
- Evaluate nursing intervention outcomes, conferring with other healthcare team members as necessary
- Assemble and use equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, or oxygen suppliers
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Experience with: Infusion pumps, Infusion sets, Intermittent infusion sets, Intramuscular needles, Intravenous IV needles, Jackson-Pratt drains, Oxygen supplies, Syringes, Tuberculin TB skin test equipment, Urinary catheters Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Community Access
11.2018 - 02.2019
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients’ charts
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients’ conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Provide medical treatment or personal care to patients in private home settings, such as cooking, keeping rooms orderly, seeing that patients are comfortable and in good spirits, or instructing family members in simple nursing tasks
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
- Experience with: Blood glucometers, Electronic blood pressure units, Enema equipment, Gait belts, Gastric suction equipment, Infusion pumps, Lancets, Oxygen supplies, Patient lifters, Tracheotomy tubes Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center
10.2017 - 11.2018
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients’ charts
- Observe patients, charting and reporting changes in patients’ conditions, such as adverse reactions to medication or treatment, and taking any necessary action
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations
- Work as part of a healthcare team to assess patient needs, plan and modify care, and implement interventions
- Supervise nurses’ aides or assistants
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
- Experience with: Abdominal binders, Automated external defibrillators AED, Blood glucometers, Butterfly needles, Continuous passive motion CPM equipment, Electronic blood pressure units, Electronic compressor nebulizers, Ostomy equipment, Safety needles, Tuberculin TB skin test equipment Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center
07.2014 - 04.2017
- Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients’ needs
- Provide physical support to assist patients to perform daily living activities, such as getting out of bed, bathing, dressing, using the toilet, standing, walking, or exercising
- Record vital signs, such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration rate, as directed by medical or nursing staff
- Document or otherwise report observations of patient behavior, complaints, or physical symptoms to nurses
- Communicate with patients to ascertain feelings or need for assistance or social and emotional support
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
- Experience with: Automated blood pressure cuffs, Gait belts, Hydraulic patient lifts, Manual blood pressure equipment, Oxygen therapy equipment, Patient transfer boards, Patient transport wheelchairs, PointClickCare, Pulse oximeters, Specimen collection containers, Urinary catheters
Education
Vocational Certificate or Credential - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
Great Plains Technology Center
Lawton, OK04.2017
High School Diploma or Equivalent - General Studies
Guthrie Job Corps Center
Guthrie, OK11.2013
Vocational Certificate or Credential - Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
Guthrie Job Corps Center
Guthrie, OK11.2013
Skills
- Wound care management
- Patient care management
- Staff development
- Discharge and transfer procedures
- Nurse education and training
- Patient education
- Direct patient care
- Care plan development
Certification
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
Timeline
ADON/Licensed Practical Nurse
Willow Park Health Care Center
07.2023 - Current
Agency Licensed Practical Nurse
Shiftkey
12.2019 - Current
Licensed Practical Nurse
Willowpark Health Care Center
04.2019 - 09.2019
Community Access
11.2018 - 02.2019
McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center
10.2017 - 11.2018
McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center
07.2014 - 04.2017
- Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
Vocational Certificate or Credential - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
Great Plains Technology Center
High School Diploma or Equivalent - General Studies
Guthrie Job Corps Center
Vocational Certificate or Credential - Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide
Guthrie Job Corps Center
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