Tamika J. Boyd
Licensed Practical Nurse, Skilled Nursing Facility
Pittsburgh, PA · (412) 555 0134 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/tamikajboyd
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Six years in skilled nursing, four as charge nurse on a 40 bed rehabilitation hall
SETTINGS
160 bed skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility with a short stay hall and a memory care unit
SPECIALTIES
Medication administration, wound care, admissions, survey readiness, supervision of assistants
SYSTEMS
PointClickCare, electronic medication administration record, Omnicell cabinet
LICENSURE
Pennsylvania practical nurse license, wound care certification, Basic Life Support
EDUCATION
Practical nursing diploma, Three Rivers Career and Technical Institute
Executive Summary
Licensed practical nurse with six years in skilled nursing, the last four as charge nurse on a 40 bed short stay rehabilitation hall in a 160 bed facility. Runs the medication pass, wound rounds, admissions and the state survey binder for the hall, and holds the wound care certification. Supervises five nursing assistants each shift and keeps the hall's pressure injury rate below the state average.
Signature Achievements
- Passes medications to 40 residents twice a shift with no medication error causing harm in four years and a late dose rate under 2 percent.
- Cut facility acquired pressure injuries on the hall from nine in a year to two by starting a weekly skin round with the assistants.
- Completed about 180 admissions a year with the admission assessment, medication reconciliation and care plan done within 24 hours on 96 percent of them.
- Prepared the hall documentation for three annual state surveys with no deficiency cited for the hall in the last two.
- Earned the Wound Care Certified credential in 2023 and now runs wound rounds for the whole facility on Tuesdays.
- Trained 14 nursing assistants through orientation, twelve of whom are still employed.
Professional Experience
Charge Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse
Allegheny Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation, Pittsburgh, PA May 2022 to present
40 bed short stay rehabilitation hall in a 160 bed facility, charge of five nursing assistants on day shift
- Pass medications to 40 residents, give injections and intravenous antibiotics through peripheral lines and manage feeding tubes and oxygen.
- Assess residents each shift, report changes in condition to the physician or nurse practitioner and carry out new orders.
- Measure, stage and dress wounds each week and update the treatment plan with the wound physician.
- Complete admissions and discharges, reconcile medications against hospital records and teach families before discharge home.
- Assign and supervise five nursing assistants, check their documentation and lead the shift huddle.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Monongahela Valley Personal Care Home, McKeesport, PA August 2020 to May 2022
60 resident personal care home with one nurse on duty each shift
- Passed medications and insulin to 60 residents and kept the controlled substance count with the outgoing nurse.
- Checked blood sugars, blood pressures and weights and called the physician with results outside orders.
- Handled falls and sudden illness, arranged emergency transport and wrote the incident reports.
Licensure and Certification
Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing, practical nurse license number 312884
National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses, passed 2020
Wound Care Certified, National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy, 2023
Basic Life Support, current
Education
Practical nursing diploma, Three Rivers Career and Technical Institute, Pittsburgh, 2020
Core Skills
Medication pass · Wound staging and dressing · Intravenous antibiotics · Feeding tube care · Admission assessment · Medication reconciliation · Survey readiness · Nursing assistant supervision · PointClickCare · Family teaching