Licensed Nurse Career Research and Resources
Shadow Mountain Behavioral Health
Supervised 4 Mental Health Technician per shift, medication administration, assessed behavior of patients, weekly patient summaries, vital signs, heights, weights, reported abnormalities (behavioral/physical) to physician, worked with therapist in planning care for patients, gave injections when necessary to patients (eg Zydis/Zyprexa for increased aggressive behavior) and staff (eg TB injections & readings).
Avg. Salary: $31,680 · Company Rank: Not Available
Nursefinders Home Care
Visited patients in their homes or at facilities (eg assisted living), vital signs, finger sticks, set up medication for patients, ordered medication refills for patient, patient/family education (eg diabetes, hypertension, hypoglycemia, nutrition), injections, IV medication administration, venipuncture, UA collections, wound care/dressing changes.
Avg. Salary: $31,680 · Company Rank: Not Available
St. John Medical Center
IV therapy, Accessed/Deaccessed Port-A-Caths, phlebotomy through IV sites, PICC/Central line dressing changes and maintences, Discontinued PICCs/Central lines, hanging blood
Avg. Salary: $31,680 · Company Rank: Not Available
Active Health Management
print out worklist; read e-mails;make outbound calls according to schedule--do either intial assessment or follow-up phone call--document online (MS Excel, Word, Office). Took Live Inbound calls. Attended in-services, staff meetings
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
MAMSI/United Healthcare
Inbound/Outbound phone calls; initial assessments/fu's/callbacks w/members; pc's or faxes to MD; mailed out educational materials/letters UHC bought MAMSI out, went through integration process, I then worked from home continusing same process except disease vs case mgmt
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
Sharon Sethi, MD--OB/GYN
set up office and rooms for the day;prepared lab slips;drew all labs on pts.; completed new OB initial paperwork/labs/VS prior to MD;organized return lab results; called pts., msgs w/charts to MD then cb's; assisted MD w/procedures;
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
Fairfax Medical Associates
Started FMA's Telephonic Advice dept., eventually added a second nurse; also cross-trained in clinic--put pts, in rooms, VS's, minor procedures, gave immunizations/injections, teaching--company went bankrupt 13 mos later.
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
Womens Physicians of Northern VA
Worked initially in Reston office to get trained, then sent out to new office to work as sole nurse in Ashburn. Organized the office for the day. Drew bloodwork, took VS, obtained reason for visit. Managedd daily lab result slips,reported elevvated values to MD. Inbound and outoun calls for nurse and doctor
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
Kaiser Permanente--Reston
Started out PRN in OB/GYN Advice, added PEDS Advice, then added IM Advice--worked 32-40 hrs/wk PRN then hired FT I.M. Advice 5/94. Rec'd outbound pcs and made inbound pcs, documented notes to go with chart to MD's if needed; schedappts if needed; made callbacks to pts. Also crosstrained in clinical side in all 3 depts
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
Arlington Hospital (now The Virginia Hospital)
During PRN years, worked on Med/Surg units caring for patients; administered medications; managed IV's; helped CNA's w/baths, bed chgs, and feedings. Also worked PRN on PP unit and in Nursery. Finally became perm in Nursery
Avg. Salary: $625 · Company Rank: Not Available
