CARA HAYTON
Elizabethton
Summary
Patient-oriented nursing professional with 14 years of hands-on experience in delivering quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals in various settings. Skillfully completes tasks and fosters relationships with patients, caregivers and coworkers to drive patient care goals and advance nursing philosophies. Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with extensive experience in providing patient centered bedside care. Maintains composure and makes accurate decisions in fast-paced, unpredictable, and stressful environments. History of interfacing seamlessly with doctors, specialized support services, patients and visiting families.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
LPN
Ballad Health – Sycamore Shoals Hospital
09.2018 - Current
- As a nurse on a surgical care unit, I assess and treat a wide variety of perioperative patients. This environment requires knowledge of each surgical procedure, as well as possible complications to be on alert for.
- Medication administration, including PO and IV medications, frequent pain control, PCA pump management and antibiotics, as well as continuous enteral feeding.
- Wound care following procedures including arthroplasty, mastectomy and a wounds associated with a variety of general surgical procedures.
- IV start, foley catheter and nasogastric tube placement and maintenance are all skills at which I am proficient.
- I am also utilized to provide patient care in other departments of the hospital, including the Progressive Care Unit and Emergency Department.
- Part of my experience at Sycamore Shoals Hospital also included bedside care during the Covid-19 Pandemic, working in our Covid Unit.
LPN
Ballad Health – Johnson City Medical Center
08.2015 - 09.2018
- As an LPN at Johnson City Medical Center, I provided care to patients in the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit, 2200-2300
- I am well versed in cardiac related drips, including Cardizem, Amiodarone, and Heparin.
- Post cardiac catherization care.
- Many of our patients in this unit were also being treated using chest tubes following pericardial window procedures, which I feel very comfortable with.
- Additionally, I am comfortable and very familiar with identifying cardiac rhythms on monitored patients.
Education
LPN to RN Bridge Program -
Northeast State Community College
Kingsport, Tennessee05.2026
LPN Program - undefined
Tennessee College of Applied Technology
Elizabethton, Tennessee09.2011
Skills
- History of providing care to critically ill patients
Languages
English
Interests
Participating in advanced nursing skills, required for ICU patient care.
Timeline
LPN
Ballad Health – Sycamore Shoals Hospital
09.2018 - Current
LPN
Ballad Health – Johnson City Medical Center
08.2015 - 09.2018
LPN Program - undefined
Tennessee College of Applied Technology
LPN to RN Bridge Program -
Northeast State Community College