Susan M. Granoth 93 Far Horizon Drive Cheshire, Ct 06410 Phone: (203)-271-1496 Email: sg1227672@westpost.

net OBJECTIVE I am seeking an employment opportunity that allows me to use my nursing skills. While contributing to the healthcare community by improving the lives I can tou ch with the delivery of high-quality health care and everyday compassion. I am highly experienced, responsible, and reliable. I have very strong communication skills, organizational skills, a professional aptitude, and learning ability.

EMPLOYMENT 9/2010-Present MidState Medical Center 61 Pomeroy Ave Meriden, CT 06451 203-693-5390 LPN MediQuick and Wound Care I am currently working perdiem at both clinics. Mediquick is a step down from th e ER. Responsibilities include: Triage, patient histories, vitals, assisting the doctors and PA's with procedures, applying splints, EKG's, injections, suture r emoval, teaching instructions from doctor's orders, and discharging patients. Wound Care- Responsibilities include: vitals, removal of dressings, cleaning aff ected area, assessment of wound or wounds, measurements, patients teaching of pr oper nutrition and assessing the proper healing needs of the patient example: If VNA is needed, taking arterial Doppler, assisting doctor and RN with procedures , applying wound vacs, dressing the wound, and discharging patients. I take care of the daily needs of the patient and convey any problems and discom forts during patient treatment to my supervisory nurses and doctors. As a result , I am in daily communication with the patients and their patient care. A few of the more common duties assigned to an LPN are as follows: Vital Signs- LPNs are assigned the task of monitoring daily variations in the vi tal signs of the patients. Daily monitoring of the patients vital signs helps th e doctors to diagnose their health and recovery from major surgical procedures o r sicknesses. Preparation- Patients who are admitted in a hospital have to undergo routine tes ts to check for health and vitality of organs. Prepping the patients by informin g them about the procedure, dressing them, conveying them to appointment or hosp ital departments and pre-medicating them before required appointments are all ta sks carried out. Medication Charts- Almost every patient in a hospital environment is on a medica tion protocol. I am assigned the task of monitoring medication, dosages and ensu ring that patients take their dosages on time for effective patient care. First Aid- Most emergency rooms are a mess of high tension and injured patients. Doctors can deal with the severely injured we are assigned the tasks of dealing the simple wounds and injuries to save time for the doctors. Cleaning wounds, m easuring the cm involved in a wound for pre and post debridement .Giving injecti

ons, applying dressings, splints, and bandages. Changing the dressings and assis ting in the suture placements to the injured patient. IV Maintenance- I do have to keep a careful eye on those patients who are on an IV drip. Patients who are being administered blood, medications, glucose etc hav e to be monitored, levels of IV solutions periodically noted and IV's changed wh en required .Change catheters, nasal-gastric tubes, epidural infusions, perform tracheotomy care, fluid bags, and oxygen supplies. Patient Hygiene- patients are bathed, bedding changed, dressed and toileted ever y day. Daily Massages- Bedridden patients or patients in week long dressings are provid ed therapeutic massages. Physician Orders- Sometimes doctors leave special instructions that have to be c arried out for sick patients. I do follow the physician during his rounds, compr ehend detailed instructions and carry them out to the letter. Feeding incapacitated patients and ensuring that they have a constant supply of water and nutrition. Emotional Support- A very important aspect of patient care is dealing with depre ssed patients who are in severe pain. Providing emotional support to stressed pa tients is a very important. The work is hard and requires a lot of mental and physical strength but ultimate ly the entire process of caring for a sick person and nursing them back to healt h makes it worthwhile!

6/2009- 8/2010 Yale Fertility Center, Yale University 150 Sargent Drive New Haven, Ct 06511 203-785-4708 Triage Nurse, Floor Nurse, L.P.N. Responsibilities include: Phone and walk-in triage, vitals, patient histories, m ember of clinical team on the floor, assisting the doctors with procedures, admi nistration of injections. Medication refills and teaching instructions of doctor 's orders. As a recovery room nurse I am responsible for patients when they com e out of sedation or other fertility procedures which require sedation. IDX trai ned, as well as all other office skills.

6/2008 - 5/2009 Licensed Practical Nurse Yale University Internal Medicine Dana 3 Clinic 789 Howard Avenue New Haven, Ct Duties and responsibilities include, patient care, triage, assisting the doctors with procedures, injections, throat cultures, splints, dressing changes, EKG's, blood pressures, weight, heights, computers, booking appointments, medicine ref ills, phones, faxing, insurance prior authorizations, worked closely with the V. N.A. in managing the patients care and doctors orders. We would take care of fif ty to three hundred patients per day on the clinic floor. Most would be schedule d and triage phone calls. Some would be walk in triages. Every specialty would s

chedule time on the clinic floor in order to treat their patients and be able to teach the residents the necessary skills needed to become doctors. This was a h igh volume fast passed environment that I enjoyed fully. We worked directly with cardiology, rheumatology, allergy - immunology, endocrinology, nephrology, infe ctious disease and three internists every day. 10/2005 - 1/2008 Licensed Practical Nurse, receptionist Dr. Jeannette Chinchilla Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine of Cheshire 677 South Main Street Cheshire, Ct 06410 Duties and responsibilities included patient care, triage, medical assisting, in jections, blood pressure, throat cultures, weights, heights, special training in the computer lazy eye exams, computers, phones, booking appointments, faxing, r ecording in charts, and filing. Microsoft, word, Excel, windows Every October through February I had and ran my own flu shot clinics each day an d gave injections and flu mists to the patients. 1/2004 - 10/2005 Licensed Practical Nurse Dr. Suzanne Miller C.C.O.G. Women's Health Group 677 South Main Street Cheshire, Ct 06410 Bristol, Ct (Part of Bristol Hospital) 25 Newell Road Suite D-28 (860) 584-4240 New Office in Southington Patient care would consist of prenatal care and instructions, patient histories, examination, and patient preparation, blood pressures, weights, and other vital signs. Assist the doctor with surgical procedures biopsies, (endometrial) etc. lab work - urine, cultures, and pregnancy testing. 9/2003 - 9/2004 Licensed Practical Nurse Dr. David Stair Dr. David Gaines 677 South Main Street Cheshire, Ct 06410 Connecticut Medical Group Internal Medicine Medical assisting, patient care, patient preparation, appointment scheduling, pa tient files, recording, filing, faxing, and computer data entry, and insurance f orms. 1987 - 1991

Teen Action Advisor Cheshire Parks and Recreation Sandy Patel - Director I was the youth teen action advisor for the middle school children. I would orga nize and hire all needed personnel for the activities that were to be organized and carried out. I would hire the police officers, the bands, chaperones, and ru n the entire event from selling the tickets to clean up after the event. The chi ldren would work as a group to better the community and organize their own socia l events.

1987 - 1990 Dr. Michael Ackley Cheshire Podiatrist Medical Assistant, receptionist Patient care, patient preparation, assisting during surgeries, x-rays, computer data entry, appointment scheduling, and filing. EDUCATION 2005 - 2007 Naugatuck Valley Community College Waterbury, Ct 1990 - 1991 W.F. Kaynor Technical School Waterbury, Ct 1987 - 1988 Emergency Medical Technician Cheshire, Ct 1982 - 1987 Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Ct 1978 - 1982 Cheshire High School Cheshire, Ct ACTIVITIES 2005 - Present Cheshire High School Band Parent Band Nurse for all competitions and games, Chaperone and quartermaster Volunteer for all events, and help with sewing costumes and flags. 2003 - Present Cheshire Junior Football Cheerleading Team Mom volunteer for all practices, games, and activities 2008 - Present Cheshire High School Cheerleading Team Mom 2009 CPR and First Aid - Yale University New Haven, Ct 2010- Present CPR - Campion Ambulance Service Waterbury, Ct 06706