Monique Paredes

Compassionate Licensed Vocational Nurse with experience in urgent care, home health, and congregate care. Skilled in comprehensive patient care, patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, IV therapy, infection prevention, emergency response, EMR documentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Dedicated to delivering safe, patient-centered nursing care in fast-paced and community hospital settings.

Licensed Vocational Nurse at High Desert Medical Group Urgent Care (2026-04 – Present)

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments, obtain vital signs, and prioritize care in a high-volume urgent care setting.
• Assist providers with examinations, procedures, medication administration, injections, IV therapy, specimen collection, and treatments.
• Recognize changes in patient condition and promptly communicate findings to providers.
• Provide patient education regarding medications, treatment plans, and discharge instructions.
• Maintain accurate EMR documentation while promoting patient safety and quality care.

Licensed Vocational Nurse at Home Health (2026 – Present)

• Perform comprehensive wound assessments, measurements, surgical wound care, pressure injury management, packing, dressing changes, and infection prevention.
• Educate patients and caregivers on wound care, hydration, nutrition, pressure relief, and signs of infection.
• Collaborate with physicians, registered nurses, therapists, and caregivers to coordinate individualized care plans.
• Communicate changes in patient condition to the interdisciplinary team.

Licensed Vocational Nurse at Angel Congregate Living (2026 – 2026)

• Administered medications, monitored patient conditions, assisted with ADLs, repositioning, skin care, safety monitoring, and collaborated with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Phlebotomy Externship at Palmdale Medical Clinic

• Performed venipuncture and capillary collections for pediatric, adult, geriatric, and disabled patients while maintaining specimen integrity and infection control standards.

Licensed Vocational Nursing Program in Licensed Vocational Nursing – Career Care Institute (2025-12)

Associate of Science in Biology – Antelope Valley College (2027)