Registered Nurse Karla Overton, RN Provides Care for the Hobbsville, North Carolina Area

Get to know nurse practitioner Karla Overton, who serves patients within Home Life Care.

Speciality: Medical-surgical nursing in the Community and Home health

Associate Nursing Degree: College of the Albemarle

Education: Karla graduated with an Associate’s of Science in Nursing degree in 1990, giving her over a two decades worth of experience in her field.

Current Position: She practices with Home Life Care. Her role there is to make patient visits to supervise aides in the home setting to insure the patient is receiving the personal care required by the patient’s program plan of care. She works with many patients who receive personal care services under various programs, state Medicaid programs which are the Personal Care Program or the Community Alternatives Program, Veterans Affairs, Long term care insurance, and private pay. She supervise aides who are personal care level aides and certified nurse aide levels I & II. Also, as the Supervisor, she collaborates with many other health care professionals.

Registered Nurse: The main role of a registered nurse is to assist physicians in providing treatment to patients suffering from various medical conditions. While their primary responsibilities will involve caring for patients, their specific job duties will vary depending on your employer and specialization. Jonica’s specializations are Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, Medical Surgery, Telemetry, and Cardiovascular, so her job role will be assisting physicians in those specific medical situations. While a majority of registered nurses work at hospitals they are not limited to that setting, they can also work in in clinics, schools, assisted living facilities, homes, schools and more. They must also stay up-to-date with new tools and technology to help provide the best care to patients and families, and the best support to doctors and other healthcare professionals. Registered nurses must possess excellent communication, emotional intelligence, teamwork, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.

Personal: Karla comes from a family who all have a background in the medical field. She attributes her professional success to her abilities, dedication and passion for caring for other people. When she is not working she enjoys jewelry making.

Learn More about Karla Overton:

Through her online profile, http://inanurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4142320/