Loray Bass

Board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with over 26 years of combined nursing and respiratory therapy experience across emergency medicine, critical care, home health, dialysis, utilization review, quality assurance, and care coordination. Experienced in managing complex acute and chronic conditions, performing comprehensive patient assessments, coordinating interdisciplinary care, and improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practice. Strong background in home health leadership, OASIS compliance, wound management, patient education, and high-acuity clinical environments.

Mobile Family Nurse Practitioner and Urology Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care Solutions/Next Path Health - Stuart, FL

(2026-06)

• Provide comprehensive primary care services to adult and geriatric patients in home, assisted living, and community-based settings.
• Perform comprehensive histories, physical examinations, diagnostic evaluations, and development of individualized treatment plans.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic medical conditions utilizing evidence-based clinical guidelines.
• Provide advanced wound assessment and management of complex acute and chronic wounds, including pressure injuries, diabetic ulcers, vascular ulcers, and non-healing surgical wounds.
• Perform conservative sharp wound debridement and other advanced wound-care procedures within scope of practice.
• Develop and oversee individualized wound treatment plans, including advanced dressings, enzymatic debridement, negative pressure wound therapy, compression therapy, and biologic/advanced wound products when indicated.
• Evaluate patients for wound infection and osteomyelitis and coordinate cultures, laboratory testing, imaging, antimicrobial therapy, and specialty referrals as appropriate.
• Assess vascular, nutritional, mobility, pressure, and other factors contributing to impaired wound healing.
• Order, interpret, and follow diagnostic laboratory testing, imaging studies, and other clinical investigations.
• Prescribe and manage medications while monitoring therapeutic response, adverse effects, contraindications, and drug interactions.
• Collaborate with physicians, infectious disease specialists, vascular specialists, home health agencies, rehabilitation providers, caregivers, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding disease management, medication adherence, wound care, pressure offloading, nutrition, infection prevention, and risk reduction.
• Coordinate transitions of care and specialty referrals to promote continuity and prevent avoidable hospitalizations.
• Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation in electronic health record systems.
• Practice independently within established scope, organizational protocols, and state and federal regulatory requirements.

RN Case Manager | Utilization Review | QA | Educator - Elite Home Care - Port St. Lucie, FL

(2016-08)

• Manage comprehensive care for medically complex home health patients
• Perform OASIS assessments, documentation review, and regulatory compliance monitoring
• Conduct utilization review and quality assurance audits to improve outcomes and reimbursement accuracy
• Educate and mentor nursing staff on clinical standards, documentation, and patient care practices
• Coordinate interdisciplinary care plans to optimize patient outcomes and reduce hospital readmissions

RN Case Manager - Signature Home Now - Port St. Lucie, FL

(2016-11 - 2022-02)

• Coordinated skilled nursing services and case management for home health patients
• Performed patient assessments, care planning, education, and chronic disease management
• Collaborated with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to improve continuity of care

RN Case Manager - Aloha Homecare - Port St. Lucie, FL

(2015-04 - 2018-06)

• Managed patient caseloads and delivered skilled home health nursing services
• Provided patient and caregiver education regarding disease management and medications
• Assisted with coordination of services and transitions of care

RN Case Manager - Nurse On Call - Port St. Lucie, FL

(2014-08 - 2015-04)

• Delivered comprehensive home health nursing care and patient education
• Coordinated physician orders, patient services, and follow-up care

Registered Nurse - Dialysis Clinic, Inc. - Corbin, KY

(2013-10 - 2014-06)

• Provided hemodialysis treatment and patient education for chronic renal failure patients
• Monitored patient response to treatment and managed dialysis-related complications

RN – ER/ICU - Select Medical Services - Nashville, TN

(2013-01 - 2013-07)

• Delivered emergency and critical care nursing services in high-acuity settings
• Assisted with stabilization and management of critically ill patients

Clinical Nurse IV – ER/ICU/Pediatrics - Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital - Somerset, KY

(2011-06 - 2012-12)

• Provided high-acuity emergency, pediatric, and intensive care nursing
• Managed rapid assessments, emergency interventions, and multidisciplinary coordination

RN / RRT – ER/ICU/Pediatrics - Raulerson Hospital - Okeechobee, FL

(2006-01 - 2011-06)

• Served in dual nursing and respiratory therapy roles across emergency and critical care departments
• Managed ventilators, respiratory emergencies, and critically ill patients

Master of Science in Nursing - Family Nurse Practitioner - South University (2026-04)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing - South University (2023)

Associate of Science in Nursing - Indian River State College (2010)

Associate of Science in Respiratory Care - Indian River State College (2000)