Mary Houle

A seasoned RN with 15 years of combined nursing experience in complex care/chronic disease management seeks a nursing position with a dynamic healthcare organization.

RN, Certified Diabetes Care Education Specialist - CCS Medical - Dallas, TX

(2021-08)

Provide virtual Diabetes Self-Management Education/Training (DSME). Assist in the assessment, data collection, education, instruction, and evaluation of Medicare/Managed Care patients. Assist in the development of diabetes educational materials.

RN, Adult Diabetes Educator, CDCES - Joslin Diabetes Center/Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, Beth Israel Deaconess Needham - Boston, MA

(2018-06 - 2022-09)

Provide diabetes self-management education to patients and families in a variety of settings. Develop individualized education and care plans. Certified pump trainer, well versed in a variety of diabetes technologies including continuous glucose monitoring devices, Smart insulin pens/apps,

RN, Case Manager - Bayada Home Health Care

(2015-08 - 2018-05)

Responsible for continuous review of all aspects of patient caseloads e.g. identifying appropriate utilization of services; supporting seamless transitions of care across multiple points-of-care; developing and implementing patient-centered plans of care. Provided culturally competent case management; comprehensive nursing assessments, administration of medications and treatments, as well as chronic disease management (Diabetes, CHF, COPD, CKD) and health & wellness coaching. Utilize the AADE's DSME/T to support optimal diabetes self-management patient education.

RN Complex Case Manager - South Coast Hospital Group - Fall River, MA

(2016-07 - 2017-02)

Served as a clinical nurse on the Medical MyCare Team for a Massachusetts' Community Hospital Acceleration Revitalization & Transition (CHART) grant project involving complex-care and utilization management initiatives to drive a which produced a 20% reduction in patient re-hospitalization admission/ED visits.

RN, Patient-Family Engagement Coach - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Silverman Institute of Quality

(2013-12 - 2015-07)

Provided patients & caregivers health coaching and education through motivational interviewing and shared decision-making to reduce unwarranted variation in orthopedic medical treatments as outlined in the Center for Medicaid & Medicare Innovations grant. Provided quality improvement project management support through ongoing patient research data collection and monthly/annual outcomes research reporting. Successfully earned a Certificate of Health Coach training through The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.

Visiting Nurse/Staff RN Med/Surg - Southcoast VNA/Southcoast Healthcare

(2012-08 - 2013-12)

Provided direct care nursing on a demanding medical-surgical telemetry unit. Demonstrated proficiency in the performance of routine physical assessments, medicine administration, IV insertion and therapy management, wound care, on a cardiac telemetry unit.

RN, Case Manager - SouthCoast Healthcare (VNA)

Provided community-based nursing and case management. Responsible for routine nursing assessments, patient medication education/management and treatments, along with the development of patient-centered POCs.

LPN - Sara B. Brayton Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation

(2009-08 - 2011-10)

Demonstrated competency as a staff nurse on a high-volume transitional care unit, serving post-op, and medically complex patient population. Responsible for routine nursing assessments, patient education, med administration and treatments, development of individualized plans of care.

MSN - Public Health Nursing - University of Hartford

AS - Nursing - Bristol Community College