Rachel Martinez

Case Manager - Traditions Home Health - College Station, TX

(2025-04)

Provide skilled nursing care to patients in their homes, including assessments, wound care, medication management, and disease-specific education.
Perform comprehensive head-to-toe assessments and develop individualized care plans in collaboration with patients, families, and providers.
Complete medication reconciliation, reinforce adherence, and educate patients and caregivers on treatment regimens and safety precautions.
Manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, COPD, CHF, and post-operative recovery, ensuring early identification of changes in patient status.
Document all visits, interventions, patient progress in the EMR within agency timeframes.
Coordinate multidisciplinary services including PT, OT, ST, social work, and DME as needed.
Teach patients and caregivers about mobility, fall prevention, symptom monitoring, emergency precautions to promote independence.
Communicate any changes in patient condition promptly to providers for appropriate follow-up.
Ensure compliance with Medicare/insurance guidelines, OASIS documentation requirements, and agency protocols.

Acute Medical RN - St. Joseph Regional Hospital - Bryan, TX

(2023-09 - 2025-04)

Primary registered nurse for an average of 4-5 patients on a 38-bed medical unit working 12-hour shifts.
Provided care and documented all elements of nursing care, assessments, evaluations, interventions, treatments, medications, education, discharge instructions, and follow-up care in the medical record.
Developed care plans and nursing diagnoses utilizing assessment skills
Interface with patients to provide support for activities of daily living, which includes providing resources and aid throughout treatment.
Educated patients and family members and significant others on interventions provided, disease process and management techniques, discharge planning and medication regiments.
Medication reconciliation, admission, and discharge
Served as preceptor to new nurses and nursing graduates, providing guidance in policies and procedures

Cardiac Telemetry RN - St. Joseph Regional Hospital - Bryan, TX

(2021-06 - 2023-09)

Primary registered nurse for an average of 4-5 patients on a 34-bed telemetry unit working 12-hour shifts
Observation and interpretation of continuous cardiac monitoring, arrythmia recognition, and intervention
Examined, assessed, and treated wide range of cardiac patients with cardiac specific disease processes including congestive heart failure, acute coronary syndrome/disease, post coronary artery bypass grafting
Provided comprehensive care to patients with cardiac dysrhythmias, including administration of antiarrhythmic medications and cardiac drips, in compliance with hospital protocol and guidelines.
Served as preceptor to new nurses and nursing graduates, providing guidance in policies and procedures.

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