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Home Health RN Case Manager at Penn Medicine (2019-06 – Present)
Provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable. Providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs. Adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and advancing community outreach.
Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance. Utilizes appropriate information and technology as a Nurse Case Manager to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams. Effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients.
Perform venipuncture and other lab specimens as ordered by providers.
Check meter device system (Coag-check) and venipuncture to retrieve patients’ PT INR levels in the home and report INR levels to the provider in a timely manner. Remove sutures, staples, post-op dressings, and provide proper wound care as ordered by physicians. Educate patients and families on all care plans. Use standard universal precautions. Utilizes the computer system EPIC, and Point Click Care for EMRs and other patient’s documentation.
Medical Oncology Triage/Navigator RN (Jefferson Hospital Cancer Center) at Pride Healthcare Agency (2018-10 – 2019-03)
Apply the professional nursing process by providing individualized nursing care to a large adult and geriatric population at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Cancer Center. Serves as the main point of contact for patients, caregivers, and referring physicians. Provides resources and assistance.
Functions as a liaison between providers and members and the interdisciplinary teams. Demonstrates critical thinking. Assess and intervene to meet the needs of patients and their families/caregivers by providing care coordination throughout the cancer continuum to improve health, treatment, or end-of-life outcomes.
Provide coaching and education for chronic disease/illness management. Consistently, apply medical health benefit policy and medical management guidelines to authorize services. Track, review and assist in clinical requests for PRIOR AUTHORIAZATIONS and PRECERTIFICATIONS.
Track assigned cases for timely reviews/updates and decisions as reflected in EPIC documentation. Responsibility for handling phone calls from the patients who are seeking medical information and/or medical attention. Provide an undertaking assessment of their health needs.
Schedule appointments (as the patient's condition requires), answer questions, and provide health education as required. Give injections such as intramuscular vaccines and access ports for the preparation of chemotherapy infusions. Collaborate with entire care team and provide care to patients with both benign and malignant hematologic disorders.
Responsible for triaging, educating the patient regarding oral medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician while acting as an advocate for the patient by managing care during active and follow up treatment.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse Supervisor at Eagleville Hospital (2018-01 to 2018-06)
Provides both administrative and clinical support for the hospital and nursing operations. Manage staffing issues, clinical care issues, serious events, and assume the leadership role for the assigned shift. Interacts with all levels of staff and management to provide behavioral health treatment and chemical dependencies.
Make daily compliance rounds on units to ensure that all nursing personnel are performing work assignments in accordance with acceptable nursing standards. Complete quality improvement audit tool as assigned.
Psychiatric Registered Nurse (Mental Health and Drug/Alcohol at multiple facilities) at Quality Care Options (2009-09 – 2019-09)
Navigate to multiple facilities to perform comprehensive nursing care activities and provide nursing staff leadership. Triages unit activities, assesses patient needs, plans and implement patient care activities and evaluates the patient's response to treatment. Manages activities within the therapeutic milieu and directs the delivery of nursing care by other members of the patient care team, as well as providing nursing education groups for the patients.
Communicate with the multidisciplinary treatment team and provides necessary services in caring for the patient. Work closely with the psychiatrist in doing patient evaluations for admission.
Registered Nurse (Telemetry, Step-down, Neurology, Pulmonary, Oncology, ICU, PCU, MICU, SICU, Ortho, PACU/ Same-day surgery, Emergency room, and Ante/Post-partum) at Lankenau Medical Center (2008-04 – 2021-01)
Demonstrates primary accountability for patient outcomes. Delegates, supervises and participates in patient care delivery. Provide care management with direct patient care to implement the nursing process to include the following: assess patient and family needs; develop a plan of care based on assessment; coordinate and direct patient care in implementation of the plan of care; review and evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care.
Collaborate with social workers and /or case manager for successful admission and discharge. Coordinate care across the disciples, in collaboration with medical staff. Utilize the computer system EPIC for EMRs and other patient documentation.
Bachelors Science and Nursing (BSN) – Widener University (2016-01 – 2019-12)
Diploma in Nursing in Registered Nurse – Episcopal School of Nursing (2005-01 – 2007-12)
High School Diploma in Business Education – Murrell Dobbins AVTS (1989-09 – 1993-06)
