Nurse Case Manager Resume Example Home Health VNA

NURSE CASE MANAGER

Summary

Professional Summary: Registered Nurse with 24 years experience presently working as a nurse case manger and nursing supervisor. Able to care for all age groups but pediatrics is my speciality. Nursing background includes pediatric home care, pediatric oncology, pediatric hospice, caring for pediatric patients in home with disabilities and chronic needs, geriatric home care and setting up families at home with their home care needs. Infusion experience including ports, PICC's and midlines, and blood draws peripherally or via device.

Skills

Able to care for all age groups.
24 years experience with the pediatric population.
Four years experience with geriatric population.
Patient assessments, teaching, admissions and discharges. Implementing care plans with problems and interventions.
Attended discharge meetings with the Boston Hospitals as well as with Dartmouth to prepare the pediatric patient to go home with services that were needed.
IV experience with all age groups, Portacath, PICCs and midline maintenance, flushing, medication administration, TPN, teaching IV therapy and pumps, access and de-access portacaths, discontinuing PICC's and midlines.
Blood draws via IV as well as peripherally
EMR record keeping
Maternal Child health and newborn assessments and teaching, Including breastfeeding, postpartum care, and prenatal care.
CPR certification
Staff training and supervision. Delegations to LNA's. Teaching to LNA's, LPN's and RN's.
Hospice and palliative care experience in the home care setting.
Diabetes management with all age groups
Phone triage

Wound care of all types, including wound vacs
Administration of all medications in all forms including IV.
IV certification course through St. Anselm's College (presently working on).
Reiki Master
Care for children with disabilities in home and school.
Working with different insurance plans, including Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance clients as well as private pay.
Trach and vent in home care
Caring for the chronically ill in the home care setting
Specimen collections of all types
RN Case Management
Triaging patient concerns
Ostomy care and teaching
Catheter care and insertion and removal
Administration of specialized medication including Cimzia, etc

Experience

Home Health VNALawrence, MANurse Case Manager04/1998 to 05/2004

Managed caseload of 20-30 clients specializing in maternal child health, newborn and pediatrics Neonatal care including jaundice and wallaby use, heel stick blood draws, all neonatal infant care and teaching? Phlebotomy Performed assessments and provided teaching of all care.
Electronic documentation of all assessments, teaching and plan of care Phone triage after hours Hospice care of pediatric patients Cared for acutely and chronically ill pediatric patients Administering injections Wound care Managing and teaching G and J tubes and all feeding pumps Managing and teaching all types of IV lines Worked with the Hospice team to help families care for terminally ill children including diagnoses of cancer and other neurological diseases.
Medically and emotionally assisted the family and keep the child as comfortable as possible at home until death.

Interim HealthcareManchester, NHRegistered Nurse01/2004 to 03/2007

Caring for acutely to chronically ill children in their homes Managed central venous lines including line care, dressing changes, blood draws and administering all medications Portacath accessing and deaccessing and all maintenance involved Managing and teaching of all IV lines Managing urinary catheters Managing g-tubes and J-tubes Managing ileostomy and colostomy Tracheostomy and ventilators management Oxygen, suctioning and pulse oximetry Venous blood draws and PT/INR draws Administering all medications in all forms including injections, oral, inhaled and IV Wound care including wound vac management?.

Interim HealthcareManchester, NHNursing Supervisor06/2004 to 06/2014

Managed a caseload of 25-30 clients, various pediatric diagnoses, developmentally delayed children as well as adults.
Recruited, hired, trained and coached new employees Performed basic physical assessments on maternal child health, pediatric and adult population Phone triage after hours Supervision and teaching nurses and home health aides Skilled nursing visits for postpartum patients, pediatric patients with various illnesses and disabilities and adult patients with various illnesses Hospice and end of life care to pediatric and adult patients Flu vaccine administration to all staff Synagis injections to respiratory compromised infant.

Interim HealthcareManchester, NHNurse Case Manager and RN Nurse Supervisor06/2014 to Current

RN Home Care Supervisor
RN Nurse Case Manager
Managing a caseload of 25- 30 clients: primary care, assessment and evaluation of neonatal, pediatric, maternal child health patients as well as geriatric patients.
Supervise staff involved with home care clients, including LNA's and LPN's and RN's. Staff teaching and training in all areas. LNA delegations.
Focused on team coordination and leadership to provide exceptional patient and family support.
Providing education, treatments, to patient and families.
Accurately documenting all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions, and follow-up care.
Experience with various medical conditions including developmentally delayed children, prenatal and postpartum mothers, Cerebral Palsy, Parkinson's Disease, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's, and very rare diagnoses, and etc.
Performing blood draws and specimen collections
Delivering in-home care to disabled children and adults.
Advocated for patient needs with interdisciplinary team and implemented outlined treatment plans.
Administered scheduled medications and therapies intravenously, rectally, orally, subcutaneously and via intramuscular injections while overseeing pain management plans.
Counseled caregivers and families on end-of-life planning and educated on patient care options.
Coordinated with healthcare team to establish, enact and evaluate patient care plans.
Communicated with primary care physicians or emergency care providers to relay patient needs.

Education and Training

Bachelor of Science:Nursing1998Rivier University, Nashua, NH

Associate of Science:NursingRivier University, Nashua, NH

Bachelor of Science:BiologyNotre Dame College, Manchester, NH

IV Therapy Online Course :Infusion TherapySt. Anselm College, Goffstown, NH

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Home Health VNA
Interim Healthcare

School Attended

Rivier University
Notre Dame College
St. Anselm College

Job Titles Held:

Nurse Case Manager
Registered Nurse
Nursing Supervisor
Nurse Case Manager and RN Nurse Supervisor

Degrees

Bachelor of Science : Nursing 1998
Associate of Science : Nursing
Bachelor of Science : Biology
IV Therapy Online Course : Infusion Therapy

Nurse Case Manager Resume Example

Resume Score: 80%

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