Caring Home Health Nurse skillful in initiating plans of care, engaging patients in therapeutic activities and assessing patient needs. Dependable professional that offers to homebound patients. First-rate communication, time management and recordkeeping abilities.
Skills
Privacy and confidentiality
Medication Administration
Children's medical needs
Electronic Medical Records
Patient Assessments
Collecting vitals
Family planning services education
Strong clinical judgment
Work History
Pediatric Home Health Nurse, 07/2021 - Current The Pediatric Connection – Lancaster, TX,
Provided compassionate nursing care to medically fragile children in home settings.
Tracked patients' progress through careful reporting and documentation at each visit.
Communicated with patients and family members, providing detailed information regarding care and medications.
Handled variety of nursing tasks, including medication administration, ventilation monitoring.
Identified health issues while at home care visits and contacted patient's physician to discuss best method for resolution.
Provided complete care to home health patients, including physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management.
Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses while working with healthcare teams to adjust care plans.
Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
Followed all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Administered different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
Explained course of care and medications, including side effects to patients and caregivers in easy-to-understand terms.
Geriatric Nurse, 07/2021 - Current State Of Georgia – Twiggs, GA,
Promote kind, compassionate environment, utilizing active listening and effective communication skills with elderly patients and caregivers.
Closely monitor acute conditions related to falls and accidents, as well as chronic conditions, such as arthritis and COPD.
Educate patients on such topics as nutrition and medication side effects.
Involve, educate and supervise family members in implementing best practices for older adults.
Administer medications and treatment to patients and monitor responses while working with healthcare provider to adjust care plans if appropriate.
Educate family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
Follow all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Administer different therapies and medications in line with physician orders and treatment plan.
Infection Control Epidemiologist II, 11/2020 - Current Texas Department Of State Health Services – City, STATE,
Continuously maintain proper safety and precautionary measures to avoid spread of disease and infection.
Surveilled ongoing infections to verify adequate data collection, control procedures and current staff interventions.
Gather and submit data to regulatory agencies for mandatory report infections such as Texas Department of State Health Services
Coordinate a successful and with full compliance to prevent infections according to facility and Joint Commission standards.
Set clear policies to improve success of infection control measures in all departments.
Investigate outbreaks and revamped control measures to prevent future incidents.
Identify risks proactively, prepare teams for likely infections based on seasonal changes or current epidemiological trends.
Develop effective training programs to help staff understand and implement critical protections such as hand-washing etc.
Evaluated hospital-onset and healthcare-acquired infections by conducting root cause analysis.
Identify and mitigate unnecessary infection risks through regular reviews and procedural assessments.
Keep teams operating in accordance with latest epidemiological research and sound care practices.
Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
Follow all personal and health data procedures to effectively comply with HIPAA laws and prevent information breaches.
Report findings to quality departments after conducting routine restraint audits and work with team to devise corrective actions for deficiencies.
Investigate and resolve issues affecting hospital operations and patient care, including power or system outages, patient or family grievances, security issues and employee issues.
Ensure healthcare staff are up to date on vaccinations.
Epidemiologist 1, 11/2017 - 10/2020 Texas Department Of State Health Services – City, STATE,
Determine the need for and conduct infection prevention investigations on events associated with bioterrorism agents, food-borne illness, vaccine-preventable disease, pandemic influenza, Multiple resistant drug organism (MDRO) disease clusters, and/or other associated unusual disease outbreak events within DSHS 6/5 south’s jurisdiction. (Hepatitis A, B, C, CRE, MDRA, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli cases, COVID-19 etc.);
Conducts on-site visits to investigate situations presenting infection prevention risks and provide resolution. Provide recommendations regarding products and procedures for cleaning, disinfection and sterilization to minimize the transmission of infectious diseases.
Assists in developing new guidelines, policies, and procedures, updating current policies and procedures based on current literature, regulatory agencies, and data generated through surveillance.
Monitor DSHS 6/5 south’s jurisdiction related health outcomes that may affect recovery and response, maintain a secure community stakeholder relationships and contact lists;
Manage data collection and surveillance through case interviews, medical record reviews, vital record data, and data collection systems;
Interview and gather quantitative and qualitative information from patient such as symptom onset date, signs and symptoms of the disease, traveling history, possible exposure setting, and vaccination history;
Serves as an epidemiology resource and educator to local health department, the medical staff, patients, and the community by providing accurate information and guidance on infection prevention issues in a timely manner, reviewing and revising infection prevention-related educational materials.
Interpret laboratory results; provide recommendations including contact isolations, provide recommendations on preventions and control measures; request clinical notes/medical records;
Create disease outbreak-specific line-list, perform disease outbreak investigation; write formal epidemiological reports, track disease rates using electronic management system – National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS), analysis (using SAS, EPI Info.);
Participate in DSHS routine department functions, meetings, and Implementation of bioterrorism preparedness and response activities;
Maintained and analyze the school surveillance program for voluntary reporting of absenteeism in participating schools within DSHS 6/5 south’s jurisdiction during the school year. Through a commercial survey site (survey monkey);
Educated clients on their health results or disease and answer any health-related questions;
Assist in the development and streamlined systems for monitoring and tracking program effectiveness.
Assist in Designing educational materials used to inform policymakers and community stakeholders.
Write summaries, reports, and other correspondence regarding community outreach efforts.
Coordinated community outreach activities.
Maintain communications with healthcare providers, local health departments, infection control practitioners, physicians, laboratories, and regional communicable disease personnel;
Provides technical advice on surveillance and epidemiological issues to local health departments and hospitals as an “ON-CALL” epidemiologist on duty, responsibility include receiving, investigating, and respond to disease reports 24/7/365 within the required deadlines;
Develop and recommend evidence-based interventions and control measures in response to epidemiological findings;
Participate in weekly and bi-weekly DSHS epidemiology conference calls and bi-monthly meetings with local health departments that involve routine sharing of information and situational updates of disease-related events within the state;
Develop data collection tools to simplify and broaden data compilation.
Create data summaries, reports, and visual representations for emerging infectious diseases, healthcare-associated infections, and other conditions of interest;
Investigate reportable diseases and conditions, exotic diseases, unusual group expressions of diseases, and outbreaks.
Served as the regional point of contact for ESSENCE and TX Red Sky.
Create data summaries, reports, and visual representations for infectious diseases and other conditions of interest;
Serve as a member of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Response Team.
Education
Associate of Applied Science: Nursing, Expected in 12/2019 - North Broward Technical Center - Deerfield Beach, FL, GPA:
Master of Public Health: Epidemiology, Expected in 05/2015 - University of Illinois At Springfield - Springfield, IL GPA:
Bachelor of Science: Health And Wellness, Expected in 05/2010 - Texas Southern University - Houston, TX GPA:
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