Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan Home Care RN Case Manager for the past 5 months providing end-of-life comfort care, disease/medication education to client's and their caregivers with special emphasis on the development and implementation of individualized, palliative care plans.
Registered Nurse Care Coordinator for 2.9 years at Senior Care Partners, P.A.C.E., a program of all inclusive care for the elderly. Coordinated all aspects of patient care with special emphasis on individualized care planning development/implementation and medication/disease management education while working within a participant centered care model. Worked in cooperation with the P.A.C. E. participants/families/caregivers and the P.A.C.E. interdisciplinary team members to meet the needs of the participants.
Cardiac surgical subspecialty unit experience, Medical ICU training, and over two years experience at a critical access hospital, Franklin General Hospital, in Hampton, Iowa. Crossed-trained in acute care, skilled care, inpatient hospice care, ER, and preoperative surgical care while working for Franklin General. Spent the first four months of my time at Franklin General in the nursing home unit of the facility, prior to being recruited by the hospital to work in their division of the building.
Exited my previous employers in good standing and maintained a strong reputation for achieving high levels of patient satisfaction and peer respect. Consistently had the highest RN patient satisfaction rating via patient survey while employed at Franklin General Hospital.
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Primary Home Care RN Case Manager providing skilled professional nursing care to clients/families/caregivers as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with regulations as established by the State Board of Registered Nursing, the client, and the policies of Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan.
Duties included providing professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process, assessing and evaluating the client’s status, initiating and sustaining, as needed, the implementation of orders for medications and treatments prescribed by the attending physician or designee, completing relevant clinical notes regarding the client's condition and care, individualizing and teaching the client/family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate, working in cooperation with the family/caregiver to meet the needs of the client/family/caregiver, observing the client for changes in condition and reporting these changes and the client's needs to the attending provider and appropriate members of the Hospice Interdisciplinary Group, assisting the client with activities of daily living and facilitating the client's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to develop care plans and goals for an assigned case load of participants in order to provide coordination of care/services in partnership with participants, family members and the P.A.C.E. interdisciplinary team. Conducted in-home comprehensive assessments and care planning, provided chronic disease management and education for participants and families, coordinated care within Senior Care Partners, P.A.C.E., and other facilities. Coordinated all participant transitions. Provided compassionate care/support and collaborated with all those involved in participant care utilizing a participant-family centered approach. Provided extensive in-home participant/family education regarding disease processes, disease management and medication education/management, including initiating high-risk disease process education and interventions for clinically complex participants. Provided End of Life coordination and care. Assisted in Advanced Care Planning discussions with participants and family members. Worked as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
Coordinated total nursing care of pre and post intervention cardiac patients. Administered and/or titrated medication as ordered. Observed patient behaviors, symptoms, and conditions to report to physicians as needed. Obtained specimens. Conducted extensive patient and family education. Provided emotional support. Accurately and efficiently documented all elements of the nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care while maintaining patient charts and confidential files according to facility protocols and HIPPA regulations. Charted at bedside when possible. Worked as part of a team and assisted coworkers, as needed, to ensure excellent patient care. Maintained proper body mechanics and patient safety with all transfers and repositioning. Provided leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel.
Coordinated total nursing care of critical patients suffering from debilitating and life threatening injuries. Assessed patient conditions and administered and/or titrated medications as ordered. Observed behaviors, symptoms, and conditions to report to physicians as warranted. Obtained specimens. Conducted patient and family teaching and offered emotional support when necessary. Accurately and efficiently documented all elements of the nursing assessment, treatments, medication, discharge instructions and follow-up care while maintaining patient charts and confidential files according to facility protocols and HIPPA regulations. Charted at bedside when possible. Worked as part of a team. Maintained proper body mechanics and patient safety with all transfers and repositioning. Provided leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel.
Coordinated total nursing care of patients, participated in patient and family teaching, provided leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing practice in the acute care, skilled care, hospice, ER and outpatient surgical settings. Obtained specimens as ordered. Accurately documented all elements of nursing assessment, treatments, medications, discharge instructions and follow-up care. Worked as part of team. Maintained proper body mechanics and safety of patient with all transfers and patient repositioning. Maintained patient charts and confidential files according to facility protocols and HIPPA regulations.
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School Attended
- North Iowa Area Community College
- Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Job Titles Held:
- Home Health RN Case Manager
- Registered Nurse Care Coordinator
- RN Cardiac Surgical Subspecialty Unit
- Medical ICU Registered Nurse
- RN Acute Care/ER
Degrees
- Associate of Applied Science
- Associate of Applied Science
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