Vickie Chandler, RN COS-C

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Objective/Summary

Registered Nurse, with previous career in Information Technology, is

seeking a Nursing Informatics position that will utilize my unique

combination of computer skills and nursing experience. More than 15 years

experience as a computer professional before returning to school to become

a Registered Nurse. Computer knowledge entails solid experience in all

aspects of the product life cycle to include requirements gathering,

design, programming, testing, documentation, implementation, and end user

training. Over 4 years nursing experience in an acute care setting

utilizing clinical systems software.

Profile

. Knowledgeable in chronic disease management-CHF, COPD, Diabetes, as well

as geriatric care

. EMR documentation experience with McKesson, Amedisys, and Cerner clinical

software applications

. Knowledgeable in Telehealth, remote monitoring, and web portals to

improve patient outcomes

. Extensive IT history that includes software design, development,

testing, training, and implementation

. Leadership skills include IT Project Management, and healthcare Case

Management

. Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills

. Self directed with ability to guide projects to timely completion

Education

AS Nursing, May, 2006, North Georgia College and State University

BS Chemical Engineering, June, 1984, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Licensure: Registered Nurse (RN) State of Georgia

Certification:

Nursing - OASIS-C, Basic Life Support

Computer - Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, 2002

Continuing Education Certificates:

Georgia Institute of Technology - September, 2002

. Object Oriented Development

. Java Technologies

Kennesaw State University - October, 2002

. Oracle SQL

Professional Experience

HealthCare / Registered Nurse Experience, 2003-Present

Wellstar Home Health, Marietta, GA, 06/2010 - Present

RN, Care Coordinator responsible for assessment, planning, coordination,

implementation and evaluation of patients; reporting abnormalities to MD,

and modify treatment plans as needed to attain optimal patient health.

Educate patient and care givers on disease process, medications, and

prevention to prevent re-hospitalizations. Electronic record documentation

utilizing Cerner Roadworks application software.

Amedisys Home Health, Atlanta, GA, 09/2007 - Present

RN, Case Manager responsible for a case load of participants, from

admission to discharge, coordinating care and ensuring compliance with all

policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. The participants were

primarily Medicare patients with chronic disease such as CHF, COPD,

Diabetes, as well as aftercare and rehab post surgical patients.

Established and implemented plan of care, performed assessments to analyze

and make judgments on patient's condition, notified MD and modified plan of

care as needed. Educate patient and family members regarding plan of care,

disease process, prevention, medications, and discharge plan. Electronic

record documentation utilizing Amedisys application software for the home

health industry and Medicare OASIS.

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NorthSide Hospital Cherokee, Canton, GA, 11/2006 - 10/2007

RN Staff Nurse - Team nursing of LPN and Care-Tech, to manage the care of

10-12 patients with a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions.

Electronic Record documentation utilizing Mckesson's Care Manager software.

Responsible for patient admission, discharge, and creating and evaluating

nursing plan of care. Direct patient care to include assessment and

evaluation; IV catheter insertion; administer IV fluids and medications,

observing for side effects and adverse reactions; pain management and PCA

pumps, diabetes education and insulin monitoring, wound care and dressing

changes. Worked as nurse preceptor to newly hired nurses.

Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, Kennesaw, GA, 08/2006 - 11/ 2006

Staff Nurse - Medical Telemetry - Staff nurse on cardiac floor managing

the care of five to six patients with heart conditions monitored via

telemetry. Electronic Record documentation utilizing Mckesson's Care

Manager Software. Responsible for monitoring EKG strips, lab results, and

notifying MD of abnormalities. Prepare patients for cardiac procedures and

surgery. Direct patient care to include assessment and evaluation;

administer IV fluids and medications, observing for side effects and

adverse reactions; pain management and PCA pumps, wound care and dressing

changes

MBNA, Kennesaw, GA, 11/2003 - 03/2005

Telephonic Customer Service - Call Center Credit Card Phone Support:

Telephonic customer support assisting card holders with problems associated

with statements, credit, and financial advisement (Full time evening work

during nursing school)

Computer Consulting / IT Experience, 1985-2003

Computer Tools

C/Perl/Java/Java Script/Shell Script, Multiple versions of Unix,

SQL/Oracle Database, Excel, Visio, Microsoft Project, Power Point, Multiple

Web Development Tools

CCCNets, Inc., Woodstock, GA, 07/2001 - 07/2003

Consulting - Web Page Development utilizing HTML/Perl, and DreamWeaver in

a Windows NT environment. Computer support for small database application

written in Access.

Concert, Atlanta, GA, 04/2000 - 05/2001

Contract - Technical Lead/ Senior Developer on a telephony provisioning

internet application written in Perl/C/Oracle/HTML/Unix. Responsible for

gathering requirements and documenting design spec for new releases and

rewrite in Java technologies, maintenance programming on existing

application, and end user support and training.

Healthcare Management Systems, Kennesaw, GA, 07/1998 - 05/1999

Contract - Senior Business Analyst on a medical credentialing internet

application written in Perl/C/Oracle/HTML/Unix . Wrote and implemented a

Change Management project plan to establish baseline code, source code

control, and release procedures. Provided call center production support

and end user training.

BellSouth, Atlanta, GA, 01/1997 - 01/1998

Contract - Senior Systems Analyst on Cellular Billing Project. Established

QA procedures to include writing and executing test case scenarios, created

initial project plans for source code control, security, and implementation

procedures. Utilizing Microsoft Project, documented process flow of

production code. Wrote intranet application in C/Unix/Perl, HTML that

displayed cellular billing reports.

BellSouth, Atlanta, GA, 05/1995 - 06/1996

Contract - Senior Developer on cellular project written in C/Unix that

collected data from home electric meters utilizing radio devices.

Responsible for gathering requirements from SMEs, documenting design spec,

writing code, and testing .

MDT, Inc., Marietta, GA, 08/1992 - 05/1995

08/1992-05/1994 - Software Engineer on change management client/server

application written in C/Unix, for use with process controllers in the

automotive industry. Instrumental in the design and development of

application with heavy use of sockets, ftp, and telnet protocols.

06/ 06/1994/05/1995 - Project Manager

responsible for coordinating efforts between development, testing,

documentation,, and product release. Maintained schedules and assigned

work load of team.

AGS Consulting, Atlanta, GA, 01/1990-05/1992

Programmer/Tester responsible for code and unit testing of a computer

integrated manufacturing

software, with main focus on the user interface. Application was written in

C/C++/Unix

AT&T, Atlanta, GA, 10/1985 - 01/1990

CAD System Coordinator/Lead Developer on Engineering application to

automate internal

telecommunications order provisioning process written in C/Unix/HP Cad

software. Responsible for

gathering requirements from engineers, code and test software, and end

users training. Nominated for

Engineers Award during Engineers week for work on this project.

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