ORVA MARY ESCALONA
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Home: 281-***-****; Cell: 713-***-****
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Work Summary: 15 Years' Experience in Healthcare Industry/Nursing, RHIT
(Registered Health Information Technologist) Pending. 27Years'
Professional Experience/Education.
Employment Characteristics: Self-reliant, Attentive, Dependable,
Conscientious, Proficient in HIPAA Privacy Laws, Professional. Completion
of Tasks/Timely Manner, Team Player, Detailed, and Flexible.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
Volunteered in Cancer Registry
Ben Taub General Hospital 08/2008-06/2009
Follow-up, casefinding, abstracted, tumor boards
Teacher
(1.) Aldine Independent School District ; 01/1981-05/1999 and
(2. and 3.) Houston I.S.D.; 08/1973-06/1980 and 08/1971-05/1972
Taught young children, supervised/delegated assignments for teaching
assistant, organized/planned, maintained schedules, kept accurate
records/data, worked as a liaison among diverse groups, worked with
administrators, staff, parents, & community.
Licensed Vocational Nurse
(1.) Various Texas City Hospitals; 08/1968-08/1983 and
(2.) Orem (UT) Valley Care Center; 08/1972-12/1972
Evening charge nurse, assisted/formulated nursing care plans,
planned/scheduled, dispensed meds, treatments/dressing care,
kept/maintained records/data, worked as a liaison among diverse groups,
worked with physicians, employees, patients, & the public
EDUCATION:
San Jacinto North College, Houston, TX
CERTIFICATE IN CANCER DATA MANAGEMENT, 12/2008
Lone Star College-North Harris, Houston, TX
ASSOCIATE DEGREE-HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; 08/2007
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
ENDORSEMENT FOR KINDERGARTEN/EARLY CHILDHOOD; 08/1973
Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
BS DEGREE-ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; 05/1971
El Paso Technical High School, El Paso, TX
DIPLOMA-LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSING; 06/1968
Austin High School, El Paso, TX
DIPLOMA-COLLEGE ROUTE; 05/1964
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CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:
Lifetime Texas Teaching Certificate
CTR: #2009026; ISSUED: 03/14/2009; EXPIRATION: 12/31/2011
RHIT: PENDING
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: NCRA #19794
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES:
Gayetta Davis, CTR, Director of Cancer Registry Services-HCHD
Ben Taub General Hospital; WK: 713-***-****; FAX: 713-***-****
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Rebecca Owens, RHIT, CTR, P/T Adjunct Professor
Texas Children's Hospital/San Jacinto North College
WK: 832-***-****; FAX: 832-***-****
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James Steen, MS, RHIA, Director/Professor Health Information Management
San Jacinto North College; WK: 281-***-****
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Viseeta Brown, MS, RHIA, Director/Associate Professor HIM Dept.
Lone Star College-North Harris; WK: 281-***-****; FAX: 281-***-****
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Jeanne Qualey, RHIA, CCS Professor (Past HIM Dept. Director)
Lone Star College-North Harris; WK: 281-***-****
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Della Moon, RHIT, CCS, CTR Professor
San Jacinto North College; WK: 281-***-****; FAX: 281-***-****
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Lidia Maza, Principal
Aldine Independent School District, WK: 281-***-****; FAX: 281-***-****
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Connie Bernard, Counselor
Aldine ISD, WK: 281-***-****; ********@******.***.**.**
OR DURING SUMMER:
Lone Star College; (cell: 281-***-****)
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