Quality Assurance Home Health

Wanda Schlemmer

Email: ********@*************.***

Address:

City: Mart

State: TX

Zip: 76664

Country: USA

Phone: 254-***-****

Skill Level: Any

Salary Range:

Primary Skills/Experience:

Patient focused LVN with seventeen years experience in providing direct care in diverse clinical settings including long term care, home health, correctional and hospital settings and whose experience also includes QA, Intake Coordinator, and Scheduling

Educational Background:

High School Dipolma from MCC, Waco TX 1/2001 to 8/1995 (LVN)

Job History / Details:

Professional Background

Patient focused LVN with seventeen years experience in providing direct care in diverse clinical settings including long term care, home health, correctional and hospital settings and whose experience also includes QA, Intake Coordinator, and Scheduling

Skill Highlights

Prioritizing/managing deadlines

Organizational skills

Patient/family focused

Computerized charting specialist

Quality Assurance

Problem resolution ability

CPR certification

Venipuncture/blood draw

IV Proficient

Competent in physical assessments

Knowledge of Medicare guidelines

Accomplishments

Patient Care

Ensured quality control through admissions, assessment, treatment, and referral for a broad range of patients.

Quality Assurance

Ensured, enforced compliance with clinical documentation within Medicare guidelines by ensuring charting accuracy through precise documentation

Provide support to employees through ongoing education related to documentation practices within Medicare guidelines

Implementation

Assisted in implementation of new teaching materials that resulted in improved patient care.

Professional Experience

August 2010 to Current

Bluebonnet Health Services Waco, TX

QA Nurse

Reviews all patient charts every sixty days for accuracy of documentation Monitors for trends that may require additional education in an effort to maintain accuracy of documentation

Participates in quarterly QAPI meetings and assists in developing teaching programs for staff

Monitors Infection Control and Incident Reporting

November 2004 to January 2010

Healthwise Home Health Waco, TX

LVN field nurse, QA nurse, Intake Coordinator

Acts in a variety of roles including performing direct patient care in the patient home by carrying out physician ordered assessments,treatments and procedures including Wound Vac therapy, IV therapy, TPN, as well as Venipuncture for labs, QA nurse for four offices, Intake Coordinator and involved in on call rotation

May 2002 to December 2004

Spring Seasons Mart, TX

LVN Charge Nurse

Completes admissions, discharges and transcribes and carries out physician orders

Makes assignments and supervises CNA staff

Treatment nurse, administers physician ordered treatments, initiated proper skin treatment protocol, assesses residents for skin breakdown, tears, and or bruising and submits weekly corporate reports. Orders and maintains supplies

May 2000 to December 2004

Medical Staffing Network Waco, TX

LVN

Works as an LVN in various long term care and hospital and occupational health settings according to assignment

This position was on a PRN basis

Education and Training

MCC Waco, TX

LVN

Certifications

CPR

Wound Vac Certified

Affiliations

Currently enrolled with Lamar State College in the upward mobility program for LVN's transitioning into RN program as of April 2012

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