Mary Jo Horick, RN

** ******* ****** ******, ** *2586

518-***-**** abqub7@r.postjobfree.com

The past 15 years has afforded me a great deal of experience, growth and development in my

profession as a Registered Nurse. I have a multi-faceted background and feel based on my

experience, knowledge, worth ethic and personality that I would be an asset to your organization.

Experience:

Crystal Run Health Care-Middletown, NY Care Manager 6/12-9/12

Managed patient’s post hospitalization health status

• Telephone health assessments, medication reconciliation

• Specialized in high risk patients such as DM-type I, CAD, CHF, HTN, HLD, and COPD to help

prevent hospital readmission.

• Patient education, intervention and referrals. Insurance verification for home visits, and home

nursing care

• Worked with the patient’s MD, and notifying them if there was a change in the patient’s current

condition, pertinent lab values or medication questions/inconsistencies

• Managed case load of 60+ patients, on a daily basis with new discharges, and concurrent follow

ups.

• Self-initiative to design new forms for insurance verification, daily A1C, BP, Lipid trends and

the beginning process of organizing a training manual for future hires.

Concentra Urgent Care-Albany, NY Urgent Care Nursing 2011-2012

• Triage patient care

• Assisted MD with procedures, patient education/referrals/follow up

• EKG, blood draws, lab work, vaccinations, dressings

• Responsible for overseeing LPN and MAs

• Occupational Health Screening

Rensselaer City School District-Rensselaer, NY School Nurse Administrator 2008-2012

• School Nurse to 1100 students, in addition to staff members.

• Provide first aid and nursing care in regard to illness, chronic health conditions, injuries,

substance abuse assessments, child abuse/neglect assessments, and emergency medical

care and triage.

• Management of medical secretary’s performance of duties /yearly evaluation

• Organizing, collating and management of state mandated school physicals, health

screenings, immunizations, BMI, and Immunization Survey reporting to the NYS DOH.

• Coordinator of Seal a Smile program/Ronald McDonald mobile van which afforded our

students an opportunity for dental screening and services.

• Committee on Special Education (CSE)

• Committee on Individual Educational Planning (IEP) for medically fragile students

• Development of Emergency Care Plans, Individualized Health Care Plans

• District Safety Committee Member to include: emergency school safety plan, planning

for emergency medications in the event of building evacuations and/or school lockdown.

• Medication reconciliation and administration

• Health Office budget preparation, and ordering yearly nursing supplies for the district

• Communicable Disease Management

• Blood borne pathogen Training/Infection Control and Hygiene.

• Time Management: Weekly Visits: 625, Medications (daily/prn):162, Student with

documented health concerns/allergies: 456, Yearly screenings: 817, Yearly physicals: 200,

Weekly phone calls: 250.

• Parent, student, and staff educational training on disease, care plans and prevention.

• Psycho-Social support and resources offered to parents/students of the RCSD Community

• Work with representatives from the United States Community for Refugee and

Immigrants (USCRI), for our foreign students who are in need of immunizations and

physicals to be eligible to start school

• Developed Training Manual for this position as well as for Nursing Substitutes in my

absence.

• Worked closely with Superintendent and Principal to advocate for students and families

Capital Region Career & Technical School, Albany, NY 2006-2007

• Instructor for the Licensed Practical Nursing Program

• Pharmacology and Clinical Instructor

• Developed a 300 page detailed instructor training manual to include quizzes, tests, and

study guides, which was not provided by the school.

Nurse Finders, Inc. Albany, NY RN-Staff Relief 2002-2008

• Staff Relief to multiple Hospital facilities in the Capital Region-to include experience in

pre/post-operative care in relation to cardiac surgeries

• Staff Relief-Cardiology Office for extended assignment, to include patient intake, triage,

history, and EKG administration, medication refills and phone triage.

Albany Medical Center-Albany, NY Registered Nurse 1998-2002

• Level One Trauma Hospital

• Specialized Nursing in acute injuries/trauma: Spinal cord injuries (acute and rehab),

orthopedics, neurology, plastic and reconstructive surgery related to trauma.

AFLAC-Albany, NY Medical Claims Examiner 1993-1994

• Responsible for determining if applicants were eligible for health/life insurance.

• Eligibility based on extensive review of attending physician’s statements and nursing

assessment.

• Developed extensive training manual

METLIFE Claims/UR Specialist 1987-1993

• Team Member for nationwide rollout of Utilization Review Program for MetLife

• Responsible for preparation, presentation and follow up to other MetLife offices

throughout the country. Worked closely and traveled with upper management and medical

staff to implement this program.

• Worked with the Medical Director to develop positive relationships with medical

providers that participate in the Empire Plan and to provide education with the UR

process as well as claim processing and regulations for The Empire Plan.

• Classroom instructor for new employees: Training included-CPT-4/ICD-9 coding,

coordination of benefits, medical terminology, and claims processing and payment

procedures, quality assurance and follow up.

Education: Samaritan School of Nursing ASN BLS/ACLS certified

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