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Joann Smith
Professional Summary
LICENSED PRACTICAL Nurse
Highly skilled career professional with more than 12 years practical experience in hospital, home health, and primary care environments.
Patient support including assessment, counseling, education regarding medications and treatment, lab work, documentation with care plan for diagnosis.
Computer skilled, managing heavy daily patient volume including telephone triage, appointment scheduling, and patient referral. Proficient in all documentation/record maintenance/paperwork to ensure accuracy and patient confidentiality.
All areas of minor surgical procedures performed in clinical environment.
CREDENTIALS
Board Examination 2000
License, State of CONNECTICUT
EXPERIENCE
Health Port Division of Apple Rehab December 2011- Present
Long term care Geriatrics.
Basic Nursing Home duties as outlined below
Sound View Medical Associates December 2010 -May 2011
temp position via Ready Nurse
Clinical Setting
Essential Duties
Call patients in from waiting area to exam room vital signs assessment set up for MD to see patient, phlebotomy experience INR testing telephone triage and advice update electronic medical records with new data as obtained send out reminders of appointment and or lab results via telephone or mail as per MD request and per patients preference communicate with insurance companies for prior approvals and follow up with pharmacy for medication renewals and new orders to be called in.
Various medical office duties
All About You Home Care April 2009 – Present
Pediatric Home Care
Essential Duties
In home care of pediatric patients tracheostomy ventilator gastrostomy tube pulse-oximeter suction deep suctioning as needed Tracheostomy care changing trach as needed stoma care for trach and gastrostomy sites NGT placement and monitoring administration of oxygen as per doctors order monitoring and assessment of all equipment use of ambu bag performing CPR in home teaching and orientating new care givers to case teaching and support to parents receiving telephone orders and transcribing to MARS updating and checking orders
Office/Clinical Nurse
Norwalk Community Health Center, Norwalk, Connecticut 2007- April 2009
Essential Duties Pediatrics and OB-GYN
Patient teaching and instructions for continuing care
Obtain patient histories and medical information
Review all Prenatal Care Registration Forms submitted by the physicians and hospital referrals and assign risk levels based on criteria.
Record patient information and update medical records as needed
Place initial hospital follow up telephone calls to clients admitted with Pregnancy and non pregnancy related diagnosis.
Twice monthly Digmas with teaching on care of the new born, breast feeding Umbilical cord care, with hands on demonstration and the importance of Immunization.
Contraceptive teaching administration of depo shots.
Monitor update and remind prenatal clients of appointments if they have history of no show for appointments.
Triage telephone calls and schedule appointments for follow up visits for prenatal and postnatal moderate and high risk clients.
Patient advocate for those seeking and receiving care
Hall Brook Behavioral Health Center 2003-2007
Agency staffing for 4 years
Pediatric patient
Adult patients
One on one supervision
Providing support for pediatric and youths in the program
Identify and implement care as needed on individual bases
Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Per Diem Nurse 2007-present
Ready Nurse, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Essential Duties
Patient teaching and instructions for continuing care
Schedule and coordinate patient appointments
Assist with medical and minor procedures; perform nursing duties with in scope of practice.
Assess, report and record vital signs collect specimens.
Observe patient for any significant and reportable changes
Prepare examination rooms. Select set up and maintain and ordering of supplies
Respond to medical emergencies and triage
Office/Surgical Nurse 1996-2000
Dr. Spiegel, Health Insurance Plan of N.Y. Bronx, NY
Essential Duties
Patient teaching and instructions for continuing care
Schedule and coordinate patient appointments
Assist with medical and minor procedures; perform nursing duties with in scope of practice.
Assess, report and record vital signs collect specimens.
Observe patient for any significant and reportable changes
Experience performing EKG 10 lead placement
Phlebotomy certification
Prepare examination rooms.
Select set up and maintain and ordering of supplies Respond to medical emergencies and triage
Current CPR certification with American Heart Assoc.
Other Experience 2000-present
Various per diem positions through Agencies Nursing Homes
Out Comes Inc. 12/08-2/09
Short term project : Field Reviewer
Review charts in physicians office extract information via scanner from pre –
Determined charts, Pull list Documents scanned would be Face sheet History and Physical
Problem list Progress notes/Office Notes Consult notes Operative notes Discharge
Summaries Pathology Reports EKG Reports DRG/Coding Summary
Upload and save on laptop for file transfer
Any copies made for purpose of scanning are not remove from providers office disposed of on site as per providers protocol and in accordance to HIPPA regulations
Full training was obtained from outcomes Health Information solutions
Pediatric Home care 1993-1995
Access Nursing New York, NY
various aspect of pediatric home care on call teaching and placement of NGT
teaching and supervising and assessment of home health aides in the home
EDUCATION
Associate, Nursing In Progress
Attending Bronx Community College, Bronx, NY
Board of Cooperative Education, Westbury, NY
10 month LPN Diploma Program
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