Home Health Manager
Resume:
Megan Mayers
RN Case Manager
Central, LA
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Professionally trained RN with experience ensuring high standards of culturally competent care for wide
variety of patients with diverse needs.
Work Experience
RN Case Manager
Regional Home Healthcare - Baton Rouge, LA
November 2013 to February 2014
Supervise 15 LPN's to provide care to Extended Home Health Patients. Provide care to mainly pediatric patients who require constant care with all ADL's. Experience in Pompe disease, Traumatic Brain Injury, Werdnig Hoffman disease, seizures, Diabetes, etc.
Provide trach, g-tube and wound care to these patients. Experience with ventilator settings.
Suction trachea PRN and perform trachea changes as needed. Perform re-certification, resumption of care, discharge process and admitting patients to Home Health. Perform extended head to toe assessment on EHH patients. School RN
Health Care Centers
December 2008 to October 2013
in Schools - Baton Rouge
Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses. Followed infection control procedures.
Counseled and educated patients about reproductive health issues and wellness. Treat patients, refer them to other healthcare providers if needed and interact with parents of patients.
Collaborate with other child-support agencies in designing and providing a school health program. Negotiate professional and medical services essential to the school health program. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management and treatment of various disorders and diseases.
Self-directed with astute judgment skills. High level of personal accountability. Assisted parents with outside resources for their children, such as transportation services, pharmacies, LaChip, Medicaid and SNAP programs. Collaborate with patients pediatricians to receive optimal care at school for chronic conditions.
Perform vision and hearing screenings on patients in the school setting. Once parental consent is obtained, assisted optometrists to fully assess patients in the school setting who
failed our vision screening and provide free glasses to the patients in need. Ensured HIPAA compliance.
Developed and implemented nursing care plans for patients with Diabetes, Autism, Seizures, Sickle Cell
Anemia, Cerebral Palsy and other chronic health conditions. Provide staff development on health related topics for school staff and volunteers. Administer FluMist and Flu injections to patients in school setting. Baby RN
Mother
April 2006 to December 2008
Womans Hospital - Baton Rouge
Provided nursing care to a culturally diverse population of postpartum patients and their newborns Assessed and monitored for hemorrhaging postpartum. Assessed and maintained Magnesium Sulfate to the postpartum patient. Communicated with physicians lab values.
Started and maintained IV therapy along with antibiotics to the postpartum patient and their newborn as needed.
Communicated and taught new moms how to care for herself and infant postpartum. Assess infants' vital signs and report to MD any abnormal findings. Pediatric RN
Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital - Baton Rouge, LA October 2005 to April 2006
Provided age-appropriate nursing care to infants, children and adolescents on a pediatric medical surgical
unit at Children's Hospital with varied diagnoses including, Cerebral Palsy, cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes, respiratory diseases, heart defects, GI/GU diseases, etc. Executive Secretary (Human Resources)
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA September 1997 to March 2003
Handled Workers' Compensation for the Department.
Typed employee job descriptions
Filed personnel actions on employees.
Mailed letters of inquiry to potential employees.
Assisted new employees with the proper paperwork.
Education
Associate of Applied Science in Nursing
Our Lady of the Lake College - Baton Rouge, LA
2004
Skills
CATHETER, NEUROLOGY
Additional Information
SKILLS
Strong clinical judgment Foley catheter insertion/removal familiarity Successful diagnosis/treatment of childhood Tracheotomy care illnesses Insulin medication.
Neurology awareness Patient and family advocacy
High level of autonomy
Thorough physical assessments
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