TERESE Y. HARBOUR, RN, BSN

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Los Angeles, CA 90034

323-***-****

acyq9m@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, Louisiana

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Minor in Psychology

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville

Nursing Curriculum (Transferred)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

4/16 – 7/16 Publicis Touchpoint Solutions for AstraZeneca Los Angeles, CA

Cardiovascular Nurse Consultant – Educate HCPs to increase usage of cardiovascular medication. Provide clinical/scientific expertise via educational opportunities; act as a clinical resource and sales support.

(Major nationwide layoff of 1600 employees)

6/13 – 4/16 Acelity (KCI, USA) Los Angeles, CA

District Clinical Specialist - Responsible for achieving financial and strategic territory goals for assigned territory. Focus on customer education. Manage and assist sales representatives to achieve territory goals. Train customers on effective use of Acelity equipment and therapies.

Placed Top 5 District and 110% Club 2013-2016

•Present value proposition to achieve territory plan utilizing customer education programs, tools and presentations

•Develop and manage customer relationships and loyalty with key customers and decision-makers

•Prepare and conduct regular and timely business reviews with customers

•Prioritize account calls and activities to efficiently and effectively drive strategic goals while achieving superior clinical outcomes

•Establish & execute territory plan & most effective work methods for accomplishing territory goals

•Provide clinical education support to all customers (e.g. Wound Care Clinics, Physicians etc.)

•Participate in conventions, showrooms, vendor fairs, in-services, etc.

•Assure timely training and in-service of accounts using Acelity products

1/09 – 5/13

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA

Clinical Documentation Management Specialist – improve quality & completeness of clinical documentation to ensure level of services/acuity of care are accurately reflected in the medical record via interaction with physicians, coding and essential personnel resulting in appropriate reimbursement

Establish relationships and educate all members of the patient care team working closely w/MD’s Assign DRG; measure and report outcomes

•Identify opportunities for improved documentation and work with physicians toward this goal

11/07 – 1/09

inVentiv Health Los Angeles, CA

Clinical Nurse Educator/Boehringer-Ingelheim Pharmaceutical – Provide clinical and scientific information & services, and a clinical resource for health care providers who treat and manage Parkinson’s disease (PD), Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) & TIA/stroke patients.

Deliver Presentations that include major data resources (PI, clinical trials, published reports) relative to the use of BI’s products used to treat Parkinson’s disease, RLS and TIA/Stroke

•Present clinical and scientific information, including side effect management, dosage and administration issues, to healthcare providers who treat/manage PD, RLS and TIA/stroke patients in order to increase awareness and use of Mirapex and Aggrenox

•Establish relationships with and obtain access to targeted neurology and primary care practices

•Establish collegial working relationship with BI team members, particularly sales account specialists and district sales managers

•Collect and report competitive intelligence within company guidelines

•Create and implement account business plans

•Develop and adhere to account call planning schedule

4/04 – 11/07

KCI, USA Los Angeles, CA

Clinical Account Manager – Same responsibilities as above

4/99 – 4/04

ACCESS CLINICAL TRIALS/BROTMAN MEDICAL CENTER Culver City, CA

Clinical Research Coordinator– Cardiac Rehab Supervisor – Open Heart Liaison

Research Coordinator - Perform all duties for inpatient clinical trials. Includes: screen & recruit candidates, perform physical exams, draw/process blood, organize inpatient trials, in service and supervise emergency room, critical care unit and general floor staff participating in the trials, maintain confidential files on all patients

•Development of source documentation forms for inpatient protocols, development of study packets for hospital-based studies including: orders, flow sheets, pharmacy and lab worksheets.

•Complete sponsor-specific forms, i.e.Case Report Forms and sponsor-based queries.

•Obtain informed consent for FDA- approved drug studies

•Work closely with physicians to execute protocol as designed

•Attend investigator training meetings, IRB meetings

•Perform ECG’s and complete measurements for M.D.’s interpretation

•Dispense study medication. Responsible for drug accountability

•Create promotional ideas/correspondence to generate study participation

Rehab Supervisor-Manage department personnel

•Coordinate activity and education of hospitalized patients

•Supervise monitored and maintenance Cardiac Rehab participants including: ECG, blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring, exercise prescription and education focused on ability to identify/reduce risk factors, medication use, exercise theory, home programs, and dietary guidelines

9/98 – 9/99

CARING TOUCH HOMECARE Sherman Oaks, CA

Case Manager/Staff Nurse

•Manage/facilitate continuity of care for patients from home utilizing specialized knowledge of community healthcare

•Assess healthcare needs and problems utilizing skills of observation and assessment to establish a home healthcare plan

•Collaborate with physician and other healthcare deliverers to create home plan

•Refer patients/families to community agencies when appropriate and facilitate the provision of a broad range of service at home

•Facilitate medically-appropriated care, supplies, and equipment

•Specialized: vent-dependent patients: home-bound and school-based (i.e. ALS, spinal injury, CP)

10/95 – 9/98

VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATES OF ESSEX VALLEY East Orange, NJ

Home Care Coordinator

•Manage & facilitate continuity of care for pts from hospital to certified home healthcare utilizing specialized knowledge of community healthcare and third party reimbursement

•Assess healthcare needs and problems utilizing skills of observation and assessment and analysis of medical record and health history to establish a home healthcare plan upon discharge

•Collaborate with physician, nurse, social worker, and family to create home plan

•Refer patients/families to community agencies when appropriate and facilitate the provision of a broad range of service at home

•Facilitate medically-appropriated care, supplies, and equipment for patients after discharge

11/89 – 9/98

MIDPOINT HEALTHCARE SERVICES East Orange, NJ

Agency Staff Nurse

•Function as Charge Nurse or Float Nurse in a wide variety of settings

•ICU/CCU, Emergency Room, Med/Surg Units, HIV/Ventilator Units

•Cardiac and Post-op Recovery Room, Telemetry and Step down Units

•School and Occupational Nurse, Physician’s Private Offices, Prisons

•Wide Range of Home Health Cases; i.e. HIV, Vent. Dependent

•Patient Teaching, Discharge Planning, and Home Training

•Initiate and maintain Home IV Therapy

6/95 – 10/95

CORVEL CORPORATION Cherry Hill, NJ

Case Management Consultant

•Clinical management of patients assigned by multiple companies

•Independent contractor (worked from home)

•Identified/directed resources for providing care to patients

•Developed, coordinated, and monitored strategies for obtaining, organizing and allocating human and material resources required for patient care

•Provided ongoing assessment and consultation to meet patient and family needs

•Collaborated with physicians, healthcare professionals and acted as liaison between the former, the insurance company and patient

12/94 – 7/95

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY Newark, NJ

Trauma Case Manager

•Liaison between third party payer, hospital, and patient

•Assessed, planned, implemented, coordinated, monitored and evaluated options and service requirements of trauma patients

•Provided support and clinical expertise to nursing personnel

•Developed strategies to affect research-based changes

•Facilitated discharge planning and discharge teaching for patient and family

12/92 – 12/94

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY Newark, NJ

Data Collections Analyst

•Abstracted, interpreted and analyzed data from every admission to the Trauma Center

•Submitted reports for professional physician billing, state Trauma registry and Continuous Quality Improvement departments

•Interdisciplinary team member, planned and implemented trauma objectives

•Assisted in orientation, guidance, evaluation, and teaching other personnel

7/88 – 11/89

SOUTH BALDWIN HOSPITAL Foley, AL

ICU Staff Nurse

•Primary care of critically-ill, surgical and cardiac patients

•Use of Swan-ganz, CVP and A-lines, external and transvenous pacemaker

•Supplemented ER and other nursing units as necessary

•Member of Code Team - ACLS Certified

6/87 – 7/88

ST. PATRICK’S HOSPITAL Lake Charles, LA

Charge Nurse/Staff Nurse – Telemetry/Step down Unit

•Primary care of cardiac patients and port-op open heart surgical patients

•Observation and evaluation of telemetry patients

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PDQ Course, KCI

Case Management Training Seminar, Lee Levin

Critical Care Course, UMDNJ

New Directions in Case Management Seminar

Case Management in Acute Care Settings Seminar

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

California State Nurses Association

Assoc. of Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialists

American Nurses Association

Case Management Society of America

Brotman Institutional Review Board

References available upon request

CLINICAL TRIALS

1.A Phase II Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Integrilin (eptifibide) in Patients Receiving Low Dose and Standard Dose Thrombolytic Therapy (Alteplase) for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Protocol no. C96-395. Schering-Plough, 1999

2.A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Adenosine as an Adjunct to Reperfusion Therapy (Thrombolysis or Mechanical Reperfusion) in the Treatment of Acute Anterolateral MI. Protocol no. 32310. Medco, 1999.

3.A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effect of h5G1.1scFv on Total Mortality and Adverse Cardiovascular Ischemic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Protocol no. C98-005. Alexion, 1999.

4.A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Hemodynamic and Clinical Effects of Natrecor (nesiritide) Compared With Nitroglycerin Therapy For Symptomatic Decompensated CHF. Protocol no. 704-339. Scios, 1999.

5.The Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Enoxaparin Versus Intravenous Unfractionated Heparin and of Tirofiban Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction for Patients Not Thrombolized: An International, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Factorial Design Study. Protocol no. RP54563-313. Rhone Poulenc Rorer, 1999.

6.A Phase III Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel Group Clinical Trial of Clopidogrel vs. Placebo in Patients with an Acute Coronary Syndrome without ST Segment Elevation. Protocol no. EFC3307. Sanofi Recherché, 1999.

7.An Open Study, with Blinded Endpoint Assessment, to Assess the Safety, Tolerability and the Effect on Coronary Artery Patency of Intravenous AR-C69931MX as both Monotherapy and Adjunct to Activase in Patients with ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction. Protocol no. 244. AstraZeneca, 1999.

8.A Double Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Eplerenone in Patients with Heart Failure Following Acute Myocardial Infarction. Protocol no IE3-9902-035. Searle, 2000.

9.A Phase II, Multicenter, Double Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Finding Efficacy and Safety Study of the A1-Adenosine Receptor Agonist DTI-0009 Administered Intravenously to Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Protocol no. 003. Discovery Therapeutics, 2000.

10.A Phase II, Randomized, Open-Label Angiographic Trial Evaluating the Benefit of Eptifibatide in Conjunction with Tenecteplase for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Protocol no. 99-034. Cor Therapeutics, P01448. Schering-Plough Corp, 2000.

11.A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Two Intravenous Dosing Regimens of h5G1.1scFv in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Reperfusion Therapy. Protocol no. 1999053. Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, 2000.

12.A Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Two Intravenous Dosing Regimens of h5G1.1scFv in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Thrombolytic Therapy. Protocol no. 1999052. Proctor & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.

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