Merlin Small-Nicholson
Winter Garden, FL 34787
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Experience:
Wellcare Health Plan
Nurse Case Manager 1/2013-present
• Case managing over 90 Medicare/Medicaid patients
• Onboarding new enrollees to the health plan
• Ongoing assessment of member’s homecare needs and for changes in member’s health status
• Coordinating patient’s services
• Teaching patient and caregivers
• Discharging patients from the health plan
New York County Health Services Review Organization 8/2011-11/2011
• Assess patient for appropriate admission to Managed Long Term Care
• Admission of patients to Managed Long Term Care
• Review nursing assessments
Orlando Health and Rehabilitation Services 6/2011-3/2012
Registered Nurse-Sub Acute Care (Night shift)
• Administering medications and maintaining therapeutic levels of the medication
• Admitting patients to the facility and coordinating the patients care to discharge
• Maintaining a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family member
Florida Hospital Healthcare System 9/2005-3/2011
Florida Hospital Homecare- CHHA 7/2008-3/2011
Case Manager
• Serves as a member of interdisciplinary team as a case manager
• Responsible for admitting, assessing, and coordinating patient care for admission into homecare services
• Generate the care plans and orders for patients admitted into homecare
• Participate in routine individual case reviews
• Coordinate patient care with physicians
• Maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and document patient’s assessment and teaching in Horizon/Cerner and I-Extend
• Review OASIS Documentation
Florida Hospital South 9/2007-7/2008
Transitional Care/Discharge Planner
• Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team
• Responsible for coordination, assessment, providing care, administer medications
• Participate in routine reviews
• Work on all aspects of discharge planning and follow-up
Florida Hospital East 9/2005-1/2007
Staff Nurse-Med/Surg/Telemetry Nurse
• Assess and evaluate Med/Surg patients
• Monitor telemetry strips
• Collaborate with other health care professionals
• Administer medications
• Patient education
Education:
• Valencia Community College, Orlando Florida
Associates Degree in Nursing, 2005
• University of Phoenix
BSN Degree in Nursing-Expected Graduation 11/2014
• Interqual training