Case Manager Salt Lake

RN Objective

To obtain a more relaxed Nursing job where I can still be of great help, yet more behind the scene type. I would really enjoy getting my MDS License as I have been admitting patients through a company on a remote home office work area. I had previously been working as an RN Financial and Clinical Evalluator in Admissions Department and RN Case Manager and a Med-Surgical/ICU RN.

Experience

Telemetry Monitoring

Promise Hospital of Salt Lake City,Utah

Continuous monitoring of patients cardiac rhythm, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, MAP, and Art Line waveforms and readings if they have one.

Report to RN when changes are seen.

Monitor readings closely during a rapid response and/or code.

Measure and print 6 second strips every six hours, as well as record heart rate and rhythm every two hours.

Answer patient's call lights through call system and delegate duties to appropriate staff members.

Answer phone calls and use of copier, fax, and printer machine.

Nurse Case Manager March 2015 – present

Promise Hospital of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah

nExperience with developing, implementing, and evaluating individualized patient care plans.

nExperience with advocating for patients, and serving as a liaison between patients, their families, and healthcare providers. Educating patients and their families on their plan of care and how to follow it.

nEvaluating patients upon admission, assessing their conditions and needs in order to develop personalized care plans and regularly evaluate and update care plans on a weekly and as-needed basis.

nExperience with weekly Interqual tools to qualify patients for their hospital stay, weekly insurance updates, Utilization Review meetings, and Inter-disciplinary Team meetings weekly. Communicating with lower level care facilities, insurance companies including Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial, Worker’s Comp, and Managed Medicare agencies to implement and

nM help guide Plan of Care and discharge plan.

nExperience with office based tasks including computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook), email, fax, scan, and excellent telephone communication and multi-tasking skills. Ability to take on a large caseload of patients with complex medical history, safely providing them with the best POC and discharge plan.

Registered Nurse Experience December 2012 – present

Medical/Surgical Unit

Promise Hospital of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah

nExperience with patients with complex medical history requiring intravenous medications, artificial airways, ventilators/Bi-Pap/C-Pap, central line care, person protective equipment for isolation precautions, advanced wound care, telemetry monitoring, pre/post-op monitoring, conscious sedation for bedside procedures, and use of body mechanic technique and/or equipment for physical impaired patients.

nExperience with cardiac, respiratory, renal, hepatic, neurologic, orthopedic, and internal medicine type patient population.

nExperience with admitting and discharging patients, educating both patient and families, coordinating with medical team members, reporting and participating in emergent situations, and delegating tasks.

Nurse Preceptor June 2013 – present

Promise Hospital of Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah

Training and orientation of new-hire and/or student RN’s, ensure proper forms are completed.

Neuro-Acute Care Unit August 2009 – November 2011

University of Utah Hospital, Salt lake City, Utah

Experience working closely with Neurosurgeons and Neurologists, assisting with procedures (i.e. Lumbar punctures/drains, sutures, wound care, bandages, and medication administrations), advanced computer charting, IV insertion certification and care, medication administration (PO, IV, PR, and injectable routes); participated/lead codes, stroke/brain attacks, and assisted with Pulmonary Embolism incidences; daily documentation, calculations, reports in discharge briefing to RN’s, doctors, and fellow CNAs and students; delegated tasks as needed; trained in full body Neurological assessments.

Experience with head traumas, MVAs, spinal surgical pre/post-op, minor-severe CVAs, gang-related injuries, suicidal attempts (usually gunshot wounds to face and head), seizure, and migraine sufferers.

Davis Surgical Center June – August 2012

Experience in being responsible for admitting, pre-op, PACU, and/or Post-operative patients; both paper and computer charting; assist doctors, other RN’s, Techs, and family members with patient care; high demand/turnover of patients throughout shift; discharge patients with written release forms to responsible driver.

Education/Licenses/Certifications

Registered Nurse Under Interstate Compact State of Utah Exp. January 31, 2017

License Number: 531****-****

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Exp. March 2017

American Heart Association

Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider Exp. March 2017

American Heart Association

Associate Of Science in Nursing June 2009

Stevens-Henegar College, Ogden, Utah

3.7-3.8 Nursing GPA

Skills

Experience in Med-Surgical, Intensive Care Neurology/Neurosurgery Nursing; Nurse Case Management in LTACH Hospital; Hospital communications, Customer Service, Verbal Communication, Non-verbal communication, Medical Calculations, Interpersonal Skills, Decision making, Mentorship, Team Building, Time Management skills, Multi-tasking, Delegating, Medication Information, Reliability/dependability, Problem Solving, Determination, Critical thinking, Problem solving, Compassion, Passion, Drive, Computers, Phone skill and Communication, Full body Neurological and clinical assessment, IV insertion, NG/DHT insertion, Ventilator/Bi-pap/C-pap management, Telemetry monitoring and rhythm, Art line management and care, Central Line care, etc. Signs & symptom assessment, educate patients & families, ability to assess the current situation and plan for the expected and/or possible situation.

Contact this candidate