Registered Nurse Home Health
Resume:
Gail Vaccaro, RN, MS
Palm Desert, California 92211
ad1mha@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
CNA and HHA Program Instructor incorporating both theory education and Clinical Experience.
Licensed Registered Nurse with a focus on home care. Highly skilled career professional with more than 20 years practical experience in Hospital, Home Health, and Primary care environments
Licenses
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Expires: April 2025
Registered Nurse in the State of California, License number 570300
Renew: June, 2024
Skill Highlights
• Management experience
• Exceptional interpersonal relationships with staff, patients, and families
• Competence with electronic medical records (McKesson, Deviro), OASIS, and insurance utilization
• Experienced with Plan of Care (485) and Face to Face development per CMS Guidelines, Forcura
• Confident in critical thinking and decision-making abilities
• Skilled in adult assessment, counseling, education, medications, lab work and treatment. All areas of major and minor surgical procedures.
• Supervision and education of LVN's and HHA's as needed to include, annual reviews and inservice teaching
• Primary focus Geriatric needs in Home Care patient with Medication Management, wound care, education of community resources and Diabetic teaching and management.
• Power point presentations include Nutrition, anatomy, physiology, disease process, medical terminology, patient safety and comfort.
• Monitoring student progress in theory and clinical situations.
• Offer support and tutoring in multiple creative ways. Working with diverse student population.
Professional Experience
Desert Valley Nursing Institute
72712 Alessandro Drive, Suite B3
Palm Desert, California 92260
Supervisor: Peggy Feig, RN, BA Program Director
December, 2017 to December 2023
Part time HHA Program Instructor
Part time CNA Program Instructor
Mission Home Health
2385 Northside Drive, Suite 200
San Diego, California 92108
Supervisor: Ann Romero, RN (Rancho Mirage office)
December, 2018 to March 2019
PerDiem RN
Healthy Living at Home
41-990 Cook Street
Palm Desert, California 92211
Supervisor: Lynnette White, RN, BSN Assistant Director of Patient Care Services
September, 2016 to December2018
PerDiem RN Case Manager
Visiting Nurse Association of the Inland Counties
42-600 Cook Street
Palm Desert, California 92211
Administrative office Riverside, California 951-***-****
April 2015 to January 2016
Home Health Branch Manager
Palm Desert, CA
Responsible for the management of home health care branch office. Overall responsibility to ensure quality care for an approximate census of 400 patients. Supervision of approximately 65 employees, including nurses, physical and occupational therapists, medical social worker, and clerical staff. Ultimately responsible for Insurance Utilization, Medical Records, and Scheduling Departments. Employee Evaluations, discipline and scheduling. Recruitment and employee retention.
June 2014 to April 2015
Home Health Patient Care Coordinator
Supervisor: Lynnette White, RN, BSN, Branch Manager
Palm Desert, CA
Assistant to Branch Manager. Interfaced with ancillary services, referral sources, coordination with IV pharmacy for supply delivery, laboratories and Insurance Companies. Employee schedule, clinical education, employee ride-a-longs and event report follow up.
July 2003 to June 2014
Home Health R.N. Case Manager
Supervisor: Anne Tyer, RN
Manages care of patients in the home care setting. Responsible for admissions, discharges, and resumptions of care after hospitalization. Communicates directly with physician and relevant healthcare professionals, including additional disciplines (Physical, Occupational, Speech Therapy and MSW). Provides exceptional patient care, IV therapy in home, wound care to include Wound Vac therapy, Medication Management, Catheter insertion and care, Vital Signs with physical assessments, Diabetes Management and teaching, tube feedings via Kangaroo pumps. Participates in quality assurance measures. Supervises LVNs and home health aides with compliance to M.D. orders, skills and abilities. Provided quality family-tailored care with extensive patient education as needed.
Eisenhower Medical Center 2002 to July 2003
RN OR/Out-patient Surgery
Rancho Mirage, Ca
Circulation R.N.and First Assist in Main OR as well as turning over OR Suite for OP Surgi-center. General, Ortho, Plastic, Urological, Laparoscopic and microscopic Experience. Competent with sterile technique, instrumentation and charting. Recovery Room and Pre op experience.
Kaiser Permanente Hospital
1990 to 2002
RN OR/L&D
Woodland Hills, California
Motion Picture and Television Hospital
1982 to 1990
Certified Operating Room Technician
Woodland Hills, California
Education and Training
University of LaVerne 1997
Masters of Science, Healthcare Administration
LaVerne, California
University of LaVerne 1992
Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration
LaVerne, California
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