Registered Nurse Case Manager

Rashidat Akognon, RN

**** ***** ****** ***. ******** CA 94954 707-***-**** ********@*****.***

A highly adaptive, compassionate registered nurse, case manager, and charge nurse with experience working within a variety of acute, post-acute, and post-acute rehabilitation settings. Critical thinker with ability to learn on my feet and manage high pressure work environment with efficiency. Team player and an active listener with proven ability to build positive relationship with patients, family members, physicians, and other medical professionals. Confidently performs duties including care planning, care coordination, admissions, discharge planning, acute/chronic disease management, and telephonic care management. Excited to use my extensive knowledge and skills to ensure smooth and efficient medical necessity determinations, proper discharge planning, and medical reviews.

EXPERIENCE

REGISTERED NURSE, MED SURG UNIT: Sonoma Specialty Hospital, Sebastopol, CA, May 2023 - Present

STAFF NURSE, Pediatrics/Adult Family Medicine: Kaiser Permanente, Petaluma, CA, Dec. 2022 - Jan. 2024

LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE, PEDIATRICS: Kaiser Permanente, Petaluma, CA, July 2022 - Dec. 2023

CHARGE NURSE ON THE FLOOR: Northvine Post-Acute, Santa Rosa, CA, March 2022 - April 2023

CHARGE NURSE ON THE FLOOR: Vineyard Post-Acute, Petaluma CA, March 2018 - March 2022

CHARGE NURSE ON THE FLOOR: Empres Post-Acute Rehabilitation, Petaluma CA, Nov. 2019 - March 2023

CLIENT CASE MANAGER: Madesa In-Home Quality Service, Petaluma CA, April 2016 - Aug. 2021

SKILL HIGHLIGHTS

•Experienced Registered Nurse, Care Manager, Supervisor and Charge Nurse: Well-rounded in direct patient care, evidenced-based clinical practices, thorough and efficient documentation, ensure compliance with nursing and company policies and procedures, proper medical practices, supervise and manage nursing staff and provide support and guidance as needed, consistently and independently follow established safety and infection control procedures, ensure a safe and efficient admission and discharge process for patient through collaboration with the healthcare team, patient, and patient support system.

•Effective Collaborator: Works hand in hand with physicians, therapy disciplines, case management staff, physician’s assistant, and family members regarding patients’ status, level of care, and extent of skilled services required. Effective at conflict resolution and de-escalation using proactive listening, motivational interviewing, calm demeanor, and customer service.

•Excellent Technology Skills: Proficient in verbal and written communication skills using various EMRs, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel), G Suite (google sheets, google docs, google drive, etc.), Zoom.

•Problem Solving and Management: Managed conversation with difficult and disgruntled patients or staff, supervising LPNs and CNAs, providing effective problem solving and customer service. Maintained ability to remain calm under stressful circumstances.

•Case Management: Collaborated with interdisciplinary team, including physicians, case management, rehabilitation staff, to aid in assessment of discharge planning and overcoming discharge barriers within Medicare (CMS) guidelines.

•Medicare Knowledge: Demonstrates extensive knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, Local

Coverage Determination (LCD/LCA), National Coverage Determinations (NCD), Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, and ability to accurately apply utilization review criteria (CMS) when necessary.

•Admission/Discharges: Participated in length of stay interdisciplinary team meetings, aiding in the screening process for medical necessity and appropriate patients.

•Charge Nurse for several facilities: Responsible for making appropriate decisions around crises and incident assessments and performing admissions and discharges.

•Nursing Tasks: Effectively and consistently assessed and evaluated the health needs of critically ill patients by coordinating total nursing care by assessing the patient, determining plan of care, participating in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working collaboratively with ancillary and other patient team staff.

•Teamwork: Demonstrated ability to work as a team and to adapt, covering various areas as needed and maintaining high organizational and time management skills.

•Nursing skills: Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing systemic manner focusing on physiologic, psychosocial, cultural spiritual and cognitive status; also, nutrition, pain, patient/family education, family involvement and advocacy.

•Medication Management: Administered oral, IV, subcutaneous and intra-muscular medications as ordered by following the rights of medication administration and monitored patient reactions.

•Hardworking, Organized, Multi-tasking: Leads, takes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; self-motivated; manages activity and time.

EDUCATION

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN), International College of Health Sciences, 2022

Associate Degree in Nursing, VN, Santa Rosa Junior College

Bachelor of Science, Geography & Regional Planning, Lagos State University, Nigeria, 2000

SKILLS/TRAINING

•BLS(AHA) (Active)

•PALS (Active)

•NIHSS (Active)

•ACLS (Active)

•CCM (In view)

•CBC (Active)

•Licensed Vocational nurse in the state of California, 2018

•Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, (RCFE), care and Compliance (2016)

CORE COMPETENCIES INCLUDE: Critical thinking Direct patient care Chart Review Supervisory/Leadership role Critical Audits Case Management Quality Improvement HIPPA Policies & Procedures Health Care services Managed Care Mentoring & Training Documentation Multi-tasking Data Abstraction Utilization review Appeals and Denials Medicare/Medicaid

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