Kayla
LaFlamme
Barnstead, NH / 802-***-****/ ***************@*****.***
Registered Nurse for 12 years and most of my career has been between long-term care and home health nursing. I am almost complete with my BSN. Will be completed in December 2024. Passionate team member. Focus on process improvement. Quality and accuracy of documentation.
Skills Summary
●Time management
●Organization
●Case management
●Accountable/ dependable
●professional, punctual
●Positive personality/outgoing
●Multitasking skills
●oasis trained
●Education of disease process
●Multiple EMR systems, including EPIC, Meditech, Homecare Homebase, Netsmart PCC
●Microsoft outlook, word, excel
●Google Sheets, google Docs, Google Drive
●Process development to support care and documentation
●reduce hospitalization rates
●Quality Measures focus
●Risk assessment
●Root cause investigation
●Patient Care
●MDS documentation
●Survey management and prep
Education
Associates/ Vermont Technical College/ May 2014
I completed this with a GPA of 3.2. I was working as an LPN while finishing my RN. I managed this GPA while working full time, going to school full time, and I had two children under 2.
QAPI certified October 2024.
Experience
Genesis HealthCare
Director of Nursing June 2023- Current
●Management of Staff
●Management of Schedule
●Audit of documentation
●Process improvement
●leadership and team building
●communication improvements with staff
●organization
●Management of budgets
●Mandatory reporting of events to the state
●Problem-solving for staff and patients.
●Coordination of care with IDT
●Lead educational opportunities and develop resources for staff
●Evaluate/investigate any circumstances that need clarification
●Collaboration with hospital partners, to improve communication and coordination to provide needed care to the community.
●Customer service and management of patient and family expectations.
●Clinical systems Committee
●Metric-driven data analysis, implementation of clinical practice to improve metrics
Genesis Health care
RN Unit Manager December 2022- June 2023
●Manage unit
●MDS Assessment
●Coordination of care with IDT
●Care Plans
●Floor nurse when the unit requires, administers medication, documentation, assessments,
●Provide education to staff, monitor state regulations prepare for survey
Bishope-Wicke Rehabilitation
RN night shift floor nurse/ supervisor/ December 2021- May 2022
●The floor nurse is responsible for the care of the unit. Documentation, medication administration, and chart checks. (This facility was still on paper charts).
●Monitor and assess needs of staff, help when needed, assessment of falls patients or changes in condition.
●Fill in supervisor, responsible for the building, census reports, call-ins, admission review, discharge set up, change over, COVID testing of the building
●
AMN
RN case manager- home health / June 2019- December 2022
●This is much like my previous job however, this is a travel company, which required me to learn new computer systems in a short period of time.
●RN coordinating care in the community between primary care physicians and specialty providers.
●The caseload of 30 patients, telecommunications, and coordination for 10-15 patients daily (6-8 in person). Care plans order changes/updates. Timely return calls to providers and on-time documentation.
●Monitor/assess vital signs results, and patient condition via telephone and video visits.
●Development of patient-centered goals case conferences via email, teams, and telephone conferences.
Berkshire Visiting Nurses
Rn case manager / Dec 2015- June 2019
●RN coordinating care in the community between primary care physicians and specialty providers.
●The caseload of 30 patients, telecommunications, and coordination for 10-15 patients daily(6-8 in person). Care plans order changes/updates. Timely return calls to providers and on-time documentation.
●Monitor/assess vital signs results, and patient condition via telephone and video visits.
●Development of patient-centered goals case conferences via email, teams, and telephone conferences.