Christina Lowe

818-***-****

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SUMMARY

I am a seasoned clinician with 35 years of nursing experience. -I am now on a new adventure focusing on community service, resources and working with a strong team.

I enjoy working directly with patients and their families along with coordinating care with the patient’s treatment team. In addition, I am familiar with HMO’s, PPO’s, Medicare, and Medi-Cal and am well versed with Interqual, Medi-tech, All-scripts, Epic, Word, Windows and Excel.

EDUCATION

Glendale Community College

•AA Health Science- RN License 1985.

SKILLS

•Patient and family advocate.

•Creative thinker

•Independent worker.

•Strong communication skills focusing more on the solution than the problem.

•Team player with co-workers and ancillary departments.

•Knowledge of Interqual, Medi-tech, All-scripts, Word, Excel

•Familiar with HMO’s, PPO’s, Medicare and Medical.

•Cultural awareness and sensitivity

•COVID testing (PCR and Rapids tests)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Warner Brothers- COVID testing- PCR and Rapid tests- Flu clinic March 2020-

New Mexico on a production site doing Covid testing for cast and crew-March-May 2020

Skid Row LA covid testing for housed homeless-may 2020

Santa Barbara county-Covid testing for various communities May-August

Los Robles Home care- Thousand Oaks CA- Jan 2017 -May 2020

RN Case Manager/daily scheduler for the field staff

*Reviews field nurse initial assessment of patient and family to assure requests are appropriate and covered by provider.

*Develop a care plan which establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative actions. Include patient and family in the planning process

Cinema Show Music Productions- 11/2016-present

Production Manager

*scheduling/communication with production personnel and creative clients

Music Has Healing Power.org- 1/2016 present

•Director/Medical Consultant

“I have found that music helps patients get through both the physical pain and the stress of the illness. I have witnessed music lending a healing hand to patients of numerous physical and behavior illnesses”

Valley Presbyterian Hospital /May 2017-June-2018

RN Case Manager

•Hospital Case Manager of med/surg units with ortho and oncology my specialties. Worked closely with two large orthopedic groups.

•Responsible for monitoring their elective hip and knee patients who were part of the CMS CJR program.

•This included monthly hip and knee class teaching, pre-op phone calls, “peace of mind” facility tour, and case management of these patients until discharge.

•Worked closely and in constant communication with hospitalists and oncologists regarding oncology patients as their discharge needs could be quite complex.

•This included pre-auth for specialty meds, auth for outpatient chemo and/or radiation therapy. Responsible for daily reviews, full discharge planning, tertiary transfers, and timely signatures of IM letters.

• Prepare for weekly physician advisor meetings to discuss e patient’s with length of stay >7days and their discharge plan.

• January 2018 received Service Excellence Award. Nominated by the nurses on the unit I was assigned to.

Community Memorial Hospital Ventura, CA Jul 2014 - Dec 2016

RN Case Manager

•RN Case Manager on an orthopedic/ med-surg unit working directly with nursing staff, residents, hospitalists, and surgeons.

•Worked both unit based and team based case management.

•Case Manager for ortho/med-surg with primary focus on elective hip and knee patients who were followed the CJR/CMS program from pre-op through discharge.

•In addition, taught our elective hip and knee patients at a monthly class, how to best prepare for surgery, pre and post op.

•Responsible for timely and safe discharge planning, daily reviews, IM letters, referring patients to the palliative care program and/or hospice, necessary tertiary transfers, and occasional discharge phone calls.

•Jan 2015 -Employee of the Quarter -Nominated by nursing staff and their managers

Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills & Ventura, CA Sep 2004 - Jul 2014

RN Case Manager

•Hospital and ED Case Manager working directly with hospitalists, nursing and all ancillary departments focusing on appropriate admissions, admission status, and timely and safe discharge planning using Interqual as criteria for intensity of service and severity of illness.

•Prepare for daily physician advisor meeting presenting each case with reason for continued stay and anticipated discharge plan.

•March 2010- Everyday Hero’s Award- Nominated by co-workers and ancillary departments

California Hospital Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Sep 2001 - Dec 2003

RN Admission Coordinator

•“Gatekeeper” to the Emergency Room. Responsible for screening potential admissions for appropriate level of care. Worked with nursing supervisor, clinical staff and environmental services, coordinating and tracking “through put” admissions to nursing units.

Accredited Home Care, Woodland Hills, CA Mar 2001 - Sep 2001

RN Field Nurse

•Responsible for in home post hospitalization home safety evaluation and home discharge needs.

•This included, using Oasis as admission tool, wound care, IV administration, lab draws, and medication management. Involved family to teach and/or reinforce teaching in relation to patient’s plan of care.

Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center (Tarzana Campus), Tarzana, CA Feb 1986 - Mar 2001

Staff RN

•Staff RN specializing in orthopedics and diabetic education. Became the unit’s “orthopedic clinician” assisting orthopedic surgeons with bedside cast changes and dressing changes assuring that all specialty supplies were available and in working order.

• Initiated “turn every two” program as well as the “Get up and move” program. Both programs were a success on the ortho unit and subsequently were utilized throughout both hospital campuses.

Feb 2000- Employee of the Year.

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