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Susan P. Weston
Education March 2002 to September 2003
Pinellas Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida
LPN Program
Graduated program and achieved my LPN
Professional Bayada Home Health
August 12, 2023 to present
Cared for tracheostomy patients, vent patients, catheter care and G-tube fed patients.
All Florida Orthopaedic
November 27, 2023, to August 9, 2023
Scheduling department. Scheduling appointments for patients with orthopedic surgeons and handling patient complaints and concerns.
Freedom Square Senior Living
May 1, 2023, to September 30, 2023
Doing medication pass for the Assisted Living wing of the care center. Also treatments and charting and documentation for the doctors.
CenterWell Home Health
November 9, 2022 to May, 2023, Centerwell Home Health, Clearwater, FL
Doing home health visits for patients who are recently released from the hospital. All aspects of home health required by patient’s needs.
Advanced Urology Institute
May 9, 2022 to August, 2022, Advanced Urology Institute, Largo, FL
Making telephone calls informing patients of their tests results and answering their questions. Escripting their medications to their pharmacies, inputting orders for testing and procedures, scheduling patients for procedures and appointments.Triaging patients.
Home Health
August 2021 to March 2022, Interim Health Care, Clearwater, FL
Making home visits for patients that have been recently released from the hospital. Since January, 2022, I have been promoted to Client Care Coordinator. I perform chart audits on all disciplines, SN, PT, OT, MSW. ST. I do clinical reviews on all incoming patients. I coordinate monthly case conferences with the staff on pertinent information and skills checks and advancements.
Home Health
February 2021 April 2021, Bright Star, Clearwater, FL
Cared for tracheostomy patients, vent patients, catheter care and G-tube fed patients.
Home Health
May 2017 August 2019, Maxim Home Health, Clearwater, FL
Cared for tracheostomy patients, vent patients, catheter care and G-tube fed patients.
Home Health
Experience May 2014 to December 2015, Maxim Home Health, Charleston, SC
Cared for tracheostomy patients, vent patients, catheter care and G-tube fed patients.
Utilization Management/PA Nurse
November 2013 May 2014, Molina Healthcare, N. Charleston, SC
Processes requests of members for medical necessity according to Medicaid and State regulations.
Quality Management Coordinator/Continuous Care Supervisor
September 2008 to August 2013, Gentiva/Odyssey Hospice, Tucson, Arizona
Performs QM duties in direction and coordination of the clinical activities of the program to ensure compliance with acceptable standards of practice, applicable state, federal and OSHA laws and regulations, established policies and procedures. Able to maintain confidentiality in all areas in accordance with HIPPA procedures. Maintains the on-going comprehensive assessment of the quality of care and services provided by the hospice program. Manage related expenditures in a fiscally responsible manner in accordance with the Company’s budgets. Effective speaking and training skills. Problem solving, planning and project skills. Organizational skills and detail oriented. Excellent written/verbal communication skills and computer literate. Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision. Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling all obligations. Perform and coordinate with other patient care staff to perform on-going chart audits to identify documentation areas in need of improvement. Develop a monthly chart audit report summary. Originally hired to supervise the Continuous Care Program of a staff of 4 LPN’s. Held this position until the program was disbanded.
Home Health
September 2005 to September 2008, Bayada Nurses, Tucson, Arizona
I did home health from caring for patients in a persistent vegetative state to hospice patients. I also did trach/vent patients.
Primary Care
March 2007 to June 2008, SAVAHCS, Tucson, Arizona
I check patients in, updated clinical reminders, administered injections, did treatments, removed sutures, removed and applied Unna boots, changed dressings and did wound care, tried to anticipate Provider needs and requirements for each patient, support care Providers and change priorities according to patient and clinical demands.
Intake Nurse
July 31, 2006 to February 28, 2007, Interim Health Care, Tucson, Arizona
I reviewed analyzed and assigned ICD-9 codes and input all the new patients on which we opened cases. I also did the collection for DNA testing.
Continuous Care Coordinator
August 3, 2005 to July 31, 2006, Odyssey Hospice, Tucson, Arizona
I ran the crisis care team for Odyssey, which consisted of 4 other LPN’s. We gave patients the option of dying at home instead of a facility. Once the patient was entering the actively dying stage, we would stay with them till they had passed. My staff and myself would perform all nursing duties necessary, attend to any needs or concerns of the family and when the patient had passed would attend to the body for pick up by the mortuary and make all necessary phone calls for the family.
Medical Home Coordinator
September 2004 to August 2, 2005 Danville Services, Tucson, Arizona
I supervised a medical home for the developmentally disable for Danville Services. There were 5 adults with problems ranging from behaviors, seizures and brittle diabetics. I coordinated the staffing, medications, grocery shopping and menus, doctor and dentist appointments, all paperwork and State inspections and all outing and anything that pertained to the running of the house and the residents.
LPN Cancer/Med Surg
February, 2004 to June, 2004 St. Anthony’s Hospital, St. Petersburg,FL
I was a floor LPN at this hospital. I had up to 7 patients @ a time, Depending on the census. I worked here till I moved to Arizona in June of 2004.
LPN for Developmentally Disable Residence November, 2003 to February, 2004, PARC, St. Petersburg, FL
I worked primarily 12 hour shifts doing med passes at this facility. There were many of the residents who had behaviors and many who were seizure patients. All had special needs. I was also in charge of first aid and responsible for sending the residents out to the hospital if the need arose. There were approximately 97 residents.
CNA/LPN
September 2002 to November 2003, Bayfront Med. Center, St. Petersburg, FL
During school and right up to the time I graduated and passed my State Board, I worked as a CNA and then an LPN on the Cancer Care Floor. I dealt with HIV, Sickle Cell, ESRD, All Forms of Cancer….more or less a Med/Surg Floor.
Accreditations I am IV certified.
Security Clearance “Secret With Access” clearance while in the Marine Corps.
References upon request.