KEY QUALIFICATIONS
Registered Nurse
Baccalaureate in Visual Tech
Adaptive to Changing Situations
Insurance Benefit Coordination
Discharge Planning and Review
Documentation Inspection
Mental Health Experience
EMR Software Instructor
Data Extrapolation for Reporting
Clinical Coordinator Experience
Hospital and Clinical Nursing
Insurance Company Coordination
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
REHABILITATION REGISTERED NURSE OCT2019-CURRENT
Sheltering Arms Institute, Richmond VA
Possesses the specialized knowledge and clinical skills necessary to provide care for people with physical and chronic illnesses.
Coordinates educational activities and uses appropriate resources to develop and implement an individualized teaching and discharge plan with clients and their families.
Performs hands-on nursing care by utilizing the nursing process to achieve quality outcomes for clients.
Provides direction and supervision of ancillary nursing personnel, demonstrates professional judgment, uses problem solving techniques and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately.
Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with clients, their families and health team members and to ensure the fulfillment of requirements for legal documentation and reimbursement.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE MAR2014-OCT2019
Bon Secours, St. Francis, Richmond VA
Coordinated and communicated with providers and third parties to facilitate optimal care and treatment.
Responsibilities included documenting in the EMR patient vital signs, labs specimens and referrals.
Performed wound care, debridement, procedural assistance for providers, administered medications.
Gathered clinical information to ensure continuity of care for admissions and apply appropriate medical guidelines.
Worked with insurance companies to coordinate billing, prior authorizations and billing.
Coordinated discharge planning, care, documentation and review with family members to ensure smooth transition to their primary care provider and liaised with insurance providers and hospital management.
Upon discharge, I worked with insurance companies to identify covered treatments, group homes, residential treatment facilities and to ensure patients have uninterrupted treatment.
LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE JAN2013-MAR2014
Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority, Lynchburg, VA
Saw patients as part of a medical team dispensing medications for chronic and acute illnesses.
Determined level of care needed for each patient, triaged emergencies and determined follow up as well as wound care management, patient instruction, and preventative instructions to reduce illness.
Transcribed all physician’s documentation and medical orders into the EMR.
SPECIALIST – CHAPLAIN ASSISTANT APR2009-MAY2012
US Army, Fort Knox, KY
Provided specialized peer counseling for combat stress casualties at home or in austere environments.
Coordinated force protection for religious service operations and non-combatants such as Chaplains.
Assisted superior officers with logistical support and planning of religious operations during deployments.
Tasked with implementing technology in the religious operations arena to increase availability.
Maintained reports, files, and administrative data for religious operations and coordinated religious support.
Managed religious support resources to include property, ecclesiastical equipment, section material/supplies and non-appropriated funds for the command.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BACCALAUREATE OF SCIENCE OF NURSING
MAY2021
American Sentinel University
REGISTERED NURSE
MAY2019
J. Sergeant Reynolds Community College
LICENSED PRATICAL NURSE
MAY2012
Centra School of Practical Nursing
BACCALAUREATE OF ART AND VISUAL TECHNOLOGY
MAY2005
George Mason University
CERTIFICATIONS
Basic Life Support
JUL2026