Compassionate Licensed Practical Nurse with extensive experience at Yalobusha General Hospital, excelling in chronic care management and patient education. Proven ability to enhance health outcomes through effective care planning and empathetic patient relationship building. Skilled in medication administration and clinical documentation, ensuring compliance with HIPAA standards while delivering high-quality care.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Licensed Practical Nurse
Care Harmony
03.2024 - Current
As A Chronic Care Management (CCM) nurse I focus on long-term patient support, conducting monthly calls, coordinating care with various providers, educating patients on self-management, and monitoring progress to improve health outcomes and reduce hospitalizations.
Key duties include developing personalized care plans, connecting patients with community resources, facilitating smooth care transitions, documenting patient information, and ensuring adherence to treatment plans.
Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
Minimized staff and patient infection risk by cleaning and disinfecting equipment instruments.
Comforted and counseled patients and families throughout care process.
Offered immediate assistance in emergency and routine paging situations to evaluate needs and deliver care.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Collaborated with interdisciplinary team of healthcare and social service providers to address patients' needs through effective intervention and care planning.
Educated patients and caregivers on medical diagnoses, treatment options, chronic disease self-management and wound management.
Performed routine evaluations of each patient's status, needs, and preferences.
Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
Evaluated patient histories, complaints, and current symptoms.
Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
Licensed Practical Nurse
Yalobusha General Hospital
08.2015 - 07.2021
Administered controlled narcotics, inserted IVs, and performed catheterizations.
Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
Assisted with admissions, appointments, transfers, and discharges.
Obtained patient vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
Assessed patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure and recorded in electronic medical records.
Coordinated patient transfers to other facilities.
Administered medications and injections to patients.
Monitored patient health conditions to report changes to assigned physician.
Provided diagnosis information, treatment possibilities, disease management tips and wound care advice to patients, loved ones and caregivers.
Helped long-term care residents with bathing, dressing, feeding, and other daily living activities.
Worked with multidisciplinary team to carry out successful treatment plans for diverse acute and chronic conditions.
Reviewed patient history to verify conditions and current medications.
Used aseptic techniques to provide sterilized wound care and dressing applications.
Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
Provided patient education on health care issues and prescribed medications.
Accompanied physicians through day in fast-paced, stressful environments.
Used [Software] to input information into computerized patient record system.
Documented complete information about examinations, treatment plans, lab results, and other details directly into charts.
Attended patient appointments and wrote narrative account of events using proper abbreviations, grammar, and spelling.
Charted patient encounters by recording information such as diagnosis, treatments, and prescriptions.
Gathered patient charts to prepare for upcoming appointments and maintain organization.
Processed patient referrals and authorizations to enable smooth patient consultations.
Collected required documents to prepare discharge and release summaries of patients.
Handled multiple projects simultaneously, providing clients with prompt and high-quality service.
Maintained accurate and complete medical records to comply with regulations and standards.
Utilized templates and macros to streamline transcription processes.
Expertly transcribed medical reports for variety of physicians in hospital setting.
Monitored patient vital signs, lab results and other indicators of health.
Called insurance companies to get precertification and other benefits information on behalf of patients.
Responded to patient inquiries to offer timely updates regarding referral status.
Processed referral requests from patients, doctors and other health care professionals.
Monitored referrals to foster timely completion and followed up with physicians to facilitate.
Facilitated referrals to other healthcare providers and resources to bridge service gaps.