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Evaluating, recommending, and implementing clinical editing solutions to ensure accurate outcomes in line with medical, reimbursement policy, and financial targets.Developing and executing implementation plans including system updates and business process changes, ensuring timely communication.Handling development, maintenance, and publication of reimbursement policy.

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Registered Nurse, Neuro ICU, Medical ICU, Cardiac ICU● Collaborated closely with interdisciplinary teams to communicate plans of care with patients & their families● Strategically assisted physicians with emergent, complex, & life-threatening procedures at the bedside● Cultivated on-going relationships with physicians & hospital staff at facilities nationwide● Provided advanced levels of specialized nursing care to those with critical illnesses, including neuro-traumatic, cardiological, & medical-surgical symptoms● Perform data driven patient analysis to identify patient care gaps & medicinal inefficiencies, increasing patient likelihood of survival● Built daily reports & metrics based on patient statistics & customized care regimens to provide seamless transitions of care

United States

Registered Nurse, Medical ICU● Developed care plans & established goals based on nursing diagnoses, incorporating therapeutic & preventative nursing actions● Communicated health care instructions & plans of care to the patient &/or family in a clear, empathetic way● Provided comprehensive nursing care to critically ill patients

Portland, Oregon Area

Registered Nurse, Case Management, Patient Care & Education● Managed patient cases, researching causes of rehospitalization rates in patients with heart failure● Elected as heart failure prevention champion to construct & implement a comprehensive auditing & analysis program for peers in an effort to educate patients & lower hospital readmissions below 20%● Provided home based care to patients post discharge from the hospital in a range of patient demographics & cultures● Acted as around-the-clock telefonic triage support for patients, providing rapid, over-the-phone diagnoses & care plans● Developed relationships with patients post discharge from hospitalization, ensuring their on-going health needs were met in an in-home setting

Portland, Oregon Area

Registered Nurse, Medical ICU● Evangelized the hospital mission in developing more efficient, evidence-based methods of nurse & patient education to reduce or prevent patient injury● Collaborated with doctors, pharmacists, social workers, & therapists to ensure top of the line care for patients● Entrusted with and prepared potent & potentially lethal pharmaceuticals via titration to patients● Provided mentoring & training opportunities for new & student nurses, including Epic & Cerner charting softwares

San Luis Obispo, California Area

Registered Nurse, Pre-op & Post-op Surgeries● Analyzed patient surgery eligibility based on assessments ensuring no conflict of medications, verifying no allergic exposure to procedure materials, and reviewing history & physicals (H&P)● Performed on-going patient monitoring post-procedure to ensure safe recovery & education● Assisted physicians during & after endoscopic surgeries ensuring successful extraction of specimen samples

Travel Registered Nurse, Medical ICU, Cardiac PCU ● Instituted plans of care with patients on disease process & proper medication regimens● Facilitated & maintained life support equipment, observed changes in patient condition, informed physicians on patient status, prevented the spread of infections, & ensured advanced life support

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Registered Nurse, Bone Marrow Transplant ICU ● Provided high quality, compassionate treatment to patients with oncological & hematological diagnoses ensuring highest standard & minimal complications for bone marrow transplant recipients● Administered blood products, chemotherapy treatments, & bone marrow transplants to a wide demographic of patients● Acted as a patient advocate & implemented patient care through interdisciplinary communication