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Staff nurse in the emergency withdrawal management unit, providing trauma-informed care, verbal de-escalation, and recovery-focused treatment planning. This unit offers easily accessible and safe care to assist patients suffering from mental health and substance-related crises.

Nurse lead for 22-bed, inpatient, voluntary, and involuntary units. Responsible for admissions, medication review/assessment, patient crisis triage from emergency rooms, staff education/training, and mental health assessment/physical health assessment.

Clinical Manager for busy 32-bed progressive cardiac unit. Responsible for the overall operation of an intermediate care unit including: hiring, staffing, productivity, payroll, coaching, team building and performance improvement.

Proactive telephonic outreach to eligible Humana members to engage participation in Humana Cares Complex Care Management program. The Humana Cares Manager conducts admission reviews, post-discharge calls and discharge planning. Additionally, HCM-RN’s manage network participation, care with specialty networks, care with DME providers and transfers to alternative levels of care using knowledge of benefit plan design. I am currently a Clinical Educator for all new hires; a Computer super-user and subject matter expert (SME) regarding care plan development; Point Person/Liaison for Humana Cares Clearwater Coach; Star award recipient for outstanding member service and current nominee for a Summit Award.

Case Manager for mid-sized home care company (300+ active patients). Responsible for all aspects related to managing medical care at home. Liaison between physician and patient. Expert knowledge of clinical assessment as related to OASIS documentation. Responsible for maintaining patient documentation to meet or exceed Medicare guidelines.

Clinical Manager for a very busy 34 bed Intermediate Care Unit (IMCU). Responsible for daily operations of the unit including scheduling, patient assignments, staffing and clinical orientation of new and existing staff. Provides direction and guidance to others regarding practices. Additionally serves as a resource and mentor to all levels of clinical staff and performs performance reviews and evaluations.

Float nurse for 16 hospitals in the Tampa/St.Petersburg region. The Float Nurse is required to float to PCU, ICU, Telemetry, Medical-Surgical, Women’s Health and Oncology floors. Essential responsibilities include: monitoring telemetry, maintenance of IV fluids/drips, physical assessment, delegation to support staff, electronic documentation, patient admission and discharge.

Responsible for managing Coronary Artery bypass Graft (CABG) patients from hospital discharge to follow-up appointment with surgeon. Responsible for managing all aspects of the post-operative surgical process including: managing lab work, cardiac teaching, monitoring/assessing surgical incisions, communication with physicians, therapists, social workers and other support staff. Managed a case load of 30-45 patients.

Responsible for staffing the hospital while keeping within the budgetary confines appropriated by the CEO-responsible for patient bed assignments, staffing nurses and support staff, training new staff, floating between units during critical shortage periods, etc.

Responsible for assessment and monitoring of post PTCA patients, femoral sheath removal, Open Heart prep, cardiac drip management, patient teaching, general physical assessment, bed assignments, staffing, etc