Mary Lucas Email & Phone Number

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Sacramento, California Area

My responsibility:•To supervise nursing personnel to deliver nursing care and within scope of NURSING practice coordinates care delivery, which will ensure that patient's needs are met in accordance with professional standards of practice through physician orders, center policies and procedures, and federal, state and local guidelines.•Place calls to physicians and receives, retains and records orders.•Initiates procedures for admissions, hospital returns and transfers.•Add nurse notes/progress notes to charts as needed.•Accompany physician on rounds and takes verbal orders; transcribes orders to physician order sheet and medication cardex.•Review physician orders to ensure accuracy of medication and treatment records and labs result and notify physicians.•Assist individuals with disability and/or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum function. •Assists clients in adapting to an altered lifestyle, while providing a therapeutic environment for client's and their family's development. •Design and implemented treatment strategies that are based on scientific nursing theory related to self-care and that promote physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health.•Collaborates with team members to achieve cost-effective care by utilizing appropriate clinical measures to meet emergent physical, psychosocial, and spiritual situations. •Share information about the disease processes underlying disabilities and teaches nursing techniques to help clients and their families develop the self-care skills necessary to move toward wellness on the illness-wellness continuum.•Prepare clients and their families for future self-management and decision-making responsibilities by fostering clients’ independence and goal achievement

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Duties and Responsibilities:•Direct and indirect for patient’s care environment through collaboration with health care team members and the autonomous application of the nursing process. •Provide leadership, mentoring and role modeling for other members of the health team.•Coordinate and delegate of care in a safe, secure and clean environment.•Provide display, respect for the patients, rights, dignity, values, confidentiality and expressed needs.• Being adaptable, using evidenced based practice and information technologies while maintaining focus on providing comfort, relieving pain and alleviating anxiety. •Share information about the disease processes underlying disabilities and teaches nursing techniques to help the clients and their families develop the self- care skills necessary to move towards wellness on the illness- wellness continuum.•Prepare clients and their families for the future self-management and decision- making responsibilities by fostering clients’ independence and goal achievement

Agency For Health Care Administration

02--09-- to presentAgency Of Health Care Administration2727 Mahan Drive Registered Nurse Consultant My responsibilities are the following: •Management of the following Medicaid covered services: obstetrics, neonatal intensive care, immunizations, physician office, Pathology/Labs, and services for over 21 years old including surgeries and follow-up care; management of components of the physician services program. •Responsible for writing policy and reimbursement protocols for new programs, such as new Labs/Pathology; Practitioner Services system; Respiratory/ Hemic/ Lymphatic; Mediastinum/Diaphragm coverage. •Additional responsibilities include medical review of physician claims, evaluating new and existing health care procedure codes to determine appropriate diagnoses and client population eligible for reimbursement. Nurse consultant for routine inquiries requiring medical knowledge and judgment. •Responsible for creation and delivery of provider education via state-wide written communication, data analysis, decision-making, providing technical assistance, and performing other duties as assigned. •Ability to work independently and solve problems through research and application of knowledge and experiences.

State Of Florida

I have an opportunity to work in a growing and changing health care environment and learn more about Medicaid managed care to develop policies that are applicable to the Florida Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program and research new and emerging trends in health care. Serve as a team lead for the unit in implementing new initiatives and developing solutions to complex problems; providing consultative support to the leadership team in the bureau and among peers on relevant policy matters; planning and directing the implementation of new programs/service delivery models; preparing reports and presentations; analyzing service utilization data and population health data; analyzing and developing fiscal impact statements on proposed program revisions; preparing legislative budget requests and proposals; preparing bill analysis; researching state and federal laws that govern the Medicaid program; and representing the Agency in local, state, and national workgroups/meetings.

1675 Riggins Road, Tallahassee, Fl 32308

Weekends Staff NurseDuties and Responsibilities:•Assist individuals with disability and/or chronic illness to attain and maintain maximum function. •Assists clients in adapting to an altered lifestyle, while providing a therapeutic environment for client's and their family's development. •Design and implemented treatment strategies that are based on scientific nursing theory related to self-care and that promote physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health.•Collaborates with team members to achieve cost-effective care by utilizing appropriate clinical measures to meet emergent physical, psychosocial, and spiritual situations. •Share information about the disease processes underlying disabilities and teaches nursing techniques to help clients and their families develop the self-care skills necessary to move toward wellness on the illness-wellness continuum.•Prepare clients and their families for future self-management and decision-making responsibilities by fostering clients’ independence and goal achievement

Monticelo

8-2007 -08-15-2012Brynwood Health Center. Monticello, FLWeekend Supervisor and my responsibilities were the following: •Insured resident’s care was being provided in accordance with the established plans and in compliance with state policy.•Patient safety and progressive care, proper staffing, employee/patient/family education and leadership in emergency situations. •Direct care that the staff may not be familiar with such as drawing blood for specimen, putting IV as ordered and work on the floor to pass medications when our staffing was short.•Handled any patient/family concerns. I oversee the care given to the patients by the staff, making any needed changes. I make sure the staff has the equipment and materials they need to do their duties.•Act in the capacity as a team leader in a modified primary care setting, assist in the development and implementation of an individualized treatment plan for each assigned resident, nursing staffs and non-clinical staffs.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Case Manager for Florida Breast And Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program:My responsibilities were the following:•Assessment, planning, coordination, monitoring, evaluating and developing resources for case management for counties such as Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor and Madison.•Provides case management and follow-up services for women with abnormalities on their breast or cervical cancer screening examinations or tests.•Refers women to specialists, authorizes services as needed, provides patient education and support. Maintains contact with women and specialists' offices throughout course of patients' diagnosis and treatment.•Works with patients and providers as concerns arise, obtains all reports of tests, procedures, and visits to specialists. Work with health staff to enroll eligible clients and coordinate's services.• Helps patients diagnosed with cancer to obtained Medicaid and conduct annual review of eligible for coverage. •Works collaboratively with contracted nurses in other counties to ensure continuity, timeliness and appropriateness of care.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

School Nurse- My responsibilities were the following:•Taught school health education, supervised school health support workers on how to administer medications as prescribed to students, planned and organized health screening programs as indicated in county school health services. •Provides referrals for students with potentials health problems identified through health screenings.•Provided individual counseling on issues, such as, nutrition, physical exercise, communicable disease and STD transmission, family planning, risk-taking behavior, hygiene, growth and development and any health issues as requested by the faculty members.•Reviewed immunization records in schools to ensure all students were immunized appropriately.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Staff NurseMy duties and responsibilities:•Ensures efficient and coordinated clinic flow by coordinating and planning clinic activities; communicates patient’s needs; makes referrals; serves as a resource person of insurance information. •Delivers direct patient care; assesses patients physical, psychosocial and/or emotional needs; provides patient and family teaching; triages patients and informs physician of patient status; responds to phone messages from patients and informs physicians as needed; orders supplies; stocks and maintains patient’s rooms; sterilizes instruments. • Administers medications as assigned; serves as a resource person for knowledge of medication uses, side effects, and dosage; checks for proper medication order; documents medications; obtains required consent forms to administer immunizations; notifies pharmacies of physician approved prescriptions; reviews drug samples to insure they have not exceeded the expiration date; labels sample drugs and educates patients of medication administration. •Performs other duties as assigned.

Tallahassee, Florida Area

Staff Nurse- My responsibilities were the following: •Delivers direct patient care; assesses patients physical, psychosocial and/or emotional needs; provides patient and family teaching; triages patients and informs physician of patient status; responds to phone messages from patients and informs physicians as needed and patient advocate.• Administers medications as assigned; serves as a resource person for knowledge of medication uses, side effects, and dosage; checks for proper medication order; documents medications; obtains required consent forms to administer immunizations; notifies pharmacies of physician approved prescriptions; reviews drug samples to insure they have not exceeded the expiration date; labels sample drugs and educates patients of medication administration. •Performs other duties as assigned.

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Dammam Central Hospital - DammamNovember 1979 to April 1987Scrub Nurse:•Set up the operating room, the sterile field before the procedure begins. •The room was set up differently according to the specific surgery. Correct instruments and materials were placed in the room so that leaving the operating room during the procedure and potentially breaking the sterile field was avoided. •Checked that needed equipment was in good working condition for a smooth process. •Assisted in preparation and care of patients undergoing surgical procedures, responsible for the maintenance/sterilization of the O.R. supplies and equipment. •Anticipated needs of surgeons and surgical teams and assisted in operative procedures. Rotated to Labor and Delivery. My duties and responsibilities were the following: •Assisted with every aspect of childbirth. I took care of women and newborns before, during and after the delivery. •Created a personalized care plan based on the woman's medical history and situation, and assist the doctor or midwife during the delivery of the newborn •Responsible for the care of the maternity patients during ante partum, labor, and post-partum. •Knowledge and experience in speculum exams, fetal monitoring, IV infusion, drawing labs for test and assessment of the newborn. •Educating and assistance with breast feeding. Accomplishments Refer to my duties and responsibilities. Skills Used Nursing judgment, critical thinking, compassion, patience and emotional support.