AMANDA RASNAKE HANSEN

Conducted interviews and performed physical examinations with military service members and veterans filing for Veterans Disability and Compensation. Reviewed military service treatment records to verify the accuracy of claimed chronic conditions. Provide sound medical opinions, with research-based evidence, about service-connected claims.

• Provide inpatient care in hospital setting as an advance practice nurse practitioner
• Prescribe/recommend medications for patients
• Consult/Refer patients to physicians/specialists for consultation when necessary
• Order, interpret and evaluate lab results and diagnostic tests
• Assess and identify patient's clinical health care needs
• Evaluate, diagnose, and manage acute care conditions that may arise for patients located on the IMCU/medical surgical units
• Serve as lead hospitalist delegating hospital admissions from the ED / direct admissions to other hospitalist team members

• Provide inpatient care in hospital setting as an advance practice nurse practitioner
• Prescribe/recommend medications for patients
• Consult/Refer patients to physicians/specialists for consultation when necessary
• Order, interpret and evaluate lab results and diagnostic tests
• Assess and identify patient's clinical health care needs
• Evaluate, diagnose, and manage acute care conditions that may arise for patients located on the inpatient psychiatric and medical surgical/psychiatric units

• Conducted CMS required face to face visits with patients in hospice program to certify need or continuing need for hospice service
• Recorded physical findings and assisted Medical Director in collecting data for establishing prognosis
• Collaborated and discussed with physician and other health professionals to prepare comprehensive patient care plan

• Partnered with employers to help identify and address specific occupational and health care needs
• Strived to improve productivity, better employee health, and reduce employer costs through prevention and aggressive injury management
• Completed diagnosis and treatment of work-related injuries with a focus on early return to work and reducing lost time and modified duty when possible
• Performed complete and accurate employment/DOT physical examinations

• Utilizes a collaborative process to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor, evaluate and advocate the options and services required to meet an individual's health needs, using communication and available resources to promote quality and cost-effective outcomes
• Identifies appropriate providers and facilities throughout the continuum of services while ensuring that available resources are being used in a timely and cost-effective manner to obtain optimum value for both the client and the reimbursement source

• Worked as Charge Nurse on a busy joint replacement and stroke unit
• Served as Preceptor to new employees and students
• Provided quality patient centered care in a healing environment
• Demonstrated sensitivity and understanding of the diverse cultural backgrounds of patients and caregivers
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills in the implementation of all phases of the nursing process
• Served as a professional role model as a caregiver, mentor, teacher and resource for peers and other providers
• Demonstrated competency in the care of the patient

• Served as staff nurse on a busy Inpatient Rehabilitation and Medical Surgical Unit
• Provided quality patient centered care in a healing environment
• Demonstrated sensitivity and understanding of the diverse cultural backgrounds of patients and caregivers
• Demonstrated critical thinking skills in the implementation of all phases of the nursing process
• Served as a professional role model as a caregiver, mentor, teacher and resource for peers and other providers
• Demonstrated competency in the care of the patient

• Worked under the direct supervision of a registered nurse to provide care for patients through the utilization of assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation
• Collaborated closely with the registered nurse to develop organizational and critical thinking skills