Amy LeCave
- Registered nurse bringing 25+ years experience treating patients and coordinating care with a team. Proven history of leveraging critical thinking,analysis and medical knowledge to deliver superior care in high pressure environments. Prioritizes clinical and operational tasks in fast-paced emergency medicine settings. Experienced self-taught business owner and entrepreneur starting multiple companies from ground up.
- Extensive diversity of nursing roles throughout my career has made me an organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a never ending positive attitude willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Work History
Registered Nurse Coordinator Cardiac Cath Lab
11 Months- Coordinated cardiac patient care across multidisciplinary teams to support timely treatment and follow-up.
- Monitored patient assessments, vital signs, and symptom changes to identify care needs and escalate concerns.
- Collaborated with physicians and specialists to align treatment plans with cardiac care protocols.
- Provided patient care in cath lab procedures, heart transplant endomyocardial biopsies, pre/post/recovery.
- Managed staff scheduling and orientation for rotation of PRN RN's adjusting to daily needs of department.
Registered Nurse
28 Years 6 MonthsRegistered Nurses-owner, manager, staff
Created company that provides skilled care to clients in home or any place of residence (rehab, LTC, hospital, travel).
Developed and oversaw all aspects of company to include: start up, business plan/model, hiring/staffing/HR, policy/procedure/compliance, care coordination, patient medical management and marketing with staff and team of 20-60.
Registered Nurse
3 Years 2 MonthsCardiac Cath Lab-staff RN
Right and left diagnostic caths, PCI, TAVRS, structural heart procedures, STEMI, EP float, peripheral.
Monitor and circulate lab of seven rooms (EP/CCL) with volume 10-25 procedures/day CCL alone.
Registered Nurse
2 YearsElectrophysiology Lab-staff RN
Monitor, circulate and scrub ablations, devices and structural heart procedures.
Float to pre and post EP and CCL unit
Registered Nurse
18 Years 6 MonthsRegistered Nurse-owner, manager, staff
Created and managed program for well-baby and pediatric home care to provide Synagis(RSV injectable med) to premature babies through 3 yrs.
Created company from start up to include all tasks stated with Nurses For You, LLC. In addition contracting with insurance companies, working with over 100 pediatricians MO/IL, coordinating all aspects to provide monthly injections in home and well baby clinics (pt identification, insurance approval, education/compliance to parents, tracking outcomes and overall patient advocacy to ensure administration of a very expensive and life saving medication.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Skills
Certification
BLS/ACLS
STEMI RN
Joint Commission Accreditation