AMY WEGLEIN
Registered Nurse
Hunt Valley,MD
Summary
Currently working in eating recovery/behavior health population as a nurse manager. Highly skilled and dependable registered nurse with a superb record of patient satisfaction. Strongly adept at client assessment and treatment coordination. Skilled at multitasking while maintaining a friendly and positive attitude. Patient/client-oriented with over 30 years of diverse nursing experience in direct patient care. I hold a compact nursing license and I am eligible to obtain further licenses in noncompact nursing states.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse Manager
Eating Recovery Center Pathlight
Cockeysville, MD
02.2022 - Current
- Nurse manager for three 18 bed eating recovery and behavioral health inpatient units for both children and adolescents and adults
- Nurse manager for a 25 patient outpatient (PHP) facility
- Liaison for a multidisciplinary treatment team involving nursing, psychiatry, primary therapist, dietary, and MDs.
- Trouble-shoots/problem solves situations that arise on the units
- Assists with staffing and nursing coverage
- Attends daily multidisciplinary treatment team meetings
- Meets with clients and client's families to evaluate the client's overall care and provides ongoing coaching
- Oversees the monthly schedule and monitors staff daily to ensure unit coverage
- Supervises/manages 38 registered nursing professionals
- Supervises the medical aspects of the treatment plan and implements for each patient on the units
- Reviews incident reports and follows up through established processes
- Provides clinical expertise in medical management, crises and behavior management techniques
- Manages vendor relations, including medical supply ordering and pharmaceutical services
- Manages new nurse orientation and onboarding
- Provides staff education and training
- Performs weekly and monthly quality control audits, and safe medication administration audits
- Performs monthly quality controls for in house labs
- American Heart Association CPR and First Aid instructor
Clinical Nurse Manager
Maryland Masonic Homes
Cockeysville, MD
07.2021 - 01.2022
- Educated patients and families on treatment, expected outcomes and discharge instructions, serving as advisory resource to patients and families to facilitate recovery
- Coordinated departmental operations according to administrative, legal and medical guidelines
- Introduced initiatives based on staff education, infection control audits, safe medication administration and proper wound care to achieve unit and facility goals
- Manager of a 44 patient skilled nursing unit
- Manages infection control, including COVID 19 patients
Legal Nurse Consultant/Analyst
The Law Office of Cardaro & Peek
Baltimore, MD
02.2019 - 06.2021
- Conducts in person and phone interviews with the customer
- Medical case and record review of pertinent data
- Medicare and Medicaid lien reviewer for billing patterns errors, duplications and potential fraud
- Extensive knowledge of medical terminology, ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM HCPCS Level II and CPT coding
- Performs medical research
- Provides medical billing review and indexing
- Completes Medicare and Medicaid lien review
- Detects necessity of medical treatment
- Ability to understand complex medical issues and disease processes
- Understanding of medical terminology
- Conducts medical reports, summaries, and chronologies writing
- Experienced knowledge of HIPAA and ERISA guidelines
- Established work flow policies
Skin Care Cosmetic Nurse
Light RX
Towson, MD
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Completed skin assessments with before and after photographs
- Successfully performed laser hair removal on Fitzpatrick I - IV skin tones
- Performed Viva facial skin tightening
- Provided Cool Sculpting treatments
- Effectively performed Intense Pulse Light (IPL) treatments for redness and dark spots
- Performed face and body radio frequency skin tightening
- Skilled at providing patient education
- Proficient in documentation and record keeping
Nurse Consultant Contractor
Sparks, MD
06.2011 - 01.2019
- Nurse consultant with both plaintiff and defense firms
- Understanding of the MCG evidence based guidelines
- Reviewed medical records and summarized care
- Consulted with attorneys on malpractice, personal injury and workers compensation claims
- Managed cases in a timely manner
Medical Case Manager
Travelers Insurance Company
04.2012 - 08.2017
- Reviewed medical reports, records and billing to ensure accuracy
- Identified appropriate and inappropriate treatment
- Medical fraud investigation
- Establish causal relationships between an injury and the associated treatment
- Analyzed pre‐existing medical conditions and their relationship to the current injury
- Medical cost forecasting
- Medical ICD 9, ICD 10 and CPT coding
- Analyzed medical necessity of medical care and treatment including duration and frequency
Worker Compensation Case Manager
GENEX Services
Baltimore, MD
10.2011 - 04.2012
- Medical nurse case manager for injured workers
- Utilization review of medical records
- Conducted precertifications
- Collaborated providers
- Care planning
- Increased back to work status
Clinical Nurse Manager – Nurse Manager
University of Maryland Health Systems
Baltimore, MD
05.2009 - 07.2011
- Nursing manager in 30 bed medical/surgical unit that includes, ventilator dependent patients and acute care for the elderly
- Assured clinical standard of care by continuously monitoring nursing practice
- Managed 50 employees including RNs, LPNs, PCTs, and unit secretaries
- Active liaison between nursing, medical staff and ancillary staff
- Oversaw operations, including admissions and discharges and scheduling of nursing staff
Core Educator
University of Maryland Health Systems
Baltimore, MD
12.2007 - 05.2009
- Facilitated General Hospital Orientation
- Oriented and educated the newly hired nurses and CNAs in medical policies and procedures
- Provided instruction on nursing standard of care
- Assisted with the ongoing education of clinical nursing and ancillary staff
- Increased compliance
Employee Health Manager
University Of Maryland Medical System
Baltimore, MD
08.2006 - 12.2007
- Managed employee injuries and Incidents
- Phlebotomy
- Vaccine administration
- IV therapy
Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Nurse
Johns Hopkins University
Lutherville, MD
06.2005 - 08.2006
- Broad knowledge of general dermatology and plastic surgery
- Provides exceptional direct patient care, support and documentation before and after surgery
- Proficient in the application and removal or bandages, dressings and sutures removal
- Skilled with assisting practitioner with dermatological and plastic surgery procedures under local anesthesia
- Accomplished with the usage of cosmetic laser procedures
- Excellent familiarity with fillers, botox and sclerotherapy
- Strong grasp of cryotherapy topical therapies and patient education in skin care techniques
- Superior verbal and written communication and clinical abilities
- Superb at performing before and after patient care and patient education
- High customer service skills
- Exceptional ability to meet strict deadlines
Nurse Coordinator Site Manager
Federal Occupational Health, IRS
Kearneysville, WV
05.2001 - 06.2005
- Preventative health
- Patient education
- Patient assessment
- Weight management
- Phlebotomy
PACU Registered Nurse
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown, MD
02.2001 - 06.2001
- Kept meticulous charting notes regarding patient assessments and medications, later transferring information into records management system
- Collaborated with patients and healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement and evaluate custom care plans for each individual
- Took vitals and assessed patients in recovery room following surgical procedures
- Provided individualized care and dedicated oversight to 1 - 2 patients on average in post-operative recovery room
- Evaluated cardio-respiratory systems for deviations, providing appropriate treatment as necessary
- Supported healthy working environment, adhering to patient safety protocol, complying with hospital policies and maintaining situational awareness
- Evaluated patients' pain levels, implementing correct dosage of medication to alleviate discomfort
- Promoted quality of care by adhering to industry standards and measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and benchmarks.
Preoperative and Postoperative Registered Nurse
ACLS certified, Allegheny Plastic Surgery
Hagerstown, MD
10.2000 - 05.2001
- Provided direct patient preoperative care, including prepping for surgery
- Assisted surgeons with medical treatments and operative procedures
- Managed patients postoperatively in a PACU setting
- Provided patient education
- Performed nurse manager duties included case studies, policy and procedure writing/revising, staffing for the operating room, procedure room, and PACU
- Oversaw documentation to ensure charts contained the proper documentation
- Performed outpatient follow up calls
Lead Office Nurse/Clinical Site Manager
Johns Hopkins Medical Corporation
Frederick, MD
11.1999 - 10.2000
- Lead office nurse with direct patient care
Nurse Case Manager
Washington County Hospital Home Care
Hagerstown, MD
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Home health nursing for medical surgical and critically ill patients
Charge Nurse
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown, MD
01.1995 - 01.1997
- Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals
- Worked PCU and CCU
- ACLS certified
Staff nurse
Memorial Hospital
, MD
01.1990 - 01.1995
- Staff nursing in medical/surgical and critical care units
- ACLS certified
Education
Bachelor's Degree - Health Care Administration
Ashford University
07.2010
Registered Nurse -
Alleghany College of Maryland
05.1990
Skills
- Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel
- Customer Service
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Collaborative
- Time Management
- Organized
- Strong Work Ethics
- Emotional Awareness
- IV Drug Therapy Management
- Chronic Disease Management
- Medical Assessments
- Staff Training
- Staff Supervision
- Mental and Physical Assessments
Timeline
Registered Nurse Manager
Eating Recovery Center Pathlight
02.2022 - Current
Clinical Nurse Manager
Maryland Masonic Homes
07.2021 - 01.2022
Legal Nurse Consultant/Analyst
The Law Office of Cardaro & Peek
02.2019 - 06.2021
Skin Care Cosmetic Nurse
Light RX
09.2018 - 02.2019
Medical Case Manager
Travelers Insurance Company
04.2012 - 08.2017
Worker Compensation Case Manager
GENEX Services
10.2011 - 04.2012
Nurse Consultant Contractor
06.2011 - 01.2019
Clinical Nurse Manager – Nurse Manager
University of Maryland Health Systems
05.2009 - 07.2011
Core Educator
University of Maryland Health Systems
12.2007 - 05.2009
Employee Health Manager
University Of Maryland Medical System
08.2006 - 12.2007
Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Nurse
Johns Hopkins University
06.2005 - 08.2006
Nurse Coordinator Site Manager
Federal Occupational Health, IRS
05.2001 - 06.2005
PACU Registered Nurse
Washington County Hospital
02.2001 - 06.2001
Preoperative and Postoperative Registered Nurse
ACLS certified, Allegheny Plastic Surgery
10.2000 - 05.2001
Lead Office Nurse/Clinical Site Manager
Johns Hopkins Medical Corporation
11.1999 - 10.2000
Nurse Case Manager
Washington County Hospital Home Care
01.1997 - 01.1999
Charge Nurse
Washington County Hospital
01.1995 - 01.1997
Staff nurse
Memorial Hospital
01.1990 - 01.1995
Bachelor's Degree - Health Care Administration
Ashford University
Registered Nurse -
Alleghany College of Maryland
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