Amy L. Emanuel, MSN, RN, CHFRN
Rocky Hill,Connecticut
Summary
Master’s prepared nurse with specialty certification in heart failure. Experience includes disease management, educational program development and coordination, policy development and management, supervision of new hires and students, and case management in multiple settings
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse, Disease Management
Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic, Trinity Health of New England
Hartford, CT
06.2021 - Current
- Perform individualized nursing assessments on acute and chronic heart failure patients, organizing and collaborating with staff, mid-level providers, and physicians to provide holistic care
- Meet with t recently discharged patients for transitional care management, including medication reconciliation and assessment of learning needs
- Provide education on heart failure progression, self-management, and symptom recognition
- Complete patient follow-up as part of care-team, including drawing blood samples, evaluating results and coordinating necessary treatment adjustments
- Assist in advancing patent’s goal directed medical therapy to maximize patient heart function; improved ejection fraction seen in multiple cases
- Perform outpatient infusion services, including starting and maintaining peripheral intravenous catheters and administering diuretics as needed to patients with fluid volume overload
- Coordinate care with community services, such as visiting nursing, primary care, and specialty providers such as cardiologists and electrophysiologists
- Triage patient needs via phone and develop plan to address concerns
Cardiopulmonary Care Manager
Middlesex Health
Middletown, CT
12.2019 - 06.2021
- Provided inpatient disease management consults for patients with acute congestive heart failure, COPD, asthma and diabetes
- Taught blood glucose testing and insulin administration at bedside to patients newly diagnosed with diabetes
- Educated and coached patients with COPD and Heart Failure for optimal symptom control and quality of life, initially while inpatient and then after discharge via telephone contacts and visits in outpatient center
- Advised inpatient teams on treatment guidelines for successful patient outcomes
- Served as patient advocate through patients' transitions of care, assisting in their coordination of care
- Served as resource to home care clinicians for difficult to manage Heart failure and COPD patients, educating staff of these conditions periodically
- Led Heart Failure educational classes for community
- Acted as Middlesex Health Home care agency liaison, facilitated on-boarding of new referrals
- Administered COVID-19 vaccines on per-diem basis
Case Manager
Saint Francis Hospital
Hartford, CT
05.2018 - 12.2019
- Performed admission assessment to determine readmission risk and to anticipate discharge needs
- Facilitated care progression for caseload of 18-23 patients, throughout admission to discharge, on fast paced cardiothoracic and vascular surgery unit, continually assessed for medical necessity and discharge barriers
- Participated in daily interdisciplinary rounds to establish and communicate current medical management and adjust discharge plans according to team input
- Performed readmission assessments and identified and tracked avoidable days
- Identified complex psychosocial issues impacting length of stay and conferred with social work on establishing plans to resolve issues
- Coordinated transition to next level of care by working with service line liaisons and obtaining insurance authorization when indicated
- Communicated with patients and families to develop, and ensure understanding of plan for transition of care
Clinical Development Specialist
Hartford Healthcare At Home
Bloomfield, CT
09.2015 - 05.2018
- Developed and coordinated curriculum to meet professional development and competency needs of newly hired nurses
- Performed joint home visits to supervise newly hired nurses
- Accountable for team performance in achieving desired clinical and operational performance measures
- Oversaw and coordinated field orientation for 8-12 newly hired registered nurses, covering Hartford and Waterbury counties
- Participated in quality assurance audits of new and existing staff
- Led classroom orientation classes as needed
Nursing Education Coordinator
Gaylord Specialty Health Care
Wallingford, CT
11.2011 - 09.2015
- Designed and provided orientation for Nursing Department
- Assessed educational needs for department of nursing; planned and implemented programs and competencies to meet these needs e.g.) telemetry, IV Insertion
- Active member of Department of Nursing Standards and Education Committee, responsible for reviewing, revising and developing policy and procedures
- Completely revised clinical ladder program for registered nurses, responsible for its oversight and maintenance
- Created and initiated residency program for newly graduated nurses, including coordination of new mentor program
- Coordinated, created and implemented in-services for new equipment and technology introduced into Department of Nursing
- Served as clinical resource on all units
- Designed and coordinated yearly nursing validation of “hands-on” skills
- Tracked, coordinated and acted as instructor for required certifications for Department of Nursing: AHA Heartsaver, BLS, ACLS, and Crises Prevention Intervention
- Served as Lead Nurse Planner and responsible for maintenance of approved provider status of continuing education through NE MSD
- Served as administrator, with unrestricted privileges, HealthStream Learning Management system
- Conducted simulated training scenarios using ALS SIM Man
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Quinnipiac University
North Haven, CT
08.2012 - 05.2013
- Clinical instructor for eight junior nursing students on general medical unit with focus on fundamentals of nursing
- Clinical instructor for seven senior nursing students in “capstone” clinical rotation, with focus on leadership
- Graded weekly assignments and care plans
- Evaluated students based on performance
Registered Nurse/ Part-Time Diabetic Educator
Gaylord Hospital
Wallingford, CT
06.2006 - 10.2011
- Acted as team leader/staff nurse on general medical and progressive care unit
- Managed care of ventilator weaning and telemetry monitored patients
- Assessed and administered medications to medically complex patients
- Initiated and maintained central and peripheral intravenous lines
- Performed complex wound care
- Independently created patient education for diabetes, initiated and maintained role of part-time Diabetic Educator
Education
Master of science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT1.2004
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
State University of New York
Binghamton, NY5.1999
Skills
- Policy and Program Development
- Attention to Detail
- Employee Training Program
- Care Coordination
- Preventive Healthcare
- Verbal and Written Communication
- Nursing Consultation
- Patient Care Assessment
- Epic Systems
- Nursing Performance Assessment
- Microsoft Office
- Community-based Educational Programs
- Performance Monitoring
- Treatment Recommendations
- Medicare Compliance
Accomplishments
- AHA Basic Life Support
- Certified Heart Failure Nurse
- Previously certified in OASIS certification, ACLS, and Medical Surgical Nursing
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Disease Management
Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic, Trinity Health of New England
06.2021 - Current
Cardiopulmonary Care Manager
Middlesex Health
12.2019 - 06.2021
Case Manager
Saint Francis Hospital
05.2018 - 12.2019
Clinical Development Specialist
Hartford Healthcare At Home
09.2015 - 05.2018
Adjunct Nursing Faculty
Quinnipiac University
08.2012 - 05.2013
Nursing Education Coordinator
Gaylord Specialty Health Care
11.2011 - 09.2015
Registered Nurse/ Part-Time Diabetic Educator
Gaylord Hospital
06.2006 - 10.2011
Master of science - Nursing
Southern Connecticut State University
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
State University of New York
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