Anita Reed

• Primary Diabetes Care RN in high volume Endocrinology practice.
• Enhanced patient satisfaction through effective communication, empathy, and timely response to their needs.
• Recipient of Nurse Daisy Award for patient advocacy.
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary teams for comprehensive patient care , resulting in better health outcomes.
• Mentored new nursing staff, contributing to a supportive work environment and improved retention rates.
• Managed outpatient phone triage effectively, ensuring timely interventions and thorough follow-ups to mitigate potential complications.
• Streamlined documentation processes to ensure accurate record-keeping and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care .
• Offered exceptional care and support to individuals recovering from acute incidents and dealing with chronic conditions.
• Observed and documented patient factors such as diets, physical activity levels, and behaviors to understand conditions and effectively modify treatment plans.
• Administered medications via subcutaneous and intramuscular injections accurately and safely and monitored responses.
• Collaborated with medical assistant staff and physicians to quickly assess patients undergoing urgent symptoms in outpatient setting.
• Improved patient outcomes by providing high-quality nursing care and implementing evidence-based practices.

• Coordinated high quality outpatient phone triage to ambulatory pre-surg, pediatric and internal med patients.

• Provided coordination of care for outpatient endocrinology patients including phone triage, Continuous glucometry placement and management, teaching on insulin injections and diabetes self management .

• With a team of 5 nurses for 12 providers, Provided regular outpatient nursing visits and both in person and telephone care management of diabetes, based on clinic algorithms and nursing and industry standards.

• In coordination with on call providers, counseled next step best care advice via telehealth triage for wide variety of outpatients with after hours symptoms and specialized needs.

• Practiced after hours telehealth triage with group of dedicated and highly experienced pediatric RN's.
• Served as Team Lead and Preceptor Program Lead 5 years.
• Peer elected to and served at Quality Assurance Committee Lead in last year of service.
• Transitioned to Per Diem while working at Group Health Triage Position to update Adult triage skills.

• With a team of 50 nurses, and 2 providers, provided standardized telehealth triage within self en-closed healthcare system for large variety of patients' healthcare symptoms. Elected to and served on triage protocol review committee. Work from home during part of service.

• With a dedicated group of triage nurses, provided standardized after-hours care direction for large volume of medical center and community based callers.

• Provided in clinic bedside nursing care for patients undergoing a large variety of dermatologic outpatient procedures, including assisting with surgery, dermatologic laser procedures, biopsies and injections while coordinating with providers and other clinic personnel.

Assisted patients and private practice physician during outpatient dermatologic surgery procedures, assuring safe care and communication on test results.

• in Private Practice for allergy and asthma patients, Performed safe preparation and administration of allergy testing and immunotherapy injections with MD supervision
• Performed spirometry testing.
• Provided patient teaching on use of pulmonary inhalers.

• On a post-surgical toddler-school age unit with medical overflow, provided inpatient nursing care for variety of acute and post op conditions.
• Administered medications via mutiple routes including through use of IV Pump, NG tubes, and rectal and oral medications.
• Provided age appropriate safe bedside care for patients and families in coordination with multi disciplinary team.

• Coordinated outpatient nursing care for patients of pulmonology specialist in large internal medicine practice.
• Conducted Spirometry testing at satellite location.
• Provided patient teaching on safe use of pulmonary inhalers and respiratory care.
• Assisted with medical procedures, organization of incoming paperwork, radiology and prescription management including vendor coordination for oxygen and nebulizers.

• With a team of advanced orthopedic nurses, provided pre- and post op orthopedic care to large variety of orthopedic patients and medical overflow patients.
• Performed RN team nursing, supervised LPN's.
• Provided pre-op assessment and prep and post-op evaluation and care including IV medications and blood transfusions, medication injections, urinary catheter and NG placement and care, family and health care team coordination and discharge care.