BARBARA WEGNER

• Ensured high-quality care through enforcement of standards and conduction of regular performance evaluations.
• Collaborated with patients and families to provide care and treatment education.
• Helped set goals, determine appropriate interventions and connect resources for individual patients.
• Planned and coordinated patient discharges.
• Assessed patient conditions during daily rounds and recommended changes to care plans.
• Determined specific needs and provided most appropriate level of services to ensure well-being.
• Managed department staff by monitoring performance, implementing improvement plans and conducting training.
• Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.

Assisted in patient care through clinic within the jail. Set appointments, coordinated w/MD, NP and Mental Health, managed medications, treatments and the daily duties to run the clinic within the jail system. Assisted in procedures, blood draws and assessments of patient needs.

Assisted w/client needs, organized schedules for caregivers, hands on visits w/clients for assessments, family meetings for POC, attended clients to MD appointments, overall management of client care reporting to Judy Cornish owner/operator of DAWN. Specific care for Alzheimer and Dementia patients.

• Applied nursing expertise to meet needs of home bound patients in challenging home & facility environment.
• Partnered with physicians, social workers, activity therapists, nutritionists and case managers to develop and implement individualized care plans and documented all patient interactions and interventions in electronic charting systems.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
• Delivered outstanding care to patients with various diagnoses and managed care from treatment initiation through to completion.
• Managed patients recovering from medical or surgical procedures, including facilitating wound care, ostomy care, pressure ulcer prevention and pain management.
• Educated patients and answered questions about health condition, prognosis and treatment.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess patients and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
• Observed and reported patient condition, progress and medication side effects to accurately document updates.
• Provided complete care to home health patients, including physical assessments, medication and chronic disease management.
• Used first-hand knowledge and clinical expertise to advocate for patients under care and enacted prescribed treatment strategies.