Brandy Powell RN, MSN, MHA, CCM
Casa,AR
Summary
Experienced, compassionate, and dedicated nurse of 21 years seeking to continue a career in a healthcare organization that values their customers and employees. Seeking to grow and challenge myself as a nurse in different areas of healthcare.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
10.2021 - Current
- Followed all company policies and procedures to deliver quality work.
- Monitor the effective and efficient utilization of this facility’s clinical resources in a cost-effective manner;
- Address inappropriate admissions, lengths of stay, under-utilization, over-utilization and inefficient scheduling of the hospital’s resources/services; and,
- Assist in the promotion and maintenance of high quality care through the analysis, review, and evaluation of clinical practices within the hospital.
- Maximize reimbursement by achieving appropriate patient status, thorough documentation, accurate coding and correct billing.
- To establish and implement a program of concurrent review of admission and continued stay for any patient admitted to this facility, in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and standards.
- To assure timely and appropriate discharge planning.
- To assists in the ongoing modification of screening criteria, standards, and review methods.
- To recommend changes in hospital procedures or medical staff practices where indicated by review findings.
- To review and analyze patterns of utilization.
- To prepare and arrange educational programs as needed to address deficiencies noted by analysis of review findings.
- To actively participate in retrospective and concurrent reviews of the patients’ medical records to identify areas of possible over-utilization, under-utilization, and inefficient scheduling of services.
RN CASEMANAGER
BLUECROSS BLUE SHIELD
10.2018 - 10.2021
- Work with member of BCBS to manage their comorbidities
- Provide education to the member on their current health conditions and medication
- Accomplishes clients' care by assessing treatment needs
- Developing, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans and progress
- Assist member with coordinating care among physicians/inpatient/outpatient facilities
- Serve as liaison for the mbrs facilitating and collaboration with member and providers
- Monitor the members progress and guide them according for better outcomes
- Help mbr find resources to help their mental and physical aspect of care.
NURSING SUPERVISOR
CHI ST. VINCENT HEART CLINIC
09.2016 - 10.2017
- Managing the St
- Vincent Heart Clinics in Hot Springs, Little Rock, Conway, Searcy, and several outreach clinic from all four corners of the state
- Started and still manage a Medicare Driven program called Million Hearts
- Collaborating and communicating with staff, patients, families, and physicians in relation to the patients care
- Collaborating and communicating with upper management on implementing changes in the health care organization to help provide safer and more effective care to the patients
- Managing staffing needs by ensuring there is a safe amount of staff to care for patients, and ensuring the schedules are evenly balanced throughout the scheduling period
- Identifying areas in nursing that need improvement, and creating a plan to implement to improve those areas
- Auditing charts to ensure they are Joint Commission ready
- Managing financials in the clinic to ensure they are within their budgets
- Regulatory readiness and quality improvement.
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
HERITAGE LIVING CENTER
05.2016 - 09.2016
- Managing 140 bed nursing home with a case mix of Medicare skilled residents and LTC residents
- Ensuring good care is delivered to the residents, and all their needs are met
- Writing polices, and putting process into place for the home to ensure residents get the best quality of care
- Collaborating and coordinating care with the families and residents to ensure that needs were being met with the residents
- Managed the nursing staff schedules to ensure adequate staff was in the health care organization to care for the residents
- Supervising all nursing staff
- On call 24/7 Auditing charts to ensure we have all labs done on the residents, follow-ups are done on the resident’s health problems, and so forth… Coordinating with hospice, home health, physicians, and other entities on resident’s needs
- Regulatory readiness.
NURSE MANAGER
CHI ST. VINCENT LITTLE ROCK (SVI) AND CHI ST. VINCNET MORRILTON (SVM)
04.2012 - 05.2016
- Managing two nursing units: Coronary care unit (CCU) and cardiac short stay (2 east), approximately 80 nursing staff to oversee
- Managed critical care and medical surgical unit at SVM
- Served at Patient care coordinator for a few months during a transition time
- Collaborating and communicating with staff, patients, families, and physicians in relation to the patients care
- Collaborating and communicating with upper management on implementing changes in the health care organization to help provide safer and more effective care to the patients
- Managing staffing needs by ensuring there is a safe number of staff to care for patients, and ensuring the schedules are evenly balanced throughout the scheduling period
- Identifying areas in nursing that need improvement and creating a plan to implement to improve those areas
- Ensure that each unit has the adequate supplies needed to care for the patients
- Ensuring patient flow through the units and removing barriers that prevent patient flow
- Auditing charts and the two nursing units to ensure they are Joint Commission ready
- Managing financials on each unit to ensure they are within their budgets
- Regulatory readiness and quality improvement.
RN, ADON THEN ADVANCED TO DON
CONWAY HEALTHCARE & REHAB
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Overseen an 89-bed nursing home with two lock down dementia units
- Ensure quality care was provided to the residents
- Worked with MDS coordinator to ensure Medicare patient were qualified for the Medicare wing
- Audited charts and the facility to ensure proper care was provided and the facility was ready for the health department surveys
- Collaborating and coordinating care with the families and residents to ensure that needs were being met with the residents
- Managed the nursing staff schedules to ensure adequate staff was in the health care organization to care for the residents
- Regulatory readiness.
FIELD NURSE THEN ADVANCED TO CASE MANAGER
CONWAY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HOME HEALTH
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Seen patients in their homes through home health doing admission, recerts, and discharges
- Setting up needs for patients so they can live at home and have their health needs meet by health care professionals
- Setting up schedules for nurses to go to homes of the patients daily
- Intaking and accepting patients to home health
- Assess patients’ condition during every visit and chart your observations
- Perform evaluation tasks, including vital signs and medication review
- Administer medication as prescribed by the patient’s Physician
- Dress or redress open wounds and assess progress of healing
- Educate patients and their families on proper home health care strategies and procedures
- Coordinate with Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Physicians and anyone else involved in the patient’s care plan
- Provide palliative care as needed to keep the patient comfortable
- Make recommendations for devices or tools that might improve the patient’s quality of life
- Listen to the patient and respond to concerns or requests.
EMERGENCY ROOM RN
ST. ANTHONYS (NOW ST. VINCENT MORRILTON)
10.2003 - 01.2006
- Assessed the patient's health, as well as detect changes in symptoms, health or pain and will need to know when action is necessary
- Being sympathetic to a patient's needs and be able to deal with people in various states of pain, trauma and tragedy
- Assisted in helping doctors operate, administer medicines and work with specific treatments that, if wrong could prove fatal
- Attention to detail is crucial
- Faced with multiple patients, with differing needs, stages of health and risks
- Being organized and knowing how to prioritize will be helpful
- ER Nurses face urgent, life-or-death situations almost daily
- Being able to function in the heat of emergency will be necessary
- Giving care under stressful circumstances requires patience.
ER PCT to RN
ST. MARY’S
01.2001 - 01.2003
- Assessed the patient's health, as well as detect changes in symptoms, health or pain and will need to know when action is necessary
- Being sympathetic to a patient's needs and be able to deal with people in various states of pain, trauma and tragedy
- Assisted in helping doctors operate, administer medicines and work with specific treatments that, if wrong could prove fatal
- Attention to detail is crucial
- Faced with multiple patients, with differing needs, stages of health and risks
- Being organized and knowing how to prioritize will be helpful
- ER Nurses face urgent, life-or-death situations almost daily
- Being able to function in the heat of emergency will be necessary
- Giving care under stressful circumstances requires patience.
Education
MSN MHA -
University of Phoenix
01.2015
BSN -
Arkansas Tech University
01.2003
Accomplishments
- DEANS LIST: ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY 2001-2003
- SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL, HONORS SOCIETY IN NURSING 2014-current
References
- Patsy Wallace, RN, Blue Eagle, 501-764-8850
- Latasha Jenkins, RN Supervisor, Blue Cross Blue Shield, 501-681-9602
- Sarah Loftin, CNO, 501-748-8157
Certification
Certified Case Manger
Timeline
Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist
Arkansas Surgical Hospital
10.2021 - Current
RN CASEMANAGER
BLUECROSS BLUE SHIELD
10.2018 - 10.2021
NURSING SUPERVISOR
CHI ST. VINCENT HEART CLINIC
09.2016 - 10.2017
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
HERITAGE LIVING CENTER
05.2016 - 09.2016
NURSE MANAGER
CHI ST. VINCENT LITTLE ROCK (SVI) AND CHI ST. VINCNET MORRILTON (SVM)
04.2012 - 05.2016
RN, ADON THEN ADVANCED TO DON
CONWAY HEALTHCARE & REHAB
01.2009 - 01.2012
FIELD NURSE THEN ADVANCED TO CASE MANAGER
CONWAY REGIONAL HEALTHCARE HOME HEALTH
01.2006 - 01.2009
EMERGENCY ROOM RN
ST. ANTHONYS (NOW ST. VINCENT MORRILTON)
10.2003 - 01.2006
ER PCT to RN
ST. MARY’S
01.2001 - 01.2003
MSN MHA -
University of Phoenix
BSN -
Arkansas Tech University
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