Brenda Elsner
THOMPSONS STATION,TN
Summary
Team-minded Clinical Documentation Specialist with years of hands-on experience in the invasive cardiac industry. Successfully leads teams of staff and provides documentation support. Exceptional management skills, strong work ethic, excellent writing and editing capabilities.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Documentation Specialist Cardiac Cath Laboratory
Saint Thomas West Hospital
03.2019 - 09.2022
- Collaborated with quality assurance team to comply with regulatory requirements.
- Modeled innovative solutions to respond to organizational needs.
- Provided staff training and mentorship.
- Worked with internal staff to process documents.
- Transmitted documents, organized revisions.
- Worked with internal team members to remedy issues.
- Compared incoming data against quality, integrity and accuracy expectations.
- Collected and analyzed information to monitor compliance outcomes.
- Maintained professional relationships with physicians.
- Identified audit parameters to comply with quality standards.
- Assisted compliance officer to gather necessary documentation for new account applications.
- Prepared digital files, physical documents and work requests in compliance with company guidelines.
Charge Nurse Catheterization Laboratory
Saint Thomas West Hospital
05.2006 - 03.2019
- Supervised and managed daily scheduling, tasking and administration in a busy 35-45 case per day Cardiac Laboratory.
- Monitored nursing care, patient assessment processes and treatment implementations.
- Triaged extensive incoming phone calls from emergency rooms, physicians and inpatient units to determine needs and prioritize care to manage the ever-changing schedule of procedures in this innovative procedural area.
- Implemented quality patient care techniques to align with safety, health and organizational regulations.
Staff Nurse Cardiac Cath Lab
Saint Thomas West Hospital
05.1994 - 05.2006
- Supported physicians throughout introduction of medical devices assisting at tableside with complex cardiac procedures performing 5-10 procedures per day.
- Administered nursing care to cardiac patients undergoing diagnostic, therapeutic or emergency services.
- Administered diagnostic angiograms, injecting intravenous dye for x-ray examination and using catheters to introduce tools needed for medical treatments.
- Supported healthcare team by maintaining responsibility for electrocardiogram monitoring, defibrillation.
- Installed bare metal, drug-eluting and bioabsorbable stents throughout vascular system.
- Educated family members and caregivers on patient care instructions.
- Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
- Accurately documented treatment, medications and IVs administered.
- Administered medications and treatment to patients and monitored responses.
- Provided exceptional care to high-acute patients needing complex care such as ventilator.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Lake Michigan College
Benton Harbor, MIBachelor of Science - Nursing
Aquinas College
Nashville, TNSkills
- Documentation of Events
- Procedural Documentation
- Financial Documentation
- Documentation Oversight
- Multitasking Skills
- Judgment and Decision-Making
- Information Retrieval
Timeline
Documentation Specialist Cardiac Cath Laboratory
Saint Thomas West Hospital
03.2019 - 09.2022
Charge Nurse Catheterization Laboratory
Saint Thomas West Hospital
05.2006 - 03.2019
Staff Nurse Cardiac Cath Lab
Saint Thomas West Hospital
05.1994 - 05.2006
Associate of Applied Science - Nursing
Lake Michigan College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Aquinas College
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