Brenda Langle
SCURRY,TX
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse with 32 years of experience with a progressive career history in direct patient care, home healthcare, skilled nursing, longterm acute care, case management, care coordination and utilization review. Proven to remain calm under pressure and skillfully handle difficult patient's, families and high stress situations.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Registered Nurse/RN Case Manager
White Rock Medical Center
08.2022 - Current
- Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, medications and changes.
- Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual home care needs. ·
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care, administer tests and monitor patient status.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Utilization initial, concurrent and observation reviews
- Initial status reviews for point of entry for inpatient hospitalization
RN Case Manager
Baylor Scott And White Medical Center
03.2016 - 08.2022
- Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, medications and changes.
- Completed initial assessments of patients and family to determine and address individual discharge needs i.e. Home healthcare, skilled nursing, acute rehab, ltach placement, hospice·
- Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care, administer tests and monitor patient status.
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
- Perform utilization reviews on inpatient and observation patients
- Work closely with insurance companies to obtain authorization, continued care and appeals/denials
Trauma Nurse Clinician
Baylor University Medical Center
10.2012 - 02.2016
- Part of the Trauma Activation Response Team.
- Abstract & reviewed charts in regards to patient care, doctor's response time, orders, stability of patient along with reviewing if proper treatment occured.
- Attended weekly meeting with the trauma team to review each trauma patient in the hospital
- Attended monthly morbidity and mortality meetings
- Rounded on patient's in the trauma ICU with the multidisciplinary team
- Point person for the trauma patient's family
- ICD 9 coding
Registered Nurse
Exceptional Home Healthcare
03.2010 - 05.2013
- Collaborated with physicians to quickly assess and deliver appropriate treatment while managing rapidly changing conditions.
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Provided direct patient care, stabilized patients and determined next course of action.
Registered Nurse Liason
Baylor Specialty Hospital
02.2006 - 10.2012
- Educated patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process and management and lifestyle options.
- Review patients in hospital setting for appropriateness for Longterm Acute Care Hospital placement.
- Confirmed insurance coverage, medicare days and criteria for continued stay
- Assisted with family meeting to discuss condition, prognosis and care
- Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS05.1991
Skills
- Direct Patient Care
- Patient Assessments
- Patient Discharging
- Determine Medical Necessity
- Setting Up Referrals
- Care Management
- Long-Term Care
- InterQual Criteria
- Utilization initial, concurrent and observation reviews
- Initial status reviews for point of entry for inpatient hospitalization
Timeline
Registered Nurse/RN Case Manager
White Rock Medical Center
08.2022 - Current
RN Case Manager
Baylor Scott And White Medical Center
03.2016 - 08.2022
Trauma Nurse Clinician
Baylor University Medical Center
10.2012 - 02.2016
Registered Nurse
Exceptional Home Healthcare
03.2010 - 05.2013
Registered Nurse Liason
Baylor Specialty Hospital
02.2006 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Wichita State University
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