Brenda Rongstad

• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent disability.
• Monitored patient progress and adapted treatment plans to reflect changes.
• Improved patient mobility using passive and active therapeutic exercises.
• Educated families and caregivers on treatment and discharge planning
• Scheduled patient appointments to meet treatment requirements and provide quality care.
• Documented each patient case with updates in computer system.
• Completing planners and maintaining companies goals for Revenue, productivity, group expectations etc.
• Completed payroll, managed schedules, and weekend and vacation coverage.
• Help complete MDS's , insurance updates, wheelchair ordering.
• Involved in Medicare meetings and department head meetings within the facility.

• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent disability.
• Monitored patient progress and adapted treatment plans to reflect changes.
• Improved patient mobility using passive and active therapeutic exercises.
• Educated families and caregivers on treatment programs for improved at-home support.
• Managed therapy department of 18 employees.
• Completed insurance updates, MDS completion
• Assisted building in referrals and discharge planning
• Ordered wheelchairs
• Completed Payroll
• Managed scheduling, vacation approvals, staffing needs for therapy

Worked initially for Sundance PRN while working part-time for Waukesha Memorial. Then accepted an offer at Samaritan full-time for a more flexible schedule while I was involved in coaching girls softball etc.

• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent disability.
• Monitored patient progress and adapted treatment plans to reflect changes.
• Improved patient mobility using passive and active therapeutic exercises.
• Educated families and caregivers on treatment program's for improved at-home support.
• Followed all HIPAA rules and regulations regarding patient confidentiality.
• Maintained care continuity through multidisciplinary teamwork and collaboration.
• Adapted exercises to suit varied ages and abilities for personalized patient care.
• Helped cover Managers medical leave

• Planned individually-designed treatment programs to restore, maintain and improve physical functioning, alleviate pain, and prevent disability.
• Monitored patient progress and adapted treatment plans to reflect changes.
• Improved patient mobility using passive and active therapeutic exercises.
• Educated families and caregivers on treatment program's for improved at-home support.

At Waukesha Memorial I worked in the Inpatient rehabilitation setting, acute care setting, and ortho/neuro unit. I helped coordinate the Physical Therapist Assistant student clinical affiliations at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. All of our paperwork was completed on the computer.