Brittany Pollmann
Aviston
Summary
With over ten years of experience in direct patient care, I have worked in various healthcare settings. One year at Carlyle Healthcare Center provided valuable experience in long-term care. Following that, nine years dedicated to SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital specialized in obstetrics. One year at Memorial East Hospital further enhanced expertise in obstetrics. Two years at Advanced Surgical Technology honed skills and contributed to the advancement of surgical procedures. Throughout my career, a strong reputation for delivering exceptional levels of patient care and satisfaction has been maintained.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Surgery Clinic Coordinator Nurse
Advanced Surgical Technology
07.2022 - Current
- Enhanced surgery clinic efficiency by coordinating multidisciplinary schedules, ensuring optimal coverage during high demand patient needs.
- Prior authorizations and utilization management for imaging needs of surgical patients.
- Coordinating diagnostic imaging, office visits, and surgical procedures for patients with appropriate facilities and providers.
- Coordinating outgoing referrals for patients to receive more specialized or higher level of care.
- Responsible for exchange of documentation requests between patients and outside sources such as short term disability, family medical leave act, school and work notes, and procedure verifications.
- Surgical and wound dressing management such as negative pressure therapy and wound vacs, staple, suture, and drain removal, sterile dressings, compression dressings, and venous stasis ulcer management.
- Served as a liaison between patients, insurance companies, and billing departments to resolve any discrepancies promptly.
- Responsible for critical lab values and pathology results to remote to appropriate physician promptly.
- Scheduled surgeries, managed pre-certifications and verified insurance coverage.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse-Full Time
Memorial East Hospital
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Charge nurse duties include dividing patients into safe patient ratio teams and assigning those teams to staff nurses
- Managing scheduled intrapartum procedures
- Planning for staffing needs for the following shifts
- Evaluation of antepartum patients' complaints and triage appropriately
- Provide direct care to laboring intrapartum patients into recovery
- Assessing and provide care to postpartum patients
- Assessing and evaluation of newborns, both well and with complications
- Scrub for and circulate cesarean sections to care for the newborn
- Complete resuscitation of newborns following delivery
- Recover, evaluate, and assess post op cesarean section patients
- Appropriately prepare both maternal and neonatal patients for transferring to higher care facilities
- Level 2E care to newborns
- Lactation needs for breastfeeding mothers
- Precepting and educating new employees
- Utilized critical thinking skills to prioritize nursing interventions based on patients' acuity levels and individual needs.
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse-Full Time
St. Mary's Hospital
09.2012 - 07.2021
- Evaluation of antepartum patients' complaints and triage appropriately
- Provide direct care to laboring intrapartum patients into recovery
- Assessing and provide care to postpartum patients
- Assessing and evaluation of newborns, both well and with complications
- Scrub for cesarean sections to care for the newborn
- Complete resuscitation of newborns following delivery
- Recover, evaluate, and assess post op cesarean section patients
- Appropriately prepare both maternal and neonatal patients for transferring to higher care facilities
- Level 2 care to newborns
- Lactation needs for breastfeeding mothers
- Precepting and educating new employees
Registered Nurse-Full Time
St. Joseph's Hospital
08.2015 - 01.2016
- Evaluation of antepartum patients' complaints and triage appropriately
- Provide direct care to laboring intrapartum patients into recovery
- Assess and provide care to postpartum patients
- Assess and evaluation of newborns, both well and with complications
- Scrub for cesarean sections to care for the newborn
- Circulate and immediate post operative care to cesarean section patients
- Complete resuscitation of newborns following delivery
- Recover, evaluate, and assess post op cesarean section patients
- Appropriately prepare both maternal and neonatal patients for transferring to higher care facilities
Registered Nurse-PRN
Greenville Regional Hospital
03.2014 - 08.2014
- Evaluation of antepartum patients' complaints and triage appropriately
- Provide direct care to laboring intrapartum patients into recovery
- Assess and provide care to postpartum patients
- Assess and evaluation of newborns, both well and with complications
- Scrub for cesarean sections to care for the newborn
- Complete resuscitation of newborns following delivery
- Recover, evaluate, and assess post op cesarean section patients
- Appropriately prepare both maternal and neonatal patients for transferring to higher care facilities
Registered Nurse-Full Time/PRN
Carlyle Healthcare Center
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Assess and evaluate geriatric patients with acute illness and long-term disease and illness
- Work with CNAs to form care plans for patients
- Assess and evaluate geriatric patients with Alzheimer's disease and other mental illness
- Administer treatments to all patients with wounds and skin break down
- Administer medications to all patients
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL01.2020
Associate Degree - Nursing
Kaskaskia College
Centralia, IL01.2011
Skills
- Epic EHR
- OBIX fetal monitoring
- Insurance verification
- Maternal drug use education
- Lactation support
- Breastfeeding education
- New employee precepting
- Charge nurse responsibilities
- Geriatric care
- Alzheimer's care
- Data entry
- Chart auditing
- Statistics collection
- Morbidity and Mortality reviews
- Patient care coordination
- Drug refill, imaging, and surgical authorization
- Attention to detail
- Patient education and counseling
Licenses Certifications Training
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification, 01/01/08 - current
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor (NRP), 01/01/15 - current, Instructor
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor (NRP), 01/01/12 - 01/01/15, Provider
- Registered Nurse, State of Illinois, 01/01/11 - current
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring, 01/01/12 - current
- STABLE (preparing for safe neonatal transfer to higher care facility), 01/01/12 - current
- Certified Lactation Specialist, 01/01/19 - current
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 01/01/15 - current
Certification
Registered Nurse, State of Illinois 2011-current
Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification 2008-current
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 2015-current
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (ACLS) 2015-current
Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor (NRP) Instructor 2015-2024, Provider 2012-2015
Advanced Fetal Monitoring 2012-2022
STABLE (preparing for safe neonatal transfer to higher care facility) 2012-2022
Certified Lactation Specialist, 2019-2024
Timeline
Surgery Clinic Coordinator Nurse
Advanced Surgical Technology
07.2022 - Current
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse-Full Time
Memorial East Hospital
08.2021 - 12.2022
Registered Nurse-Full Time
St. Joseph's Hospital
08.2015 - 01.2016
Registered Nurse-PRN
Greenville Regional Hospital
03.2014 - 08.2014
Registered Nurse/Charge Nurse-Full Time
St. Mary's Hospital
09.2012 - 07.2021
Registered Nurse-Full Time/PRN
Carlyle Healthcare Center
01.2012 - 01.2013
Associate Degree - Nursing
Kaskaskia College
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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