Brittney Russell

• Educate patients, caregivers, and family members, patiently answering questions and explaining treatments
• Manages patient scheduling keeping 100% of accuracy to keep from insurance denial
• Maintain accurate medication count and thoroughly ordering all medications and supplies needed for infusion treatment while maintaining detailed records and charting consistently in the Athena EHR system
• Supervise junior nursing staff in infusion setting.

• Work with home-bound patients, initiating treatments by accessing ports, midline, and peripheral IV while educating caregivers how to handle any potential complications
• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams for optimal patient outcomes
• Assessed patient condition before, during, and after infusion therapy, while monitoring vital signs and reporting any abnormalities to the physician.

• Charge RN using EPOWERdoc EMR
• Delivered evidence-based, cost-effective care following facility policies and performed diagnostic tests, such as EKG's and lab work.

Atlas Medstaff-Hendrick Medical Center-Brownwood, Texas

Apollo EMR

Scout Staffing-Wilbarger General Hospital ER RN-Vernon, Texas

T-system EMR

Exceptional ER-Freestanding ER-Livingston, Texas

EPOWERdoc EMR

• Delivered evidence-based, cost-effective care following facility policies
• Adapted easily to new hospital settings while working as travel nurse across various locations.

• Case managed 12-16 patients with care and compassion throughout the end-of-life, monitored and managed medications of patients in the active dying phase
• Determined appropriate case management referral cases based on information collected from physicians, health care team members, and families, and use of high-risk screening criteria
• Admit patients to hospice care while making sure to place patients on services with correct diagnosis using utilization review of patient's medical records and providing thorough assessment
• Provided physicians accurate information to maintain proper documentation to comply with Medicare guidelines.

• Maintained optimal patient status with rapid assessment and treatment of critical concern while maintaining proficiency in emergency response procedures as a key member of code and stroke situations
• Admitted, monitored, and treated 3+ patients at a time, on average shifts at Level II trauma center using EPIC charting system.

• Balanced department resources, triaged incoming patients, prioritized care, and delegated assignments in a charge nurse role while regularly precepting nursing students
• Assessed, evaluated, and monitored 3-4 patients with a compassionate demeanor in a busy rural ED using chart Access EMR system
• Promoted to a Trauma coordinator in January 2018 where trauma charts were audited to ensure quality documentation, meeting of time constraints, and quality assurance as regulated by state guidelines
• Attended regular trauma courses to continue education and retain knowledge of state regulations and AIS coding on trauma patients
• Input patient data to Maven - state database, then provide loop closure for all trauma fallouts.