Brown Tracie

Under Medicare/Medicade guidelines sucessfully performed quarterly and sig changes timely. Performed successfuly all assessments for residents within 100 day medicare stay. Followed all guideline under medicare/Medicade rules and regulations and performed all necessary assessments and forms.

• Developed and implemented nursing care plans.
• Developed patient care plans, including assessments, evaluations and nursing diagnoses.
• Coordinated Quality Improvement Activities (QIA’s) to identify performance areas for improvement.
• Participated in unit-based Quality Assurance Program.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to evaluate patient data and determine patient care plans.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared for lab testing.
• Organized and managed care of patients undergoing various therapies and procedures.
• Advised patients and caregivers of proper wound management, discharge plan objectives, safe medication use and disease management.

• Experience with various medical conditions including Parkinson's, Dementia, Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Paget's disease.
• Collected blood, tissue and other laboratory specimens and prepared them for lab testing.
• Chronic patient care in med-surg unit, adeptly handling all aspects of treatment from medication to wound care to monitoring for number patients per shift.

General LPN duties in a long term care facility; including med passess, assessments, wound care, and charge nurse.