Carrie Smith, RN BSN
Hamptonville,NC
Summary
Accomplished Home Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse with a proven track record at Wake Forest Outpatient Dialysis, adept in renal/dialysis management and interdisciplinary collaboration. Elevated patient care standards, achieving a 5-star CMS rating. Expert in documentation and patient education, demonstrating exceptional clinical judgment and a commitment to improving patient outcomes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
HOME PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, HEALTH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
Winston Salem, NC
05.2024 - Current
- Monitor patients daily while they are at home to include; vitals, weight, fluid volume overload or dehydration symptoms, infection concerns, medication renewal and education, dietary education
- Triage need for patients to perform additional dialysis or contact with physicians/hospital if symptoms are severe
- Train new patients and/or caregivers to perform peritoneal dialysis at home
- Schedule follow up visits
- Triage incoming phone calls
- Perform clinic visits monthly, draw labs and review with patients and MD for any changes
- Additional responsibilities include on call for the PD dept, On call consists of approximately 300-350 patients
- On-call would include recommendations to our patients per policy and scope of practice, may require contacting outside agencies, contacting physicians for additional instructions and relaying back to patients
- Trouble shoot patient issues with treatment, medication, and other needs
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
DAVITA
Huntersville, NC
02.2023 - 05.2024
- Working with home peritoneal dialysis patients to provide ongoing care and support
- Train patients and or caregivers to perform dialysis in the home
- Provide extensive infection control education and troubleshoot any patient complications
- Responsible for maintaining monthly lab draw, medication administration through IV infusion and/or SQ, reporting to physicians, and IDT rounding
- Trained on Home Choice Pro and Claria
- Monitor patient treatments through ProCard or Sharesource
- Review of patient supply orders through Baxter
Charge Nurse
WAKE FOREST OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS
Winston Salem, NC
07.2002 - 02.2023
- Starting out as a Patient Care Technician in 2002, I returned to school to obtain my nursing degree, graduating in 2008.
- I advanced my career within the organization as a Clinical Nurse Manager for 8 years, then oversaw the daily operations of 5 outpatient dialysis centers as a Regional Nurse Administrator.
- Work side by side with managers to review, plan, and implement positive patient outcomes.
- Strong focus on staff education and retention.
- Achieved 5-star status with Dialysis Data (CMS); this resulted in no reduction in pay for the PPY.
- Understanding the requirements by CMS and the reporting measures applicable to my job. Access to the NHSN National Healthcare Safety Network-ESRD branch of the CDC, CrownWeb.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCES -
GARDNER WEBB UNIVERSITY
05.2021
ASSOCIATE DEGREE - NURSING
MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
05.2008
Skills
- Renal/Dialysis/Kidney Disease
- Telehealth
- Electronic Medical Record
- Epic documentation
- Cerner documentation
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Patient outcomes review
- New patient onboarding, training, education
- Access cannulation
- IV administration
- Provide education for patients, and family
- Employee Preceptor
- Compliance education
- Cost Utilization
- Medication reconciliation
- Policy changes and implementation
- Critical thinking and clinical judgment
- Bundled payment system
- QI (quality improvement)
- Scheduling, referrals
- Anemia management
- Reporting system to CMS
- Prescription ordering and distribution
- Nutritional counseling
- Fluid management
- Patient confidentiality
- Policy compliance
- Laboratory test interpretation
- Microsoft Office: Excel, Word, Outlook
- Google Docs, Sheets
References
- Emily Caviness, RN MSN, 704-883-6764, Piedmont Healthcare, emily.caviness@piedmonthealthcare.com
- Janna Cable, RN MSN, 704-682-7548, West Iredell Dialysis Center, janna.cable76@yahoo.com
- Stephanie Speaks, 704-902-8196, Financial Counselor, lilstets@gmail.com
Accomplishments
- 5 Star rating on the DialysisData.org
- Award for Patient Problem Solver
Certification
- ACLS
- CPR
Timeline
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
HOME PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, HEALTH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
05.2024 - Current
Home Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse
DAVITA
02.2023 - 05.2024
Charge Nurse
WAKE FOREST OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS
07.2002 - 02.2023
- ACLS
- CPR
BACHELOR OF SCIENCES -
GARDNER WEBB UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATE DEGREE - NURSING
MITCHELL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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