Cinda Strickland

• Evaluates the needs of the member, barriers to accessing the appropriate care, social determinants of health needs, focusing on what the member identifies as priority and recommends and/or facilitates the plan for the best outcome.
• Develops ongoing care plans and collaborates with Providers to identify Providers, Specialists and/or community resources to address member's unmet needs.
• Identifies problems/barriers to care and provide appropriate care management interventions.
• Coordinates as appropriate between members and/or family/caregivers and the care team to ensure members are receiving adequate and appropriate person-centered care.
• Performed telephonic, digital, home and other site outreach to assess member needs and collaborate with local resources.
• Performs medication reconciliation.
• Provides education to members and their families/caregivers on disease processes, resolving gaps in care.
• Managed Caseload of 80-86 members.

Work in inpatient setting as a Wound/Ostomy nurse. Perform assessments, treatments and recommendation to floor staff on various acute and chronic skin conditions. Communicate with doctors and team members and effective treatments to manage wounds. Experienced in Wound Vac therapy, compression wraps and various types of dressings techniques. Educate inpatient patients on new and established ostomy management. Maintain responsibility and accountability in a professional manner.

Work in outpatient wound care clinic. Patients in community perform weekly and bi-weekly visits to manage diabetic, venous, arterial and traumatic wounds.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Monitored patients, evaluated results and recommended further courses of treatment to quickly improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of technical procedures and proper equipment use.
• Evaluated patient histories, complaints and current symptoms.
• Communicated with healthcare team members to plan, implement and enhance treatment strategies.
• Conveyed treatment options, diagnosis information and home care techniques to patients and caregivers to continue care consistency.
• Equipped patients with tools and knowledge needed for speedy and sustained recovery.
• Advocated for and strived to protect health, safety and rights of patient.

Used nursing judgement and critical thinking skills to ensure patient safety while living in community and reduce risk of acute hospitalization through education on disease process and medication management.

• Participated in on-call rotations to deliver after-hours care.
• Authored clinical notes and updates to be reviewed by patient's primary physician.
• Educated patients and loved ones about different treatment options and outside care approaches to reduce burden on hospital resources.
• Responded promptly and professionally to patient questions and concerns.
• Coordinated with interdisciplinary professionals to develop plans of care, administer tests and monitor patient status.
• Worked with suppliers and vendors on provision of medical equipment, items and services.
• Effectively communicated with physicians regarding patient needs, performance, medications and changes.
• Evaluated healthcare needs, goals for treatment and available resources of each patient and connected to optimal providers and care.
• Created patient assessments and plans for individual home care needs.
• Performed evaluations on consistent basis to address changes in patient needs, conditions and medications, altering care plans when required.
• Examined patients and documented history of current and previous conditions, illnesses, injuries and current medications.
• Followed all instructions for medication administration and treatment plans as prescribed by physicians.
• Identified care needs of individual patients and coordinated responses based on physician advice, insurance limitations and procedural costs.
• Authored initial assessments of patients and family to develop plans for individual home care needs.
• Advocated for patients by communicating care preferences to practitioners, verifying interventions met treatment goals and identifying insurance coverage limitations.
• Prepared clinical notes and updates for review by primary physician.
• Conducted regular re-evaluations to address changes in needs and conditions, introducing revisions to care plans.
• Liaised with physicians regarding patient needs, performance and changes.
• Updated patient charts with data such as medications to keep records current and support accurate treatments.
• Used Software to maintain database of relevant information for practitioners to access and coordinate patient care.

Supervise and monitor performance of home health agency.

• Provide ongoing case management to patients to implement appropriate treatment plan, adhere to quality models and maximize utilization of services needed to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Promoted high morale and staff retention through dynamic communication, prompt problem resolution, proactive supervisory practices and facilitation of positive work environment.
• Identified nurses' and staff training needs and devised training programs to close gaps.
• Oversaw overall operation of nursing services and patient care.
• Identified opportunities to improve clinical practices, devised strategies and implemented plans to increase patient care standards and enhance operational procedures.

Managed 6-8 medical-surgical patients as staff nurse. Managed care by assessment and observation to ortho post-op patients through discharged. Began discharge planning upon admission.

• Conferred with physicians to discuss diagnoses and devise well-coordinated treatment approaches.
• Minimized hospital stays with recovery-centered approaches, reducing average in-patient stay length.
• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Gathered patient health data through interviews and observation, documenting data in electronic records.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Identified learning needs of patients and families and responded with advocacy and health education.
• Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.