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Connie Benge
Huntington,TX
Summary
Independent, dedicated, passionate registered nurse with 25 years recent clinical experience using guidelines and criteria to provide care management for patients and demonstrated clinical knowledge and clinical experience as a nurse.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
2
2
Associates Degree
Work History
Inpatient Hospice | Charge Registered Nurse
Harbor Hospice
Jasper, Tx
11.2022 - Current
- Champions excellence in clinical nursing skills through assessment of admitted medically complex patients including Medicare recipients according to certain criteria to identify acuity of new admissions, identify individual needs and gaps in care, and develop a patient specific care plan to address objectives/goals identified and assist physicians with procedures.
- Engages physicians as necessary if orders are incomplete or unclear. Coordination with hospital-based case management to ensure execution of ordered services as indicated.
- Plans and implements interventions in the care plan to facilitate improved health outcomes. Monitors and completes clinical review of response, modifying as necessary. Provides feedback and remains informative of changes.
- Proudly facilitates care throughout the healthcare continuum by coordinating with case management, interfacing with medical directors and partnering with utilization management to initiate discharge planning on admission and ensure appropriateness of services provided during inpatient admission.
- Utilizes clinical acumen and judgment combined with effective resource utilization and facility policies and procedures to interpret criteria and implement process improvement as necessary according to risk management assessment of quality of clinical care.
- Coordinates with case management and physicians for referrals for outpatient services, transfer to rehabilitation and other levels of care at discharge, providing documentation to facilitate correct utilization management and ensure services appropriately covered.
- Conducts telephonic follow up with discharged patients to ensure continuity of care across the continuum, refer to call center if indicated.
- Follows up with physicians, if necessary, based on necessity of transition to alternate level of care indicated by identified trends and established criteria.
Patient Management | Registered Nurse
St. Giles
Lufkin, TX
02.2021 - 10.2022
Cath Lab | Registered Nurse
Huntsville Memorial Hospital
Huntsville, TX
10.2020 - 01.2021
Long- Term Acute Care | Registered Nurse
Post Acute Medical
Lufkin, TX
09.2019 - 09.2020
Cath Lab | Contract Registered Nurse
Medical Solutions
08.2017 - 07.2019
Cath Lab/ ICU\ PACU, CVPACU | Registered Nurse
CHI St. Lukes Memorial Health System
Lufkin, TX
11.2004 - 06.2017
Education
Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) -
Angelina College
05-2000
Skills
- Champion of providing high quality nursing care through utilization of advanced problem-solving skills and flexibility to provide holistic care within a multidisciplinary team that follows established standards of work according to established criteria sets
- Strong interdisciplinary collaboration skills
- Skilled in electronic health record management
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent telephonic and computer skills with advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook and concurrent use of dual monitor setup and multiple software applications simultaneously Proficient in email and fax
Accomplishments
- Achieved projects by completing charting with accuracy and efficiency.
- Supervised team of 3-4 staff members.
Certification
- Unrestricted Compact Registered Nurse license in state of Texas
- Active license with no disciplinary action
Interests
Timeline
Inpatient Hospice | Charge Registered Nurse
Harbor Hospice
11.2022 - Current
Patient Management | Registered Nurse
St. Giles
02.2021 - 10.2022
Cath Lab | Registered Nurse
Huntsville Memorial Hospital
10.2020 - 01.2021
Long- Term Acute Care | Registered Nurse
Post Acute Medical
09.2019 - 09.2020
Cath Lab | Contract Registered Nurse
Medical Solutions
08.2017 - 07.2019
Cath Lab/ ICU\ PACU, CVPACU | Registered Nurse
CHI St. Lukes Memorial Health System
11.2004 - 06.2017
Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) -
Angelina College
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference
Location Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Work-life balanceHealthcare benefitsPaid time offLanguages
English
Full Professional