Dawn Boggs
Philadelphia,Pa
Summary
Accomplished Registered Nurse Case Manager with 19+ years of experience dedicated to quality care of patients. Smoothly blend hands on skills with advanced clinical background. Successful at working with all levels of healthcare providers, physicians, and administrators to address patient needs . Seeking fulfilling wound care nurse position.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Wound Care Case Manager
Healogics LLC
04.2025 - Current
- Under the direction of the Wound Care Center Clinical Nurse Manager/Clinical Coordinator, the Registered Nurse (RN) primarily provides patient care and handles intake and discharge processes for the Wound Care Center patients as scheduled.
- The position may also serve as a Case Manager to a group of assigned Wound Care Center patients, as assigned and depending on the Wound Care Center setup.
- According to Healogics policies, Hospital policies, as well as to accrediting organizations, federal and state regulation, and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) guidelines, as applicable.
- Essential Functions/Responsibilities: Provides patient care to Wound Care Center patients and handles patient intake and discharge processes as assigned and according to the hospital and nursing standards.
- May also serve as Case Manager to a group of patients as assigned. This entails: Performing the initial nursing assessment, communicating findings with the assigned physician, assessing the wound stage and measurements, documenting care plans, evaluating the patient's status in regards to desired outcomes, and identifying patient care situations that require intervention.
- Participating in quality improvement initiatives, providing education to the patient or caregiver, and serving as a patient advocate in the delivery and coordination of the patient care.
Wound Care Coordinator
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
04.2021 - 04.2025
- Oversees all wounds for the company by looking at photos, and doing visits with nurses.
- Development of Nursing Plan Development wound care pathways for home care patients (also development of diabetic pathway for home care patients).
- Coordinates with doctors in regards to changes in wound care, teaching all nurses that work for the company proper wound care, how to document wounds in charts.
- Knowledge of insurance based visit patterns for wounds, speaking to insurance companies for justifications of visits.
- Working in office and answering phone calls by patients and families with regards to wounds.
RN Case Manager
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
05.2012 - 08.2022
- Determine and Coordinate appropriate level of care to meet individual patient needs.
- Advocate for patients by identifying insurance coverage, communicating care preferences to practitioners and verifying interventions met patients treatment goals.
- Optimize program resource utilization to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
- Develop appropriate care plans for at-risk individuals and high risk families.
- Case Manage patients from time out of SNF or hospital to time of discharge.
- Develop care plan for patients, including assessments, evaluations and use of nursing diagnoses.
- Work closely with PCP's of patients to ensure awareness of changes to patients and conditions.
- Impart medical, operational and patient care knowledge to junior nurses to maximize performance and quality of team operations.
- Collaborate with physicians on patient medications, medical needs and performance.
On Call Supervisor
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
Philadelphia, PA
06.2019 - 02.2021
- Triage Phone calls after daily office hours as well as weekend, help with scheduling of patients to appropriate nurses for weekends.
- Coordinate with administration as to concerns of patient and staff.
- Helping with private duty staff to make sure they are scheduled appropriately.
RN Cardiac Nurse/ Heart Failure
Jefferson Abington Health
Abington, PA
09.2006 - 11.2013
- Administered medications, tracked dosages and documented patient conditions.
- Managed care for cardiac populations focusing on heart failure diagnosis.
- Developed care plan for patients including assessment, and use of evaluation and nursing diagnosis.
- Working with interdisciplinary team to support patients.
- Daily education with patient and families to help reduce readmissions.
- Monitored and recorded patient condition, vital signs, recovery progress and medication side effects.
- Met training objectives by instructing new and prospective nursing staff in clinical skills and organizational procedures.
- Assessed patient health needs by reviewing and tracking EKG readings to address telemetry readings and quickly inform teammates on stability or acuity changes.
- Collected lab specimens, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests and lab results.
- Specialized training with LVAD and Aquaphoresis patients.
- Specialized in cardiac medication drips.
Clinical Associate/Telemetry Monitor Technician
Jefferson Abington Health
Abington, PA
09.2005 - 09.2006
- Attached electrodes to monitor cardiac activity on each patient.
- Analyzed cardiac rhythms and reported results to nursing staff or physicians.
- Monitored patients throughout the hospital on soft telemetry.
- Maintained floor contact to make sure med/surg nurses were aware of the problems with these patients.
- Assessed telemetry strips including PR intervals and QRS complexes.
- Monitored pacemaker settings.
Education
Diploma of Nursing -
Abington Hospital Dixon School of Nursing
Abington, PA09.2006
Bachelor of Arts - SpeechLanguage Pathology and Audiology
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA01.2000
Skills
- Wound Care Certified
- Wound Vac knowledge
- TCC casting proficient
- Medical assessment
- Patient care planning
- Home infusion care familiarity
- Colostomy care familiarity
- Staff Development and Precepting
- Tracheostomy care familiarity
- Diabetes Management
- LVAD knowledge
References
Available upon request.
Personal Information
Title: RN, Wound Care Case Manager
Timeline
Wound Care Case Manager
Healogics LLC
04.2025 - Current
Wound Care Coordinator
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
04.2021 - 04.2025
On Call Supervisor
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
06.2019 - 02.2021
RN Case Manager
Deer Meadows Home Health & Support Services, LLC
05.2012 - 08.2022
RN Cardiac Nurse/ Heart Failure
Jefferson Abington Health
09.2006 - 11.2013
Clinical Associate/Telemetry Monitor Technician
Jefferson Abington Health
09.2005 - 09.2006
Diploma of Nursing -
Abington Hospital Dixon School of Nursing
Bachelor of Arts - SpeechLanguage Pathology and Audiology
Temple University