Energetic, empathetic, outgoing professional and skilled nurse, who effectively collaborates between care teams, patients and families. Collaborative and flexible approach to reaching mutually beneficial resolutions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Patient Care Coordinator
Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Deliver excellent patient experiences and direct care.
Uphold confidentiality requirements and regulatory compliance guidelines.
Maintain confidentiality of patient data and conditions to safeguard health information.
Train new nurses in proper techniques, care standards, operational procedures, and safety protocols.
Supervising and managing daily scheduling, tasking, and administration.
Assist with organizing discharge planning for home care and rehabilitation care stays to ease patients' transition from hospital
Staff Nurse
Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
04.2017 - 09.2023
Perform telemetry monitoring of patients cardiac rhythms and properly recorded data.
Use of EPIC EHR to document client’s charts
Collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to individualized clients' care plans
Perform various nursing interventions such as wound dressing, vital sign monitoring, and specimen collection.
Administer medications via oral, IV, subcutaneous, and intramuscular injections and monitored responses.
Collaborate with physicians, pharmacists and therapists to deliver quality, evidence-based care.
Educate patients, families and caregivers on diagnosis and prognosis, treatment options, disease process, and management and lifestyle options.
Direct patient care by initiating and following through with plan of care, continuing care, and discharge instructions.
Perform emergency medical procedures such as BLS, ACLS and other stabilizing interventions.
Nurse case manager
Guildnet
05.2016 - 05.2017
Responsible for implementation and evaluation of individual member plan of care
Knowledge of Medicaid and Medicare guidelines
Provide monthly contacts to members
Educating members and their families
Utilization management of homecare products and patient care assistant services
Managed caseload to satisfy multiple patients with diverse needs.
Collaborated with healthcare leaders and physicians to support and offer resources in performing duties to maintain high-quality and efficient patient care.
Developed and modified patient care plans and assisted interdisciplinary team in identifying client needs and goals to determine priorities of care.
Staff Nurse
Harlem Hospital
11.2015 - 06.2016
Med-surg/surgical
Use of Med-tech EMR to document client’s charts
Admitting, discharging, and educating clients
Medication administrations, physical assessments, provide wound care
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to customize the client’s care plan
Managed patients' pain by implementing pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain management interventions.
Public Health Nurse
VNSNY
10.2014 - 11.2015
Case manage adult and geriatric population
Experience with wound care, medication administration, client teaching of disease process
Coordinating and providing high quality multidisciplinary health services customized to patients needs
RN -charge
Kings Harbor Multicare Center
09.2013 - 09.2014
Nurse of sub-acute unit
Admitting clients, discharges, physical assessments, and client teaching
Provide wound care, medication administration, experience with LVAD, and life vest patients
Use of Sigma care System to accurately chart on clients
Supervise all nursing staff on the unit
Communicate and collaborate with MD and other disciplines to provide quality care
Case Manager/ RN Field Nurse
BARKSDALE Home Care Services
09.2012 - 07.2014
Complete initial assessments on clients and families to determine home care needs
Use of health assessment data to determine plan of care, establish goals based on nursing diagnosis, and incorporate therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing
Communicate with physicians in regard to client’s needs and obtain orders
Instruct, supervise and evaluate home health aides
Preparing quarterly reports for continuous quality improvement (CQI), chart audits, monitoring infection control, complaints, and occurrence logs
Reviewing files in preparation for JCAHO.
Education
Master of Science - Nursing Informatics
Chamberlain University, Addison, IL
03.2023
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Pace University, Pleasantville, NY
05.2011
Some College (No Degree) - Liberal Arts & Sciences
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
Skills
Basic life support (BLS)
Advance cardiac life support (ACLS)
EKG interpretation
Stroke certified
Timeline
Patient Care Coordinator - Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
09.2023 - Current
Staff Nurse - Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
04.2017 - 09.2023
Nurse case manager - Guildnet
05.2016 - 05.2017
Staff Nurse - Harlem Hospital
11.2015 - 06.2016
Public Health Nurse - VNSNY
10.2014 - 11.2015
RN -charge - Kings Harbor Multicare Center
09.2013 - 09.2014
Case Manager/ RN Field Nurse - BARKSDALE Home Care Services
09.2012 - 07.2014
Chamberlain University - Master of Science, Nursing Informatics
Pace University - Bachelor of Science, Nursing
Westchester Community College - Some College (No Degree), Liberal Arts & Sciences
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit at Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler HospitalRegistered Nurse, Medical-Surgical Unit at Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
Registered Nurse-Emergency Depart. at Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler HospitalRegistered Nurse-Emergency Depart. at Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital