Eileen Wortman
Gainesville,FL
Summary
Compassionate Registered Nurse Case Manager experienced in coordinating patient care, implementing treatment plans, and managing healthcare teams. Strengths include critical thinking, communication skills, and ability to work in high-stress environments. Have positively impacted previous workplaces by improving patient satisfaction rates and streamlining case management processes.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
Shands Teaching Hospital
Gainesville, FL
06.2020 - Current
- Provided patient and family assessments and screenings in a timely manner to facilitate safe discharge planning.
- Management of 30-35 patients for medical gastroenterology/hepatology/medicine services.
- Multidisciplinary coordination and team meetings moving discharges forward in a safe and timely manner.
- Evaluation of the outcomes achieved by the team of physicians, nurses, and other clinicians against specific goals such as reduced utilization of scarce and costly resources and improved safety and quality of care.
- Advocate for patients and families. Providing education regarding discharge planning process and resources to assist with post discharge needs.
- Prevention of readmissions utilizing community resources to assist with post discharge support including care coordination and communication with primary care physicians to assist with post discharge needs.
- Ongoing communication with patient and families regarding safe discharge planning based on multiple assessments including physical and occupational therapists and other disciplines. Offering disposition options based on assessments and patient, family goals.
- Coordination with insurance plan case management, utilization management to assist with timely and appropriate discharge plans.
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
North Florida Regional Medical Center
Gainesville , FL
12.2015 - 06.2019
- Bedside assessments and screenings to collect information to assist with safe discharge planning. Creating relationship between discharge planner, patient and family to assist with ongoing communication during planning process.
- Management of 50 patients in intensive care unit, step down unit and cardiovascular surgical setting. Communication with vendors for rehabilitation facilities, hospice agencies, durable medical equipment and psychiatric facilities for safe and sustainable discharge plan working within insurance plans, advocating and educating patients and families during discharge planning process.
- Coordination with hospice vendors to assist with end-of-life discussions, goals of care, and hospice transition when appropriate.medical team, patients and families when appropriate. Working with hospice to provide more efficient process during transition with patient and family support as focus.
Registered Nurse, Field Case Manager
Haven Hospice
Gainesville , FL
12.2014 - 06.2015
- Provided direct patient care, including wound care and medication administration in the home of hospice patients.
- Care coordination of 20-25 hospice patients in a large southwest territory in Gainesville.
- Weekly care coordination with multidisciplinary team including social work, medical director and case management director.
- Holistic approach to end of life care for patients in their home. Ongoing assessments and coordination with care team-relationship building with patients and families to assist with transition into hospice services and safe, peaceful transition to end of life.
- Timely visits, crisis intervention, education and symptom management in the homes of hospice patients.
- Afterhours and weekend on call cross covering other teams throughout hospice service area.
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
North Florida Regional Medical Center
Gainesville , FL
12.2008 - 12.2014
- Management of 2-3 patients in critical care patients in mixed medical/surgical intensive care unit.
- Management of vasoactive medications utilizing hemodynamic monitoring.
- Caring for patients on mechanical ventilation.
- Assisted with central line, arterial line and chest tube insertions.
- Charge nurse in a 24 bed unit
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
UF Health Shands Rehabilitation Hospital
Gainesville , FL
- Provided initial assessments and screenings to assist with safe discharge planning.
- Care coordination of 30 patients on brain injury/stroke team.
- Participated in weekly team meetings that included care coordination discussions with physicians, physical and occupational therapists, as well as neuropsychologists.
- Communicated with patients and families after the meeting to review discussions and provide information regarding discharge dates and plans.
- Advocacy for patients and families regarding care coordination discussions and during the course of their rehabilitation hospital stay.
- Coordination with skilled nursing facilities, homecare agencies, durable equipment companies and other vendors to provide necessary services for safe discharge planning.
Education
Bachelors of Nursing - Nursing Science
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV05-1983
Skills
- Care Coordination
- Patient Advocacy
- Assessing patients
- Patient status updates
- Family Education
- Case Management
- Needs Assessment
- Case Needs Assessment
- Organization and Multitasking
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Certification
- American Case Management Association Certification
Affiliations
- Gardening-growing food from seed
- Photography
- Kayaking
Accomplishments
- Nightingale Award 2024
Languages
English
Professional
Timeline
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
Shands Teaching Hospital
06.2020 - Current
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
North Florida Regional Medical Center
12.2015 - 06.2019
Registered Nurse, Field Case Manager
Haven Hospice
12.2014 - 06.2015
Registered Nurse, Intensive Care Unit
North Florida Regional Medical Center
12.2008 - 12.2014
Registered Nurse, Case Manager
UF Health Shands Rehabilitation Hospital
Bachelors of Nursing - Nursing Science
West Virginia Wesleyan College
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