Erma Lanigan
Florissant,MO
Summary
Experienced LPN with strong clinical and people skills. Professionally trained LPN with experience ensuring ambitious standards of culturally competent care for a wide variety of patients with diverse needs.
Responsible LPN with excellent communication skills demonstrated by 17 years of experience in healthcare.
Enthusiastic LPN with excellent people skills and dedicated work ethic. Demonstrated medical procedure competency.
Expert in all elements of patient care and successful in working as part of a team to treat a wide range of medical conditions.
Skilled in prioritizing patients' needs within high stress environments. Meticulous LPN excited to bring talent and expertise to patient's bedside.
Highly skilled in initiating, monitoring and terminating hemodialysis treatment for patients with wide range of renal illnesses. Patient-oriented nursing professional with 17 years of hands-on experience in delivering quality direct and indirect patient care to individuals in psychiatric, geriatric, pre/post op care, renal/dialysis and acute care settings.
Skillfully completes tasks and fosters relationships with patients, caregivers and coworkers to drive patient care goals and advance nursing philosophies. Fully qualified and credentialed nurse with 17 years of progressive healthcare experience. Knowledgeable about nursing practices and techniques, as well as typical patient behaviors and triaging standards.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hemodialysis
Davita Dialysis-St. Louis Acutes
St. Louis City
02.2023 - Current
- Oversee dialysis treatments for patients in acute or chronic kidney failure
- Dialysis treatments performed during patients stay in the hospital, or during scheduled treatment times at the dialysis clinic
- Or help patients with in-home dialysis
- Obtaining specimens as requested by the renal care team physicians and reporting lab values to physicians to obtain additional orders, if applicable regarding the patients dialysis orders
- Administered any medications ordered by the physician during the patients dialysis treatment.prescribed medical treatment and dialysis treatment to patients.
Occupational Health Nurse
Millipore Sigma (via staffing agency)
St. Louis, MO
03.2021 - 03.2023
- I am responsible for providing basic first aid, evaluating an employee's health, providing initial diagnosis on medical conditions, maintaining employee health records, and appraising the safety and health hazards in the work environment
- I am responsible for reviewing and maintaining submitted Covid-19 tracking reports regarding any employee displaying onset of covid-like symptoms, as well as initiating protocol for immediate quarantine restriction regarding that employee.
Telephonic Triage Nurse
BJC Medical Group at Northwest HealthCare
Saint Louis County, MO
09.2021 - 02.2023
- Accept telephone calls from patients with varying levels of acuity and types of medical concerns
- Promote clear and coherent verbal communication following an appropriate line of questioning
- Assess clients based on the patient's own evaluation, concerns, and responses to questions.Make medical appointments and referrals to physicians, community resources, specialists, or other agencies
- Create a nursing care plan with appropriate follow-up steps
- Utilize electronic charting to access patient records remotely and to review a database of conditions, relatable signs and symptoms, and evidence-based treatments
- Determine the necessary follow-up for medical diagnoses and symptoms over the phone
- Provide clear patient information, thorough patient education, and recommendations for the next steps to take
- Evaluate the significance of the patient's concern over the form, determine if emergency care is needed, if a medical appointment should be made, or if the concern should be reported to the appropriate physician
- Collect and review data from patients charts and other medical records to measure and help improve quality of care by identifying any issues that could impact the patients care and implement the necessary changes
- Medical records review and abstraction of information in support of annual Hedis project
- Organizes patient records and identifies data within the files that are pertinent to Hedis measures
- Administering Covid-19 testing and vaccination during Bjc's weekend clinics
- Providing candidate screening eligibility for monoclonal antibody infusion for patients with Covid-19.
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
People Health Clinic (via staff link nursing agency)
Florissant, MO
09.2019 - 07.2021
- Performing documentation audits on information entered into patient electronic medical records before services are billed to Medicaid, Medicare, or private insurance companies
- Triaging and returning calls left for providers by patients with concerns related to medication refills, lab results, completion of medical forms (work/school physicals and return to work clearances)
- Obtaining information from patients to initiate the intake process to begin the office visit with the provider
- Maintaining weekly inventory of medical office supplies that the provider will require to properly treat patients in office, if needed
- Auditing medical records and abstracting information needed to complete annual Hedis project
- Organizes patient records and identifies data within the files that are pertinent to Hedis measures.
LPN/MDS CARE PLAN NURSE
Oakwood Estates Health and Rehab
St. Louis, MO
10.2016 - 08.2019
- AUDIT CLINICAL INFORMATION MONTHLY OR AS NEEDED TO ENSURE THE PHYSICIANS WRITTEN/ TELEPHONE/VERBAL ORDERS FOR MEDICATION AND WOUND MANAGEMENT WAS TRANSCRIBED AND ADMINISTERED AS ORDERED
- ASSESS AND EVALUATE THE QUALITY OF EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL CARE BEING GIVEN TO LTC
- RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THE FACILITY COMPLIES WITH MEDICAID AND MEDICARE STANDARDS
- OBTAINING ANY PRE-AUTHORIZATION CLEARANCE FROM PRIVATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCES FOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES THAT RESIDENT WILL REQUIRE FOR HEALTH AND LIFE SAVING INTERVENTION
- REVIEWING MEDICAL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS TO ABSTRACT DATA FOR CLINICAL/HEDIS REPORTING
- INTEGRATING COLLECTED ELECTRONIC AND HARDCOPY DATA INTO REPORTS TO COMPLETE INDIVIDUALIZED CARE PLANS
- MAINTAINING HIPAA STANDARDS AND IMMEDIATELY REPORTING ANY CRITICAL FINDINGS TO DESIGNATED AUTHORITIES
- Develops, implements, and reviews healthcare plans for geriatric patients that are recovering from serious injuries, or dealing with chronic illnesses.
LPN/UNT MGR
Heritage Care Center
St. Louis, MO
05.2011 - 10.2016
- RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING ALL ASPECTS OF ENSURING THE NURSING UNIT IS MEETING ALL OF THE RESIDENTS' NEEDS AND DELIVERING THE HIGHEST AND MOST THOROUGH NURSING CARE POSSIBLE.
LPN
CRESTWOOD CARE CENTER
Florissant, MO
07.2008 - 04.2011
- PROVIDING CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES WITH PSYCHIATRIC CONCERNS
- ASSISTING THE PHYSICIAN AND PSYCHIATRIST WITH MONITORING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG THERAPY AND CLOSELY MONITORING AND REPORTING SCHEDULED LAB LEVELS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF DRUG THERAPY AS ORDERED.
Education
Diploma in Nursing -
SANFORD-BROWN COLLEGE
01.2008
Skills
- THERAPY
- BILLING
- CATHETER
- HEALTHCARE
- ICD
- LPN
- CNA
- Home Health
- LVN
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- LTC Pharmacy
- Supervising Experience
- Nursing
- Memory Care
- Assisted Living
- Dementia Care
- Time Management
- EMR Systems
- Computer Literacy
- Medical Office Experience
- Customer Service
- English
- MDS
- Alzheimer's Care
- Hospice Care
- ICD-10
- Patient Care
- Medication Administration
- Vital Signs
- Transcription
- Documentation review
- Triage
- Experience Administering Injections
- Insurance Verification
- CPT Coding
- Venipuncture
- Epic
- Medical Records
- Medical Coding
- Laboratory Experience
- Phone Etiquette
- Hospital Experience
- Cerner
- Anatomy Knowledge
- Medical Billing
- Employee Orientation
- Leadership
- Management
- Medical terminology
- ICD-9
- Patient monitoring
- Windows
- Care plans
- Case management
- Hedis abstraction
- HIPAA
- Data entry
- Discharge planning
- Managed care
- Medical management
- Microsoft Access
- Phone triage
- Basic IV
- Occupational health
- Critical care experience
- Clinical laboratory experience
- Acute care
- Tube feeding
- Phlebotomy
- Medicare
- Utilization management
- Document management systems
- EHR systems
- HEDIS
- Primary care
- Resident's rights
- Content management systems
- Communication skills
- ICD coding
- Analysis skills
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- DME
- Auditing
- Google Docs
- VIS- (value index score)
- Quality measurement 40
- Quality 360
- Hemodialysis
- IV certified
- Alzheimer's/Dementia trained and certified
- Qualified lab result evaluator
- Patient and family advocacy
- Laceration repair aptitude
- Medical laboratory procedures professional
- Strong clinical judgment
- Hospice philosophy understanding
- Disease prevention and intervention
- Successfully directs staff meetings
- Acute care expertise
- Qualified in healthcare billing
- Preceptor
- Patient/family focused
- In-depth knowledge of intravenous therapy
- Patient evaluation/intervention
- Problem resolution capability
- Professional bedside manner
- Thorough physical assessments
- Patient positioning competency
- Feeding assistance aptness
- Tracheostomy care
- Foley catheter insertion/removal familiarity
- Insulin medication assistance
- Proper catheter insertion/removal
- ICD-10 forms
- Spirometer reading accuracy
- Venipuncture/blood draw expert
- Hemodialysis treatment
- Team Management
- [Area of certification] certified
- Training & Development
- Planning
- Problem Resolution
- Maintenance & Repair
- Data Management
- Communication
- Supervision and leadership
- Computer Skills
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Data Entry
- Collaboration
Certification
- Alzheimer and Dementia trained and certified
- LPN-(Compact State Nurse License)
- CPR Certification
- BLS Certification
- AED Certification
- Hemodialysis
- Practical Nursing, 05/2024, MO
Assessments
- Attention to Detail, Completed
- Nursing Skills: Clinical Judgment, Proficient
- Electronic Medical Records: Best Practices, Highly Proficient
- Nursing Skills: Patient Focus & Orientation, Highly Proficient
- Critical Thinking, Highly Proficient
- Attention to Detail Skills, Proficient
Personal Information
Title: LPN
Timeline
Hemodialysis
Davita Dialysis-St. Louis Acutes
02.2023 - Current
Telephonic Triage Nurse
BJC Medical Group at Northwest HealthCare
09.2021 - 02.2023
Occupational Health Nurse
Millipore Sigma (via staffing agency)
03.2021 - 03.2023
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
People Health Clinic (via staff link nursing agency)
09.2019 - 07.2021
LPN/MDS CARE PLAN NURSE
Oakwood Estates Health and Rehab
10.2016 - 08.2019
LPN/UNT MGR
Heritage Care Center
05.2011 - 10.2016
LPN
CRESTWOOD CARE CENTER
07.2008 - 04.2011
Diploma in Nursing -
SANFORD-BROWN COLLEGE
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